Inland Empire Atheists Agnostics & Humanists

Note YOU MUST CONTACT GILDA BEFORE YOUR FIRST FP EVENT FOR MORE INFORMATION AT 909-213-7207
Family Promise www.fpriverside.org is an integrated approach to tackle poverty right here in Riverside that “…reaches beyond simple, immediate needs. It initiates coordinated local efforts that bring communities together to help families experiencing homelessness, regain housing, independence, and dignity.”

The people of IEAAH are typically Humanist in our philosophy of how to view the world and treat its inhabitants. We are teaming up with the secular group, Family Promise of Riverside, one of 200 chapters nationally, because they offer us the framework to turn our humanistic compassion into action.

Besides the needed goods we collect from you at every event, our group has committed to provide and join in eating a hot meal with them in person once per month to the around 15 people within a few families who go through the program. Studies have shown that when a family sits down to dinner every night, this practice has far-reaching positive implications for not only helping to create a cohesive family unit but is also a predictor of the children’s later success in going to college.

Family Promise carefully chooses the families (only) they bring into their program based on a rigorous background check for both the safety of the volunteers as well as the success rate of the program, which is very high. After 4 months in the program, 82% of the families have jobs and are in their own housing. Science is great!

You are a part of this by simply supporting IEAAH with your membership or your sponsorship. Tell your friends what your group is doing. If you’d like to help and attend a dinner with us, Family Promise requires that each person goes through their brief training program to meet their insurance guidelines. You must register your email address to demonstrate completion of the training sessions. Once completed, you are welcome to join us. You cannot attend without completing the training videos. You can find the training program here: https://family-promise.coassemble.com/unlock/NuQYX18

When you come to any event for IEAAH, you can help by bringing laundry pods, full containers of baggies from yours. We have a GoFundMe Graphic Novel Go Fund Me Link to collect money to buy the much-needed graphic novels because it assists the children in learning to read when they sometimes aren’t able to attend school regularly. If you have any at home, please bring them, a particular favorite. Your membership helps support our organization as well as this group. Sign up at Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/IEAAH

The second Saturday of every month we will go as a group to the shelter that rotates among several churches. They call this, “leveraging the religious communities real estate. You will be in a church building, but the church is not allowed to offer prayers, nor try to convert anyone and neither are we, as if that was something we’d do anyway. We'll supply prepared food from Costco.

Venue rotates among local churches. Currently, we're at Calvary Presbyterian, a great way to interact with kind Christians.

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• Genre: Documentary
• Runtime: 1 hour 35 minutes
• Rating: PG-13 for thematic material and brief language
• REVIEWS
• Does Partland's God & Country preach to the secular choir? Not entirely. Some of the best voices in this volatile documentary are raised by people of faith...
• God & Country preaches to the choir, but with a call to action...
• The Body Snatcher movies are scary enough already but to witness the history of systematic brainwashing coarse through politics and the distortion of religion is a reality it cannot match.
• Polemics aside, this very worthy, frightening and effective documentary is an illuminating explanation of the who, the what and the why of this national trend towards an increasingly right wing ideology.
• The point of the film isn’t to disparage Christianity. Through news footage and interviews with prominent Christians, he demonstrates that those professing Christian nationalism are more interested in political power than in the teachings of Jesus.
• The film’s insights about the role of religion in politics feel especially well-informed because many of its commentators draw on their own personal and professional experiences with the Christian church. They’re believers, too, and they’re worried.
• Christianity Today
  Rotten score.
  We need a deeper and more complex conversation about evangelicals and politics. For all its cinematic brilliance, God & Country just preaches to the choir.
• Rotten Tomatoes Score: 88%

🍿 Included with your ticket:

• XLarge popcorn
• Assorted candy
• Cold drinks (soda and water)
• A lively, moderated and respectful group discussion after the movie!

🪑 What to bring:

• A comfy lawn chair, blanket, or pallet to relax and enjoy the evening in comfort. OR use the library chairs which are pretty comfy, too.

🎟️ Admission: $10 — Lots of snacks and drinks included!
Come for the film, stay for the discussion — let's unpack this powerful documentary together. Everyone is welcome, whether you're seeing the film for the first time or want to dive deeper into its themes with thoughtful company.
Space is limited, so RSVP soon!