Monday, May 21, 2012
"THE TRUTH ABOUT TRUE CRIME: It's Not What You Think!"
Presenter: David R. Simon, Ph.D., Research Fellow (Ret.), Institute of Public and International Policy, University of North Florida
An estimated 95% of what the public knows about crime comes from the mass media (TV news, CSI shows, movies, and an occasional book). However, the visual media tend to focus on violent crimes when, in truth, the types of crime that take the most lives, cost the most money, and traumatize the greatest number of people are rarely given any attention at all. International smuggling is largely blamed on drug cartels, organized criminal syndicates, and terrorists.
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2012 NPR Corporate Sponsorship Fund Drive Is Underway!
Nonreligious people everywhere are beginning to speak out saying, "We are not religious, we are here among you, we mean you no harm, and we are not going away!" One of the most effective ways the First Coast Freethought Society gets this message across is through our NPR announcements. Since 2007, the FCFS has been purchasing a very powerful tool to broadcast our freethought message over Florida's First Coast: announcements on NPR (National Public Radio) member station WJCT 89.9 FM, in Jacksonville. Our freethought messages reach 1.5 million people in WJCT's listening area.
In addition to generic messages about the FCFS, in the days preceding our monthly meeting, we have been airing a "special event spot" announcing the speaker and topic of the meeting that month.
To keep our messages alive, we need your help. Our membership dues fund the first half of the year, but for the second half of the year, we depend on your generosity. For 13 spots a month, at $52.50 per prime driving-time slot (mornings during Morning Edition and evenings during All Things Considered), for six months, the cost is $4,095.
Our goal for the annual summer fundraising campaign is $4,095 to renew our contract for July through December, 2012. All it takes is for 100 people to give $40.95 each (or 41 people to give $100)! But of course, any amount helps and is gratefully appreciated.
Our campaign is underway now, our goal being to raise $4,095 by June 30, 2012.
You can donate online via PayPal. You are NOT required to have a PayPal account. Scroll down on the PayPal page, and you will find where you can use any major credit card.
If you prefer to send a check, please mail it to the FCFS, Post Office Box 550591, Jacksonville, FL 32255-0591.
All donations are TAX DEDUCTIBLE under IRS Code 501(c)(3), and you will receive a letter to that effect for your income tax records.
Thank you!
Welcome
Welcome to the First Coast Freethought Society. Now in our fourteenth year!
Founded in 1998, we are a group of freethinkers dedicated to promoting science and reason over dogma, faith, and belief in the supernatural. Our purpose is to serve the needs of the nonreligious population of Northeast Florida, promoting secular humanism, a non-theistic outlook and approach to everyday life.
We provide a place where agnostics, atheists, freethinkers, and secular humanists can gather to hear speakers, discuss philosophy, science, and other topics of interest. We offer support to those who have rejected or are questioning their religious beliefs.
At our meetings, you will find a forum for individuals interested in learning more about humanism and freethought. Through lectures and informal discussions, we explore topics of interest and enjoy fellowship with like-minded people. Meetings are free and open to the public. We hope to see you there!
The First Coast Freethought Society is a non-profit, tax-exempt, educational organization under IRS Chapter 501(c)(3).
- When: 6:30 - 8:30 p.m., the THIRD MONDAY of every month
- Where: The Unitarian Universalist Church of Jacksonville, 7405 Arlington Expressway, Jacksonville, FL 32211
- What: A formal program, usually a guest speaker, followed by questions and answers
Second Harvest Second Saturday: Community outreach opportunity for the nonreligious now available!
On the second Saturday of every month, 10:00 a.m. to noon, join FCFS members and JAM (Jacksonville Atheist Meetup) group members, as well as other unaffiliated religious, secular, and civic groups, to volunteer at the Second Harvest food bank warehouse, 1502 Jessie Street, Jacksonville. You can arrive as early as 9:00 a.m. Be sure to sign in at the warehouse as an FCFS member. You will participate in the sorting and bagging of produce and foodstuffs and the boxing of staples for distribution to the less fortunate in the North Florida area. Wear CLOSED toe shows and clothes you don’t mind getting dirty. For more information about volunteering with the FCFS, contact board members Richard Keene at 904-386-1121, or Fred Hill at
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. You may post questions on the JAM website at http://www.jaxatheists.com/events. To learn more about Second Harvest North Florida, visit http://www.wenourishhope.org.
- When: 2:00 p.m., the FIRST SUNDAY of every month
- Where: Books-A-Million, 9400 Atlantic Blvd., Jacksonville, FL 32225
What: Follow the link above to see current book, as well as past books discussed.
Monthly Social
- When: Drinks at 6:00 p.m., dinner at 7:00, the FOURTH TUESDAY of every month
- Where: Olive Garden Restaurant, 10144 Philips Highway, Jacksonville, FL 32256, across from The Avenues Mall Order from the menu.
Secular Sunday in the Park
- When: 10:00 a.m., the FOURTH SUNDAY of every month
- Where: Losco Regional Park, under the pavilion, 10851 Hood Road South, Jacksonville, FL 32257
Conversation and coffee in the fresh air
- Everyone can receive The First Coast FreeThinker via e-mail or download it from our website. Members are entitled to receive the U.S. Mail hard-copy version.
- A trial subscription of the hard-copy version is available at no charge, following which you need to join to continue to receive it.
- Join the FCFS Yahoo! Group, Jaxfreethought, to exchange e-mail with other freethinkers. You need not be a member of the FCFS to participate.
- To subscribe, send a blank email to
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Dinners for Doubters
- Dinners for Doubters is a convenient, easy way to create an instant dinner party, get to know other freethinkers, and make new friends in intimate surroundings. It works like this: Someone decides to host a Dinner for Doubters. The host or hostess picks a date and decides how many people he or she would like to invite. A party totaling eight seems to work well, but this is entirely up to you. You may want only four! We then put a sign-up sheet at the back table at our monthly meetings, and guests sign up to attend. When the guest list is filled, the host or hostess contacts each guest to arrange the menu and who will bring what. Often, the host or hostess provides the entrée, and the guests provide a salad, beverage, vegetable, dessert, etc. But again, who brings what is entirely up to the participants. In fact, if a person whose house is very small wanted to host a dinner, they could pick a restaurant and all go Dutch. The goal of Dinners for Doubters is to allow mixing and mingling, getting to know new and different people, and to allow freethinker friendships to flourish. Consider hosting a dinner. Be watching for a Dinners for Doubters sign-in sheet at the back table!
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