SHIFT is close to celebrating ONE FULL YEAR in existence! A special binder is currently being prepared to show off all that our group has accomplished in this time, including bringing you nationally-renowned speakers, engaging peer and community discussions and events, and being recognized by the University as "an important and valuable student group," as Student Group of the Month for January 2010!
This group has an amazing foundation and we encourage you to take this month of April to consider all that it has been and will be for you, and for the University of Utah campus for years to come ~ what an asset to our diverse community it is!
To commence the month of April as our 1st Annual Donation Drive, we are offering you the most delicious Baked Goods you can imagine! Please come on Sunday, April 11 at noon (before our regular general Sunday Meeting) in the Student Union near the Ballroom, to donate what you feel you are able to keep this group running smoothly, and to enjoy a lunch of champions!
Please RSVP on the Facebook Page if you would like to pre-order! There will be plenty for everyone, so, bring your family, your friends, everyone you know! See you Sunday!
Monday, March 29, 2010
Monday, March 22, 2010
March Madness
After ending February on the right note with our very successful Austin Dacey event, SHIFT has had several social events this month, with more to come. First, we had a bowling social on 3/7, during which we had great conversation and ate cookies and donuts, while bowling in the bowling alley of the Union Building. Next, on 3/14, at the suggestion of group member Jeff Jenkins, we celebrated Pi Day (seeing as mathematics are one of the few things in the universe that can be proven true) by going to The Pie for pizza. We gathered first at the Union for our usual Sunday meeting and left as a group at 1:59 (pi = 3.14159) for The Pie, where we ate delicious pizza and cheese pull-aparts, and enjoyed interesting conversation. Finally, in order to start Spring Break off right, we gathered on 3/20 in the Union Building theater for a screening of the movie Religulous, which incited much laughter and some enlightening conversation afterward. Many brought snacks to share with everyone, including some atheist cookies (square soft cookies with white icing and the scarlet atheist 'A' on them), provided by group member Zach Stevenson's aunt from her in-home bakery called Just Sweets Bakery, and they were great! This Saturday (3/27), some of us will be meeting at a local restaurant for a social lunch (exact time and location TBD), seeing as we will not be having our usual Sunday meetings until after Spring Break. I hope you can join us for lunch this Saturday (keep an eye on our facebook page for details) and for the great events that will take place during the month of April, including a combined social event SHIFT will be having with SHAFT, our sibling group from Utah State University, for which we will be having a picnic and enjoy other outdoor activities (specific date and location TBD, so keep an eye on our facebook page for details).
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Austin Dacey Lecture & Debate Saturday, February 27
Austin Dacey, author of The Secular Conscience: Why Belief Belongs in Public Life, and former Center for Inquiry representative to the United Nations, is coming this Saturday!
His lecture, called "Blasphemy: Hate Speech or Human Right? Inside the struggle for freedom of expression at the United Nations" will be held in the University of Utah Fine Arts Auditorium (375 South 1530 East) on Saturday, February 27, beginning at 4:00pm ~ the doors will open at 3:00, and seating is first-come-first-served, so come early to grab your good seats!
Following Dr. Dacey's lecture, he will be joined by local Salt Lake Community College Professor of Philosophy, Dr. Mark Hausam, for a debate entitled, "Is Morality Possible Without God?"
Don't miss this amazing opportunity! This lecture is being hosted by SHIFT ~ Secular Humanism, Inquiry and Freethought. It has been generously made possible by the exhaustive efforts of Co-Founder Jason Cooperrider, The Secular Student Alliance (one of our national affiliates), and The Humanists of Utah, as well of course by our participants Dr.s Austin Dacey (and Angie McQuaig) and Mark Hausam.
Donations are gratefully being accepted via cash or checks made out to SHIFT.
His lecture, called "Blasphemy: Hate Speech or Human Right? Inside the struggle for freedom of expression at the United Nations" will be held in the University of Utah Fine Arts Auditorium (375 South 1530 East) on Saturday, February 27, beginning at 4:00pm ~ the doors will open at 3:00, and seating is first-come-first-served, so come early to grab your good seats!
Following Dr. Dacey's lecture, he will be joined by local Salt Lake Community College Professor of Philosophy, Dr. Mark Hausam, for a debate entitled, "Is Morality Possible Without God?"
Don't miss this amazing opportunity! This lecture is being hosted by SHIFT ~ Secular Humanism, Inquiry and Freethought. It has been generously made possible by the exhaustive efforts of Co-Founder Jason Cooperrider, The Secular Student Alliance (one of our national affiliates), and The Humanists of Utah, as well of course by our participants Dr.s Austin Dacey (and Angie McQuaig) and Mark Hausam.
Donations are gratefully being accepted via cash or checks made out to SHIFT.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Secular Student Alliance Leadership Conference
I will be attending this conference to represent SHIFT. If anyone is interested in accompanying me, then please contact me for details.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Baha'i Interfaith Devotional
Yesterday at Plaza Fest, as the Interfaith Liason of SHIFT, I stopped by various tables and spoke with representatives of many Faith Groups on campus. I was so pleased to learn what they are doing to coordinate efforts with each other and engage the community in service for good!
