What we’re about
Meet other freethinkers, atheists, agnostics, nonbelievers, and humanists in the greater Sacramento area. We gather to discuss beliefs and philosophies, hear provocative speakers, and make new friends. We have guest speakers, book discussions, film screenings, potlucks, and other social events.
Upcoming events
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Humanlight/Solstice Party
Reason Center, 1300 Ethan Way Suite 675, Sacramento, CA, USSunday, Dec 14, 2025, 12pm – 2:30pm. Doors open 11:45 am.
Location: Reason Center, 1300 Ethan Way, Suite 675, Sacramento.
Our HumanLight/Solstice Party will include a potluck, live music, a charity drive, and lots of socializing. The event is family-friendly.
The Potluck: Bring a dish to share. Please bring your food already prepared and ready to serve, including serving utensils for your dish. No kitchen facilities or electric outlets are available. BYO beverages. We provide water, coffee, & utensils.
Live music: Instrumentals and vocals for a happy party.
Charity Drive: Food for humans & pets. We will collect nonperishable food for two local charities, the River City Food Bank and the Sacramento Pet Food Bank (helping the pets of the homeless). Contributions are encouraged but not required.
Our Generous Sponsors:
Atheists and Other Freethinkers (AOF), Sunday Assembly, Reason Center, & California Freethought Day.
Contact: Nancy, nancysneed10@gmail.com or Pam rivera.pamella@gmail.com17 attendees
Highway Cleanup
Elk Horn Park and Ride, Sacramento, ca, USEnergetic Sac-FAN members will partner up with sister group Atheists and Other Freethinkers (AOF) to clean nasty litter & debris from a two-mile stretch of Highway 99 just north of Elkhorn Blvd.
Join us to make a difference! Bag trash and pick up all kinds of mysterious and often edgy items. Anyone may help. This is a great event for older kids, too (but leave little ones at home, please).
Note: Wet conditions or poor visibility = cancelled event. If unsure, contact the Event Organizer (Don, 916-805-9337).
We've got Everything You Need:
The Organizer will provide grabbers, trash bags, gloves, colorful vests, and virtually everything else needed to help restore the environment.
Getting There:
Our section of the highway is at the Elkhorn Blvd exit, just north of Natomas where the I-5 and CA-99 split.
LOCATION MAP at https://bit.ly/34Rj76o
Meet at the Park & Ride lot located on Elkhorn Blvd, just west of the CA-99 freeway off ramp. (Go north from Sac on I-5, take the "Hwy 99 - Yuba City, Marysville" exit. Exit at Elkhorn Boulevard less than a mile north. Turn left, cross the overpass. The park-&-ride will be right there on your left.) If the P&R lot is not accessible, park on the south side of Elkhorn Blvd near it.
Why we Do It:
A San Francisco Chronicle article quotes a curator in the Monterey Bay Aquarium husbandry department as saying that “every year, plastic debris kills 40% of newly hatched albatross chicks… their parents see shiny things on the surf, ingest them and regurgitate them to the chicks. It’s a slow and painful death.”
Our 2-mile stretch of Highway 99 north of Elkhorn Blvd. may seem far removed from the native habitat of the albatross, the ocean. And yet not an insignificant amount of refuse that we collect could ultimately be swept by the rain into tributaries and into the ocean a mere 85 miles away. This is an interconnected world.
Remember, we provide all the equipment needed to clean the area. We just need wonderful you!2 attendees
Past events
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