Secular Wellesley

Secular Wellesley is bouncing back! Stay tuned this upcoming semester for meetings, talks, and more info to come (likely from this page and in email!)

Message us with any questions, suggestions, or comments. Can't wait for a great year!

-Mia Tuccillo, '20

Boy has this semester gotten off to a rocky start. But not to fret. Elise will put in the 25live request for our usual meeting space soon (Wednesdays 5:30-6:30 in the MFC Study) and we'll start having meetings and donuts and good times quick!

In related news, Elise is joining the Humanist Community at Harvard for a Darwin Day celebration - super excited to talk to Greg Epstein afterwards about how he approaches community organizing among seculars and what leadership development looks like in atheist communities. Even more super excited to put what Greg talks about into action here at Wellesley!

Welcome to second semester! Didja miss us as much as we missed you? Pick up some goodies from us at the Org Fair today from 12:30 to 2.

What kind of secular are you? These are some wicked good explanations of different non-religious life philosophies.

7 different types of non-believers If you've left religion behind and you're unsure what to call yourself, you might try on one of these labels

http://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/im-atheist-stephen-hawking-god-space-travel-n210076

'I'm an Atheist': Stephen Hawking on God and Space Travel - NBC News World-famous theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking says flat-out that he doesn't believe in God, but he does believe that space travel offers the best hope f...

You bet there's a meeting tonight! Same time (5:30) same place (MFC Study).

Please note that there is no meeting next week.

Small but meaningful victory for separation of church and state in the military.

Air Force: 'So Help Me God' in Oath Is Optional Airmen taking their enlistment or officer appointment oaths can omit the words "so help me God" if they choose, Air Force officials announced Wednesday. The policy change comes after an atheist airman at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada struck out the words on his Department of Defense...

Want to unwind after Lake Day tomorrow? Join us for our first meeting of the semester tomorrow in the Multifaith Center Study at 5:30 :)

Congrats to our friends at Tufts! Should Wellesley be next?

After atheists asked, Tufts creates first university-funded Humanist position - Faitheist Five years after a group of atheist and agnostic students launched a campaign to get a Humanist chaplain at Tufts, the university has created a Humanist staff position—the first of its kind in the U.S.

Welcome (back) to Wellesley! Let's get a meeting time set up so we can start getting together this month :)

Secular Wellesley Weekly Meetings - Doodle: easy scheduling Weekly meetings for Wellesley's atheist, agnostic, humanist, skeptic, deist, and questioning students to meet up and be awesome.

A great article on the intersection of race and humanism. Thoughts?

http://chrisstedman.religionnews.com/2014/08/21/ferguson-atheists-care-can/

Ferguson: Why atheists should care — and what they can do - Faitheist It’s time for humanists to dig deeper. It’s time for humanists to stop being so lazy regarding issues of race violence. Race and the consequences of our racist society must become a priority within the humanist movement.

It's about time for us to get back to campus, and that means it's time to start thinking about the big questions. To get the ball rolling, here's a fantastic article that AHA shared today.

How can Secular Wellesley best support atheist/humanist POC at the College?

Being an Atheist Is Not a ‘White Thing’ and It’s Not a Bad Thing. I’m Proof of That. My Thing Is: Let’s lose the lazy, media-fueled assumption that being black equals being hyper-religious. I’m a very morally grounded African-American man who doesn’t believe in God. Why is that so hard to grasp?