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Come downtown to watch some freethinker-themed viral videos with us. Kissing Hank's Ass is a hilarious parody of religion, and even if you've seen it before, you know it will be even more hilarious amongst freethinking friends! We'll also have the J. Huger pamphlet (the origin of the short) available as well for those interested.

Before and after the shorts, we'll have tons of time to socialize, eat food, drink, be merry, and all that jazz.

If you have any suggestions for any other short videos that you would like to see, tell us in the survey questions when you RSVP for the event!

Minnesota Atheists
Rochester Area FreeThinkers
Humanists of Minnesota
Minneapolis Skeptics
Iowa Atheists & Freethinkers
LaCrosse Area Freethought Society
Iowa Secularists
Atheists for Human Rights
Central Minnesota Friends Free of Theism

Are happy to announce Secular Labor Day Weekend at Sechler Park

Come to beautiful Sechler Park for a Labor Day Weekend potluck picnic. Meet new free-thinking friends from a variety of freethought groups in Minnesota, perhaps beyond. Sechler Park is secluded and has a wonderful play area for children, so be sure to bring the whole family!

That afternoon, weather permitting, Crystal and Vic can take anyone interested to a nearby town about a 15 minute drive from the park to do some easy fossil hunting, also kid-friendly. (See Vic's blog for information and pictures of various fossils found at the site.)

Please bring picnic food to share. (electrical outlets are available in the shelter)

Bring your own beverages, and no glass please! Also, please bring camp chairs/lawn chairs if possible to accommodate what we hope will be a large group.

DRIVING DIRECTIONS:

Coming from 35 N or S, Take Northfield exit onto Highway 19 heading East toward Northfield, MN.

Just past St. Olaf's College, take a right on Armstrong Road.

Follow Armstrong Road to signs for Sechler Park on your left. We have the shelter reserved.

Come out for an evening of camping with fellow freethinkers!

-Sakatah Lake State Park is more centrally located for both our metro area and Mankato area freethinkers.
-There were NO cabins available any weekends, so tents all around!
-The Lower Group Camp (LGC on the map) site is a hike in site.
-Park entrance is located on State Highway 60, 14 miles east of Faribault, or one mile east of State Highways 13 and 60 in Waterville.
-Check in is after 4pm on Saturday, June 27th. Check out is Sunday, June 28th before 4pm.

Sakatah Lake State Park features biking and hiking trails, a lake, geocaching, and just general camping goodness. Canoe rentals are available at the camp's office on a first come, first serve basis. The camp does also seem to have tents available for rental if you do not have a tent. You can make arrangements directly with the park at their website or by calling them.

Pets are allowed. No electricity. Not handicapped accessible.

There will be a charge per person, but that will be dependent on number of people who sign up, so I'll wait until that day. The site costs $50.00 to rent overnight, so if there are 10 people, $5.00 each. I'm sure you can do the math from there. :)

We will have a limit of 50 people, which I doubt we'll reach, and 12 vehicles total. If we have more than 12 vehicles, we'll park in nearby Waterville and ride share. We can arrange this the day we get to camp as needed.

Each vehicle will need a park pass for their windshield. If you don't already have one, they are $4.00 for one day, $25.00 for the year. We can also ride share with vehicles that already have park passes on them.

EXACT CHECK IN DIRECTIONS:

Click here for a park map to follow along with the directions!

If you are heading west on Highway 60 toward the camp, the first sign you will see is Sakatah Lake State Trail. This is NOT the park (the trail is very long), so continue on Highway 60. The park entrance is clearly marked, and you should go there first to check in and get a map/park sticker if you don't already have one. The actual entrance to the group camp is a little more than a mile from the park entrance back east on Highway 60. The road is called Leroy Avenue. Drive north on Leroy Ave for about .5 miles. You will come to a stop sign. Take a right on Highway 99, also called 245th St. Drive east on 245th/99 for about .5 miles. The Lower Group Camp will be on your left.

Please see the website for park rules and regs, a park map, and other fancy information about the park. If you have any more questions, like wanting to reserve a Friday night in addition to the Saturday night, you can contact the park directly. If you have any questions specific to this event, you can email Crystal D. at astrocomfy@hotmail.com

Hope to see you there!

This is the first picnic of the '09 summer by and for the Minnesota Freethought community. This one sponsored by CASH (Campus Atheist, Skeptics, and Humanists), but there will be plenty of folks from Humanists of Minnesota, Minnesota Atheists, and various other freethought groups.

Lots of friendly people.
A play area for the kids.
Lively discussions for the adults.
Bring games, instruments etc.

Bring some picnic food to share. The shelter area has electricity, sink and electric hot plate. (Don’t forget to bring your own beverage, plate and utensils.)

COLUMBIA PARK is located in northeast Minneapolis.
► Take Central Ave NE (MN Hwy. 65) to Columbia Pkwy.
(Between 36th Ave. and 37th Ave.)
► Turn west onto Columbia Pkwy.
► Proceed along Columbia Pkwy. (0.35 miles).
► After you go under the railroad bridge, you will see the park on
your left.
► Take the first left onto the service road (you will see a sign for
“800 Columbia Blvd.”). Proceed to the second parking lot on
your left (0.2 miles). (You should see us by the shelter on the hill!)

Campus Atheists and Agnostics (CAA) Presents: Ask An Atheist

The event will be an open forum consisting of a panel of atheist students answering questions from the audience. What we believe or don't believe, the reasons for it, how we live our lives, etc.

CAA had an event like this last year and it proved to be quite successful and to be an educational event for everyone involved. We encourage anyone interested to considering coming!

Support your local student group by putting your atheist butt in an atheist seat. The more atheist/agnostic presence at this event, the better, as with all of our events.

CAA is also interested in getting someone to moderate, so if you think you'd be good at keeping people under control and would like to be involved, please let me know!