[Vision2020] Humanist billboard

[Bill London]

Godless Billboard comes to the Moscow/Pullman Area

March 13, 2009

This spring the American Humanist Association (AHA) will announce an
atheist/agnostic billboard to go up on Highway 95 just south of Moscow. The
billboard will beckon nontheistic people by reminding them they aren't
alone. It will also offer a Web site and toll-free number that will provide
the public with further information about atheism, freethought, humanism,
and Ethical Culture.

Who: 
-Roy Speckhardt, the executive director of the American Humanist Association
in Washington, DC, will provide context for the Moscow/Pullman billboard
effort and similar ones across the country. 
- Maggie Ardiente, director of development of the American Humanist
Association, will talk about the mission of the AHA and highlight its recent
activities (legal, education, advocacy) to promote humanism in the United
States.

Where: 1912 Center, Fiske Room, 412 East Third Street, Moscow, ID 83843
Located between Adams & Van Buren
Just three blocks up from downtown on Third Street, across from Moscow High
School Square

When: March 24, 10:00 am

Why: Nontheists--atheists, agnostics, and others who subscribe to no
religion--may feel they have no voice in a time when traditional religions
dominate the public discourse. They may also feel alone--that they're shut
out of their communities and vilified simply because they don't believe in a
god. But now they have a place to turn. This spring, come learn more about
people who don't believe in a god and why such a pointed billboard is needed
to change the public's perception of the godless.

# # #

The American Humanist Association (www.americanhumanist.org) advocates for
the rights and viewpoints of humanists. Founded in 1941 and headquartered in
Washington, D.C., its work is extended through more than 100 local chapters
and affiliates across America. 

Humanism is a progressive philosophy of life that, without theism, affirms
our responsibility to lead ethical lives of value to self and humanity. 



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