What we’re about
This group is operated by the Tri-City Freethinkers (July 26, 2011). [IRS ID#31669]
The Tri-City Freethinkers is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit community outreach organization serving the religion-free population of the Tri-Cities metropolitan area (Kennewick, Pasco, Richland, and West Richland) by bringing nonreligious community members together for support, education, and advocacy. We sponsor a range of social and educational events throughout the year including guest speakers from both the national secular movement and from our local/regional area. We provide opportunities for our members to engage with the broader community and elected officials and perform volunteer work in partnership with other local organizations.
We are a diverse group consisting of atheists, agnostics, skeptics, heathens, secular humanists, and pantheists; men and women; young, old, and in between; straight and LGBT; all ethnic and cultural heritages; highly educated to minimally educated; affluent and not; and people from all religious backgrounds and all ends of the political spectrum.
Affiliated with American Atheists and a member of the Mid-Columbia Coalition of Reason, the Tri-City Freethinkers offers a welcoming environment for nontheistic residents seeking relief from the religiosity of southeastern Washington.
We encourage you to follow our public page on Facebook, join our Facebook group, follow us on Twitter @TCFreethinker, and join us at one of our meetings or events.
To get an idea of what we do, check out this list of past events we've hosted or participated in.
You may be interested in these local satellite groups:
Tri-Cities Drinking Skeptically on Meetup and Facebook
Reasonable Doubt: A Secular Book Club
Young Freethinkers of the Tri-Cities
Tri-City Raising Freethinkers on Meetup and Facebook
Recovering from Religion: Tri-Cities Chapter
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- Critical View - watching somethingRichland Public Libary, Richland, WA
Watching stuff with a skeptical attitude is ... FUN. And then we head out to a local joint for food, drink, and discussion ... yeah, discussion's what we do.
This month, we're watching a 1997 American science fiction drama film in Panavision co-produced and directed by Robert Zemeckis, based on the 1985 novel by Carl Sagan. It stars Jodie Foster as Dr. Eleanor "Ellie" Arroway, a SETI scientist who finds evidence of extraterrestrial life and is chosen to make first contact. Matthew McConaughey, James Woods, Tom Skerritt, William Fichtner, John Hurt, Angela Bassett, Rob Lowe, Jake Busey, and David Morse co-star. It features the Very Large Array in New Mexico, the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, the Mir space station, and the Space Coast surrounding Cape Canaveral.
