Newsletter: Connecting the Curious

Join us for our next monthly meeting on Tuesday, September 14th at 6:30pm for Francis Wright - The Red Harlot of Liberty. Our speaker this month is Desiree Willis, Vice President/Treasurer for Community of Reason. Outspoken abolitionist, unabashed feminist, and unapologetic atheist, Francis Wright was called the Red Harlot of Liberty in young America. Come learn more about Fanny Wright's upbringing and arrival in America. Learn about her work to end slavery, her campaigns to help women start to acquire equal rights and her writings and speeches to spread free thought in the United States. During her lifetime, she was one of America's most famous and remarkable women.

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Newsletter: Connecting the Curious

Save the date! Sunday, September 19th from 11:30am-3:30pm we are hosting our Annual COR Community Cookout at Mt. Echo Park. The Community of Reason is continuing the tradition of an annual gathering of atheists, humanists and other nonbelievers at Mt. Echo Park. This tradition was started by Matt Kovach, founder of Cincinnati Atheists. COR will provide grilling supplies and meat options, buns and condiments. Sign up here to RSVP for the COR Community Cookout. Also, please sign up here to let us know what food items or supplies you can bring and also to volunteer.

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Newsletter: Connecting the Curious

COR hosted a booth at NKY PrideFest in Covington on June 6th. The mood that day was upbeat and festive with beautiful weather, music, drag shows, and more. During NKY PrideFest, COR had about 100 people sign up to receive our monthly newsletter. The event was our first time using the purple canopy that we purchased over a year ago and also the first time COR hosted a table at an event since 2019. We hope you enjoy this newsletter and hope to see everyone, both new and returning, at our upcoming events.

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Newsletter: Connecting the Curious

We need your help! Your input, suggestions and feedback were critical to us when we launched the Community of Reason. Your insights and perspectives continue to be important to us as we plan the remaining events for 2021 and begin to plan for 2022. Please complete this survey by June 10. This important online COR survey will help guide the planning of our events and activities as we begin to transition from a primarily virtual presence. The initial questions are COVID related, but the remainder of the survey is about our events and activism. If you've attended or have thought about attending some of these events, we want your feedback! We want to hear the good things that we are doing (so we can keep doing them) and we also want to hear about the not-so-good things (so we can improve). The survey should only take 5-10 minutes to complete.

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Have you ever heard about someone who has gone missing and wondered what happened next? If so, join us Tuesday May 11th at 6:30pm for the COR Monthly Meeting with speaker Kira Pierson. She will share how she was inspired to create the project Butler County Ohio Missing to help locate missing persons in her community. She’ll discuss the difficulties families often face with agencies and law enforcement when looking for a loved one as well as how she steps in to advocate for these families when needed. This discussion will challenge the ideas you may have on this issue that affects all communities.

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Interested in learning more about how our society creates and uses energy, both now and in the future? If so, join us Tuesday April 13th at 6:30pm for the COR monthly meeting with speaker Bob Hermann. Bob serves on the board of Community of Reason and manages our Science O'Clock Cincinnati programming including the Science on Tap monthly event series. He will review past energy usage, problems with fossil fuels, renewable energy options, local renewable initiatives and global issues in the future. Hope you can join us for this “energizing” conversation!

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Interested in getting into politics at either the state or local level? Join us for our monthly meeting on Tuesday March 9th at 6:30pm to learn more. Roberto Henriquez ran for state representative in Kentucky. Roberto will share his experience with us and answer questions about running for public office. Roberto is a rockstar activist as the leader of Indivisible NKY District 4, a former teacher, current System Analyst, and a proud member of the Community of Reason. RSVP on Meetup

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Bad bills are being introduced across the nation (and a few positive ones). Join us for our monthly meeting tomorrow at 6:30 pm to learn more! Alison Gill, Vice President of Legal & Policy for American Atheists will provide us an update on Project Blitz and other efforts by the religious right to introduce and pass dangerous legislation across the country. We’ll also hear an update on state legislation for Ohio and Kentucky and how our states scored on the State of the Secular States report. View on Meetup.

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Welcome to 2021! The Community of Reason has lots of plans for events this year to continue on our mission to build a thriving atheist and humanist community that is actively building a better future for everyone.

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First U.S. Secular Survey Launches!

Because federal surveys do not gather data about secular Americans, there’s a lack of information about atheists, agnostics, and the nonreligious. But you can change the situation!

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The COR Website Launches & Voting Memberships!

We are so excited to announce that our Community of Reason website has launched! We’ve completed phase 1 of the website, thanks in large part to the efforts of Vice President Chris Powell! Look for more features and content in the coming months!

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The Official COR Logo

The Community of Reason has a logo! A big thank you to everyone who participated in this process! We received over 50 concepts submitted by our community! The final logo incorporates the concept that we are many things, all working in conjunction with each other, toward a common goal.

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COR Planning Meeting - Mission, Vision, and Logos

A big thank you to everyone that came to our second open planning meeting for the Community of Reason! We had great conversations about logo designs and future events. We appreciate the participation and support we are receiving as we build our secular community!

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The Community of Reason (COR) has been recognized as an official 501(c)3 nonprofit!

The Community of Reason: Atheists and Humanists of Ohio and Kentucky was created in January 2019 with the goal of providing a network of support and secular opportunities to the non-religious in the area based on our shared values. Through monthly planning meetings, the leadership team, known as the Village Council, worked together with several members who provided valuable input into the development of our COR values, mission and vision.

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First Planning Meeting: Values

Thank you everyone who came out to our first planning meeting in Clifton. The energy of the room was wonderful! We talked about what values we wanted to be at the foundation of this group. Integrity, Compassion, Curiosity, and Diversity were among the most suggested!

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The Community of Reason (COR) Launches!

Welcome to the Community of Reason (COR)! We formed this group to provide a network of support and opportunities to the non-religious in the area, including atheists, agnostics, humanists and skeptics.

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