Just a Random Thursday NYC Atheists In-Person Meeting

This is a special event series that's part of the cross-group event series at the NYSEC Meeting House but at a different location.

There are multiple, recurring event series for our NYCA events. We meet every Wednesday 8:30PM-10:00PM with After Hours on Zoom. We meet every 5th Sunday, which happens 4 times a year, 1:00PM-3:00PM for Lunch at Phebe's Tavern & Grill. There is no recurring event series for the Lunch Meetings.

We meet every 1st & 4th Friday 7:00PM-9:00PM at the NYSEC Meeting House with multiple secular groups. There are separate recurring event series for each Friday, and some groups have after parties. We meet every 5th Friday, which happens 4 times a year, at a special location. There is no recurring event series for the 5th Fridays.

Just a Random Thursday NYC Atheists In-Person Meeting
Thursday: Dec 25 3:00PM-6:00PM
Thursday Potluck
Gramercy Park Towers

All are welcome!

BYOB (no hard liquors)/Potluck

Donations Appreciated but Not Required
Donate Here via Ethical NYC to Support this Event
https://ethicalnyc.app.neoncrm.com/forms/54

The NYSEC Meeting House is closed for the weekend.
Alternative Event:
Gramercy Park Towers
205 3rd Ave Apt 6H
New York NY 10003-2542

• Check website calendars and Meetup pages for various groups for updates and changes.
• Arrive early but not before 3PM. Between 18th & 19th Sts.
• Harry is the Point of Contact, reachable at +1 (929) 251-3570.

Closest Transit:
M101,M102,M103: Lexington Ave/E 37 St, 3 Avenue & East 17 Street
M15: 2Av/20 St
M1, M2, M3: Park Av South/E 18 St
L: 3 Av
4, 5, 6, N, R, Q, W: 14 St-Union Sq

Our friends at various groups are cross-posting this event. Some groups have after-parties.

Humanist Happy Hour
Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture
https://bsec.org/events/
https://www.meetup.com/brooklyn-society-for-ethical-culture/

Drinking Inquisitively
Center for Inquiry – NYC Branch
https://cfi-nyc.org/
https://www.meetup.com/cfinyc/

Humanist Happy Hour
The City Congregation for Humanistic Judaism
https://citycongregation.org/events-calendar/

FTI: Thinkers Multi-group BYOB potluck
Free Thinkers Institute
https://www.freethinkerinstitute.org/events/
https://www.meetup.com/freethinkerinstitute/

Live DWA
Gotham Atheists
https://gothamatheists.org/
https://www.meetup.com/GothamAtheists/

Humanist Happy Hour
New York Society for Ethical Culture
https://ethical.nyc/events
https://www.meetup.com/ethicalnyc/

NYC Atheists In-Person Meeting
https://nycatheists.org/calendar/
https://www.meetup.com/nycatheists/

Cross-group Happy Hour at Ethical Culture
Secular Humanists Society of New York
https://www.shsny.org/events-calendar
https://www.meetup.com/shsny-org/

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 not-for-profit, §501(c)(3) educational and advocacy organization based in New York City. Our primary mission is defending the separation of church and state and advocating for issues of interest to the atheist community. We hold regular events focusing on bringing people together, educating, promoting social action, and having fun.

We seek to promote the following goals:

• Maintaining the separation of church and state.
• Promoting science, reason, and fact-based decision-making.
• Ensuring that public policy decisions are informed by facts rather than myths and fears.
• Keeping religious teaching out of our public schools and all science classes.
• Embodying ethical behaviors forged by evolution and our innate intelligence and compassion.
• Sharing our deep sense of awe and wonder of our amazing cosmos as revealed by science.
• Embracing the arts, fiction, fantasy, creativity, humor, and fun.
• Showing respect for all persons but not for all beliefs.

NYC Atheists Inc.
PO Box 566
New York NY 10150-0566
info@nycatheists.org