NYC Atheists In-Person Meeting

This is the recurring event series for the 1st Friday only. There is a separate, recurring event series for the 4th Friday. There is also a separate, recurring event series for 2nd Friday at Gramercy Park Towers: 7:00PM-8:00PM. Also, check out our Zoom Meetings on Wednesdays: 8:30PM-10:00PM.

NYC Atheists In-Person Meeting
1st & 4th Fridays: 7:00PM-09:00PM
NYSEC Meeting House: Ceremonial Hall

All are welcome!

BYOB (no hard liquors)/Potluck
Donations Appreciated but Not Required

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https://ethicalnyc.app.neoncrm.com/forms/54

Click on our calendar or Meetup page to get connected.

Default Location:
New York Society for Ethical Culture
2 W 64th St
New York NY 10023-7179
+1 (212) 874-5210
info@nysec.org
https://ethical.nyc/
https://www.meetup.com/ethicalnyc/

• Location is subject to change for special events. Check website calendars and Meetup pages for various groups for updates and changes.
• Default room is Ceremonial Hall on the 4th Floor. Room is subject to change depending on capacity or activity. Check for any posted signs.
• Use the wheelchair ramp entrance at the Meeting House NOT the Fieldston School. Press both doorbells if the door is locked. The elevator and stairs are right there to take to the 4th floor.

Closest Transit:
1: 66 St-Lincoln Center
A, B, C, D, 1: 59 St-Columbus Circle
M10: Central Park W/W 64 St
M10, M20: Central Park W/W 63 St
M66: W 65 St/Central Park W
M5, M7, M104: Broadway/W 63 St

Our friends at various groups are cross-posting this event. Some groups have after-parties. Click on our calendar to check the list of partner groups.

RULES for In-Person Meeting:

1. GROUP PROMOTION: Each group may bring flyers or posters advertising membership, donations, and meetings.
2. DRINKING: Bring your own booze should be limited to beer and wine, no hard liquors. Everyone should drink responsibly and don't get sloshed. Save the hard drinking for the after parties in outside bars.
3. RESPECT FOR DIFFERENCES: While there is overlap among the groups, not every group is the same and thinks the same. Respect each other's differences and different ideologies. Look for common ground not for things to hate. We're all friends here, treat each other as such.
4. ARGUMENTS: Listen to each other’s opinion completely in good faith. Ask questions about other's points instead of immediately dismissing. Approach taboo subjects--such as sex, religion, and politics--with strangers cautiously; back out if getting heated. Agree to disagree and walk away if necessary.
5. RESPECT FOR THE MEETING HOUSE: Use appropriate trash/recycling cans and clean up after yourselves. Leave the Meeting House better than you found it. Respect the neighborhood, don't act foolishly on the streets when entering and leaving or loitering.
6. NO ELECTIONEERING: Due to tax restrictions for many groups being §501(c)(3) tax-exempt, do not discuss, promote, denigrate, or leave/display/hand out materials for any candidate, campaign, party, or proposition on any upcoming election. No electioneering during the event. Other activities prohibited by tax-restrictions are also not allowed.
7. SELF-RECOGNITION: Try to speak from your own experiences and own your intentions and impacts. Recognize your own privileges and different backgrounds.
8. CONFIDENTIALITY: Meetings are private despite being open to the public. Recordings are prohibited. You may share what you learned, but not direct quotes and identities.
9. MEETING MODERATION: The organizers, hosts, co-hosts, moderators, and discussion leaders will use various methods available to ensure compliance with the rules and maintain decorum.

Attending any meeting or event implies agreement with the above rules.

NYC Atheists Inc. is a §501(C)(3), non-profit, non-partisan, educational association with these Purposes and Goals:
To promote total and absolute separation of church and state.

Our meetings and membership are open and all are welcome, (both nonbelievers and believers), atheists, agnostics, freethinkers, secularists, skeptics, humanists, separation-of-church/state advocates, and individuals who are questioning and searching beliefs.

NYC Atheists Inc.
PO Box 6444
New York NY 10150-6444
info@nycatheists.org