I hope that many in our group can find the time to join them in their discussions and activities - in a respectful and engaging manner - so that we, as Secular Humanists, can become better represented among faith groups as community members focused on bettering humanity as well! We of non-faith have no good reason to disengage from our communities because of others' professions of faith in higher beings. I hope you agree!
This Thursday, January 28, 2010 I hope you will join the Baha'i Campus Association in their first Interfaith Campus Devotional of the Spring 2010 semester - the topic is "Economic Prosperity of Humanity," a discussion in which we very well can engage! This will be held from 7:30 - 9:00 pm in Room 319 of the Student Union Building.
I hope that many in our group can find the time to join them in their discussions and activities - in a respectful and engaging manner - so that we, as Secular Humanists, can become better represented among faith groups as community members focused on bettering humanity as well! We of non-faith have no good reason to disengage from our communities because of others' professions of faith in higher beings. I hope you agree!
This Thursday, January 28, 2010 I hope you will join the Baha'i Campus Association in their first Interfaith Campus Devotional of the Spring 2010 semester - the topic is "Economic Prosperity of Humanity," a discussion in which we very well can engage! This will be held from 7:30 - 9:00 pm in Room 319 of the Student Union Building.
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Plaza Fest This Tuesday!
Are you interested in learning more about SHIFT - Secular Humanism, Inquiry and Freethought? Please stop by our table between 10am and 2pm this Tuesday, January 26, 2010! There will be snacks and handouts and plenty of good company to chat with about Secular matters. This event will occur in the ballroom of the Union Building on campus. Please help by manning the table for any amount of time or by just hanging out to chat with those who are and/or with interested passers-by.
Monday, January 11, 2010
SHIFT Happens
Every Sunday at 1:00pm! By the Pool Tables in the Student Union. And as this is the first Sunday Meeting of Spring Semester, there will be pizza and awesome company! Please join us, and bring everyone you know.
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Event Report
I am pleased to report that "The Many Faces of Charles Darwin" lecture was a great success. Held on Friday, December 11, 2009 and hosted by SHIFT, The College of Science, and The Department of Biology of The University of Utah, Daniel Fairbanks' lecture was engaging and informative.
This event brought in the highest number of attendees to a SHIFT event held during the Fall 2009 semester - 22 persons total - and also brought in $45, donated by those who attended, to contribute toward our first Lecture Event of 2010! We are working on bringing in Austin Dacey, former Center for Inquiry Representative to the United Nations, on Febuary 27 at 4:00.
If you are able to contribute to the Austin Dacey event, please contact Elaine Ball at elaineballfr@gmail.com. If you would like more information about Austin Dacey or how you might be able to help with this event, please contact Jason Cooperrider at jason.cooperrider@hsc.utah.edu.
This event brought in the highest number of attendees to a SHIFT event held during the Fall 2009 semester - 22 persons total - and also brought in $45, donated by those who attended, to contribute toward our first Lecture Event of 2010! We are working on bringing in Austin Dacey, former Center for Inquiry Representative to the United Nations, on Febuary 27 at 4:00.
If you are able to contribute to the Austin Dacey event, please contact Elaine Ball at elaineballfr@gmail.com. If you would like more information about Austin Dacey or how you might be able to help with this event, please contact Jason Cooperrider at jason.cooperrider@hsc.utah.edu.
Sunday, December 6, 2009
The Many Faces of Charles Darwin
SHIFT - Secular Humanism, Inquiry and Freethought - is pleased to Co-Sponsor this Lecture with The College of Science and The Department of Biology at the University of Utah:
Daniel J. Fairbanks, Associate Dean of Science and Health at Utah Valley University, will be presenting his lecture, "The Many Faces of Charles Darwin" in Room 161 of the University of Utah A. Ray Olpin Student Union at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, December 11, 2009.
Please come early, at 10:30 a.m. for light refreshments, and to make sure everyone is seated in time for the lecture to begin!
This event is completely free and open to the public.
Donations will gratefully be accepted at the door to help bring in our first lecturer of Spring Semester, Dr. Austin Dacey, former Center For Inquiry Representative to the United Nations.
Daniel J. Fairbanks, Associate Dean of Science and Health at Utah Valley University, will be presenting his lecture, "The Many Faces of Charles Darwin" in Room 161 of the University of Utah A. Ray Olpin Student Union at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, December 11, 2009.
Please come early, at 10:30 a.m. for light refreshments, and to make sure everyone is seated in time for the lecture to begin!
This event is completely free and open to the public.
Donations will gratefully be accepted at the door to help bring in our first lecturer of Spring Semester, Dr. Austin Dacey, former Center For Inquiry Representative to the United Nations.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
The God Who Wasn't There
The God Who Wasn't There is a documentary that sounds spectacular - this Thursday, December 3, let's all join the Atheists of Utah to see what it's all about! 7:00pm at the Downtown Salt Lake Public Library - 210 E. 400 S.
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