About us
Welcome to the Rocky Mountain Atheists!
The mission of the Rocky Mountain Atheists (RMA) is to be a safe and supportive secular community dedicated to serving society; to support those who have been marginalized or traumatized as a result of faith-based beliefs; and to provide and promote evidence-based learning opportunities.
RMA is so much more than a Meetup group! We typically host about 10 events per month, most of them free. Our activities include social gatherings, peer support, community service, and educational activities. If you would like to learn more about our organization, please visit us at https://rockymountainatheists.ca/
If you are not an RMA member, please consider becoming one (it's only $24.99/year) or donating to help cover costs (Meetup fees, website, Zoom, etc.). Every little bit helps! Click this link (membership) to join or click this link (donate) to donate. Thank you for your support!
A note about respectful behaviour:
We are an inclusive community of atheists, humanists, skeptics and secular freethinkers who welcome people of all backgrounds and identities.
We won't all agree all the time, but disagreement is no excuse for disrespectful behaviour. Disagreements should be resolved in a constructive manner and without personal attacks. Challenge ideas, not people. Do not insult or put down other participants. Harassment and other exclusionary behaviour aren’t acceptable.
Upcoming events
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WeCanReason Webinar - Shame-Sex Attraction: Survivors' Stor... with Lucas Wilson
·OnlineOnlineWeCanReason Webinar - Shame-Sex Attraction: Survivors' Stories of Conversion Therapy with Lucas Wilson
Conversion practices--commonly referred to as conversion therapy--constitute the damaging efforts to change queer individuals' sexual orientations and/or gender identities and expressions. Despite the common misapprehension that conversion practices are a thing of the past--in North America, at least--such anti-queer efforts persist and continue to wreak havoc on countless members of LGBTQ+ communities, particularly those in high-control Christian contexts. Wilson will present a broadened definition of conversion practices before discussing the prevalence of conversion practices in North America and why the number of reported cases is likely inaccurate. Wilson will flesh out the ways by which conversion practitioners seek the eradication of LGBTQ+ communities.
About the Speaker:
Lucas Wilson is an SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Toronto Mississauga and was formerly the Justice, Equity, and Transformation Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Calgary. He is the editor of Shame-Sex Attraction: Survivors’ Stories of Conversion Therapy. His public-facing writing has appeared in The Advocate, Queerty, LGBTQ Nation, and Religion Dispatches, among other venues. He is currently working on a new edited collection about LGBTQ+ experiences at Christian colleges, universities, seminaries, and divinity schools (under contract with The University of Georgia Press).If you are not an RMA member, please consider becoming one (it's only $24.99/year) or donating to help cover costs (Meetup fees, website, Zoom, etc.). Every little bit helps! Click this link (membership) to join or click this link (donate) to donate. Thank you for your support!
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Halloween Party
Janalee and Robbie's House, 3 Scenic Way NW, Calgary, AB, CAGet ready to have a ghoulishly good time! We're brewing up an evening of spooky fun, and we'd be thrilled if you could join us.
Anyone who knows me knows how much I love Halloween! You should come just for the over-the-top decorations, but you'll stay for the fun!!
Put on your most creative, creepy, or clever costume because we'll have a costume contest with a prize for the best dressed.
There will also be a murder mystery to solve for those who like the challenge of a puzzle!
We'll have a table filled with ghostly goodies and creepy concoctions to satisfy every monster's appetite, but please bring your own speciality beverages and if you like bring a spooky snack to share!
Family friendly event.
If you are not an RMA member, please consider becoming one (its only $24.99/year) or donating to help cover costs (Meetup fees, website, Zoom, etc.). Every little bit helps! Click this link (membership) to join or click this link (donate) to donate. Thanks for being part of this!
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Past events
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