Siouxland Freethinkers is a community of atheists, agnostics, humanists, and skeptics.
We encourage and support critical thinking skills, science based methods of inquiry, unfettered by supernatural beliefs or dogma. We also support our secular form of government as a necessary condition for the interdependent rights of freedom of religion and freedom from religion.
We conduct a variety of formal meetings, outreach, and social gatherings to foster relationships with like-minded people.
Example Past Activities
Philanthropy - Siouxland Freethinkers is an official Volunteers Beyond Belief team!
• Blood donation drives
• Spooky Science Night 2012 - Volunteer staff for children science education event
• Adopt-a-Highway - mile marker 406.5 through 408 on HWY 34 in Moody County
• Autism Speaks Walk 2012 - Raised $13,072 as the top team in South Dakota
• Christmas Toy Donation Drive 2011, 2012
• School Supply Drives 2011, 2012 (to the Domestic Abuse Shelter in Brookings and the Banquet's Project SOS program in Sioux Falls.
Social
• Freethinkers cookout/picnics
• Skeptics in the Pub / Science in the Pub
• Movie / science lecture showings
Education
• The Cutting Edge of Evolutionary Science
• The State of Science Standards in the US and South Dakota
• Near-Death Experiences and Other Ways Our Minds Fool Us
Activism / Conferences
• Reason Rally in Washington D.C.
• Midwest Freethought Conference in Omaha, NE
• Project 42 Convention in Fargo, ND
• American Atheists Convention in Des Moines, IA
• Thank you letter to Castlewood, SD school district for protecting religion-government separation
Website: http://SLFT.org
Bylaws: http://bit.ly/SLFTbylaws
Ground Rules: http://bit.ly/Y3gP8y
Join us on Facebook in our private group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/SiouxlandFreethinkers/
And make sure to follow our public Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/SiouxlandFreethought
You can also follow us on Twitter @SLFTdotORG
Amanda Novotny - President
Vince Nesheim - Treasurer/Secretary
Tiffany Buchholz - VP of Philanthropy
Al Larson - VP of Membership
Eric Novtny - VP of Atheist and Agnostic Programs
Martin Dennis - VP of Scientific Skeptic Programs
