ANNOUNCEMENT
Notice of Meeting:
sponsored by the
South Carolina Secular Humanist Alliance
March 25th – 26th, 2000
Columbia, South Carolina
“Secular Humanism: An Alternative to Religion & Other Supernaturalism”
Hear eight enlightening presentations on using reason, science and
experience as a more rational foundation for morality and a better way
of life.
Featured speakers include:
Pamela Sumners — Constitutional law and civil-rights attorney who
fought three church-state separation cases including Judge Roy Moore’s
hanging of the Ten Commandments in his Alabama courtroom.
Steve Benson — Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonist at the
Arizona Republic, dissident former Mormon Church member, and grandson
of late Mormon Church head Ezra Taft Benson.
CONFERENCE PROGRAM:
Morning:
08:30 - 09:30 Registration and Refreshments
09:30 - 09:45 Welcome and Program Introduction
09:45 - 10:30 Introduction to Humanism and Humanists
10:30 - 10:45 Break and Refreshments
10:45 - 11:30 Secular Humanism as a Naturalistic World View
11:30 - 11:50 Audience Questions and Comments on Morning's Presentations
Afternoon:
12:00 - 01:30 Luncheon and Address by Pamela Sumners:
“Fighting the Religious Reich: Tales from Alabama”01:45 - 02:30 Secular Humanism and the Next Generation: Students and Grassroots Activism
02:30 - 02:45 Break and Refreshments
02:45 - 03:30 Humanist Activism at the Local Level and Beyond
03:30 - 03:45 Break and Refreshments
03:45 - 05:00 How National, State and Local Humanist Organizations Work with You
05:00 - 06:00 Break
Evening:
06:00 - 07:30 Banquet and Address by Steve Benson:
“Latter-Day Saint to Latter-Day Ain’t”07:30 - 09:00 Cash Bar / Open Forum Strategy Session
Morning:
08:30 - 10:30 Optional “Non-Prayer Breakfast”
CONFERENCE HOTEL INFORMATION:
Special Conference room rate is $73 per night, single or double,
available for March 24 and 25. You must request the rate for the
“Secular Humanists of South Carolina Conference” to receive the
Conference rate. You must call no later than March 15 to guarantee
a room will be available at the Conference rate. Please make room
reservations directly with the hotel by calling 803-794-9440.
DIRECTIONS TO CONFERENCE:
From I-20 (North or South):
Take I-26 East toward Charleston.
Take Exit 111B for West Columbia.
After exiting, go under overpass and take immediate left onto frontage road (Chris Drive).
The Holiday Inn is immediately visible on your right.
From I-77 South:
Take I-26 West toward Spartanburg:
Take Exit 111B for West Columbia.
After exiting, take immediate left onto frontage road (Chris Drive).
The Holiday Inn is immediately visible on your right.
From I-26 East:
Take Exit 111B for West Columbia.
After exiting, go under overpass and take immediate left onto frontage road (Chris Drive).
The Holiday Inn is immediately visible on your right.
From I-26 West:
Take Exit 111B for West Columbia.
After exiting, take immediate left onto frontage road (Chris Drive).
The Holiday Inn is immediately visible on your right.
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FORM:
(Please enclose this form with your payment. We must receive this by March 20, 2000, in order to reserve your place for the March 25th luncheon and banquet.)
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CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FORM
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NAME(S) (Please print clearly)
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ADDRESS
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CITY, STATE & ZIP
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PHONE
Conference cost with March 25th lunch and dinner is $60.
($30 for students with high school or college ID).
QTY. DESCRIPTION SUBTOTAL
___ ANNUAL CONFERENCE REGISTRATION(s) @ $60 each: $_____
(Includes Saturday lunch and banquet.)
___ Ticket(s) for Saturday, 6 p.m. BANQUET ONLY @ $20 each: $_____
(Includes Steve Benson's address.)
OPTIONAL DONATION to help defray fixed costs of Conference: $_____
(Any extra support is greatly appreciated!)
TOTAL AMOUNT ENCLOSED (Your check or money order): $_______
(Registrations, banquet-only tickets, & extra support.)
Make check payable to SecHumSCM. (We cannot process your credit cards.)
Please mail your registration form and check to ATTN: Katherine E. Macedon,
Secular Humanists of the SC Midlands, P. O. Box 5123, Columbia, SC 29250.
REMEMBER: We must receive this registration form and fee by March 20, 2000.
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R.S.V.P.: Please let me know if you are planning to attend the Conference,
Katherine E. Macedon.
“The conviction or suspicion that there is no cosmic justice
can fuel a commitment to the cause of earthly justice.”
-- Wendy Kaminer, Sleeping with Extra-Terrestrials