Recent demographic data has suggested a leveling off or perhaps even a turn-back of the 30-year trend of increasing religious unaffiliated in the United States. Are we in the midst of a new "religious revival" in America? A deeper dive into the data raises challenging questions for the religious and nonreligious alike about the changing[…]
The lunch gathering has been postponed until sometime in August.
A few people from our local chapter plan to set up an FFRF information table at the Palo Alto farmers' market on Sunday, August 24th from 9am to noon. (Note that there is a different Palo Alto market downtown on Saturdays; this particular event is the Sunday market on California Avenue). If you're at the[…]
Our friend Dick Hewetson died on July 19 at the age of 95 after a long and purposeful life. We will be celebrating his life Saturday afternoon September 6 at the Billy DeFrank LGBTQ+ Community Center in San Jose, California. If you would like to join us, you can do so either in person or[…]
Please join us to hear Mickey Dollens speak at the Mitchell Park Community Center in Palo Alto from 2-3pm on Sept. 7th.
FFRF San Francisco Bay Chapter members and friends will meet for a lunch get-together at noon on Sunday, September 14, at Horatio’s Restaurant in San Leandro. The address is 60 Monarch Bay Drive, and there is parking at the restaurant. Docked at the San Leandro Marina, Horatio's has been serving classic and artfully prepared seafood,[…]
The "No Kings" organization will hold another event with a patriotic purpose: to educate, inspire, and train people to defend democracy, dignity, and truth against authoritarianism, cruelty, and fear. This is highly relevant to those who recognize the central importance of separation of church and state to our democracy, which continues to be eroded by[…]
FFRF San Francisco Bay Chapter members and friends will meet for a lunch get-together at noon on Sunday, November 23, at Jupiter's Pizza (2181 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley). Parking can be found nearby at Allston Way Garage, the Berkeley Way Garage, and there are are various metered street parking options. For those taking BART, the Berkeley Downtown BART station[…]