Posts Tagged ‘Tacoma’

What are they doing to these poor kids (besides early indoctrination) down at the Tacoma Rescue Mission?!

I mean, I appreciate that they help people, but why is that help always with the requirement of religion? Why are they not just selflessly helping, rather than making these kids recite scripture, proselytizing to them, and indoctrinating them? [...]

Last night the PCAF kicked of it’s September AIDS Walk at Shakabrah on 6th Ave., and five of us were there.
We heard from the organizers of the AIDS Walk, PCAF staff and the director, and we learned that AIDS has become the leading killer of young black women. That’s terrifying. The AIDS Walk is a wonderful [...]

I’ve started a new page, called “Ask an atheist.” People can write in with their questions about atheists and atheism, and we’ll get an genuine Tacoma Atheist™ to answer!
E-mail your questions to me, and I’ll send the response to you and post the questions and their answers here!

Here are the winners for this week’s chalk-off, sponsored by Tacoma Atheists:

Stowe won the iMac for his shark, and Andrea got the gift certificate for the Crown Bar (from us) for her giant robot pothole ray. Someone else will get the backpack. Congratulations, everyone!

Yes, you heard that right. Tacoma Atheists is sponsoring this Friday’s Frost Park Chalk-Off (hope it doesn’t rain!) in downtown Tacoma at 9th and Pacific, kitty corner to the India Mahal, so run away from your cubicles very fastly at high noon, and go down and draw on the walls and sidewalks.
Here’s a chance to [...]

Thanks, RR! From the TNT:
About 24,000 Jehovah’s Witnesses from throughout Western Washington will converge on the Tacoma Dome during the next two weekends for their annual district conventions.
The first convention will start Thursday and end Saturday – starting and ending a day earlier than usual – because of a scheduling conflict with another event at [...]

How come no one tipped me to this, which I found on FriendlyAtheist?
I teach public school at the 8th grade level in Tacoma, WA. Yesterday after school, I noticed a number of older men outside the school handing out Bibles to my 10 to 14-year-old students as they left the building, many of the men [...]

Planned Parenthood will be hosting summer “table training” on Tuesday, May 26 from 5:30 to 8 p.m. The training will allow you to help represent Planned Parenthood at events like Meeker Days, Out in the Park, Summer Fest, and more.
To RSVP for the table training or to find out other ways to volunteer, email us [...]

Want to do something small to help in a big way? Help shelter animals in Tacoma by donating your old towels for use in the shelter. I’ll collect them at the next meeting and deliver them to the Tacoma Humane Society in our name. Also on their wish list are:

Newspapers
Used blankets (not loose weave)
Clay cat litter
Plastic [...]

We had a record 16 members at our first once-a-month format meeting. Thank you to all who came, and especially for those of you who are not members, but supporters and friends. As usual, we had a great variety of people there: Jewish, Spiritual, Agnostic, and of course, Atheist. The enthusiasm and energy is wonderful, [...]