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Location: Portland, OR
Members: 106
Latest Activity: Jan 25

Local Links

CFI, Portland
The Center for Inquiry has several monthly events: discussion groups, book club, OMSI Science pub get together. They bring in nationally known speakers (Austin Dacey, Lawrence Krauss, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris), are starting up a critical thinking course, potlucks, picnics, camping events, volunteer work, humanist film festival. They participate in local atheist activism, and sponsor several atheist meetups in the Portland area. Over 150 local events per year! Come join the community - exciting things are happening!
http://www.meetup.com/cfi-portland/
Check out the latest CFI Portland Newsletter for more details

United States Atheists
I have not attended one of their meetings yet, but there is a group called "United States Atheists" that has their headquarters on SE Foster. I am thinking about checking them out soon. They have meetings on Tuesday nights at 7:30.
http://www.unitedstatesatheists.com/

Portland Area Humanism Meetup
The Humanists of Greater Portland (HGP) are reaching out! We have been meeting downtown every Sunday morning for a decade, for questions, discussion, and socializing, all anchored to an interesting program. Everyone is welcome to attend those meetings, and we get some attendees traveling 25 miles each way, but they don't work for everyone.
http://humanism.meetup.com/212/

Secular Parents of Greater Portland
This is a meetup for parents who are raising their children without religion, who love reason as well as art, and who are looking for a community where they can find fun, support, and great company for themselves and their children.
http://www.meetup.com/cfi-spm/

The Beaverton Atheists Meetup Group
Meet local atheists, agnostics, secular humanists, scientific naturalists and other friends of reason for conversation and friendship! We often meet on Portland's West side but welcome people from anywhere.
http://www.meetup.com/cfi-bam/

The Flying Spaghetti Monster Lands for a Pint
Meet other local atheists, freethinkers and heathens. Gather to discuss beliefs and philosophies, and make new friends.
Causal, open conversation at various pubs and events!
http://atheists.meetup.com/588/

Secular Humanists of East Portland
They meet every two weeks in SE Portland. The typical format is watching science or religion related movies at one of the members' houses with discussion afterwords. Potlucks quarterly and some outdoor activities planned this summer.
http://www.meetup.com/cfi-shep/

Vancouver Skeptics Meetup
The newest Atheist group near Portland. They plan to meet once per month for drinks, food, and conversation at a local restaurant.
http://www.meetup.com/cfi-vsm/

For other MeetUp.com groups local to Portland, you can look here for a gathering near you: "Groups pertaining to 'atheist' within 25 miles of downtown Portland."

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Comment by Sentient Biped on September 1, 2011 at 12:19pm: Meetup this saturday at 2pm in Vancouver WA. Hope to see you there!

http://www.meetup.com/cfi-vsm/events/calendar/

Comment by Derek Murphy on August 24, 2011 at 7:07pm: I'm doing one last push for my book before moving on to other projects. If you don't have a copy yet and would like one, please check out kickstarter.com to get a good deal and some extra freebies. It's my first experiment on kickstarter so I'd also appreciate you sharing the page if you can!

Jesus Potter Harry Christ: An independent research project

An innovative treatise into religious history, comparative mythology, astrological symbolism and contemporary culture.

Comment by Sentient Biped on June 1, 2011 at 10:37pm: Come to the Meetup in Vancouver Washington this Saturday!
Just fun conversation and "real people".

Skeptics in the Pub Meetup in Vancouver WA
Saturday, June 4, 2011 2:00 PM
Round Table 5016 NE Thurston Way Vancouver, WA

go to meetup.comfor further info and to sign up.

Comment by Kurt on February 28, 2011 at 4:24am: B Good. There is the Humanist Association of Salem: http://www.meetup.com/Humanist-Association-of-Salem/
Also CFI Eugene... sort of near Salem: http://www.meetup.com/CFI-Eugene/
Plus, many like minded folks in Oregonians for Science and Reason which I think often has events in Salem: http://www.meetup.com/Oregonians-for-Science-and-Reason/

CFI Portland (who technically represents the entire NW), is looking for someone in Salem to meet a couple times a year with our Representatives.... As a face of the atheist community and its concerns. Contact me if that is something that interests you.

Comment by B Good on February 28, 2011 at 4:02am: Is Salem not considered part of Oregon? I just moved here from Alaska, and I see Portland area groups and South Oregon groups, but nothing in the middle. If Salem is a foreign place because it's the capital, I understand. Alaskans feel the same way about Juneau.

Comment by Sentient Biped on January 2, 2011 at 9:47am

Right here in Vancouver WA, 5 minutes north of Portland:

	Meetup Reminder CFI Vancouver Skeptics
Your group has a Meetup Saturday, January 8, 2011 2:00 PM!

For more information check out the Meetup.com site here!

Comment by Sentient Biped on December 4, 2010 at 7:37pm: Great meetup in Vancouver today, laid back, fun, informative, lots of great conversation. Next one is planned for the first sat in Jan, which happens to be Jan 1, but may change if it is thought that Jan 1 wont bring many people.

Comment by Sentient Biped on December 3, 2010 at 4:15pm: Meetup
CFI Vancouver (WA) Skeptics Your group has a Meetup tomorrow!

CFI Skeptics in the Pub

When
Saturday, December 4, 2010 2:00 PM

Who
7 Yes / 0 Maybe
There's still room for 13 more.

Where
Round Table
5016 NE Thurston Way
Vancouver WA 98662
360-892-0450

Meetup Description
Meet local skeptics, atheists, secular humanists, scientific naturalists and other friends of reason for conversation and friendship! We meet in Vancouver but welcome people from anywhere. Meetings are informal and social. Conversation is spirited and informative. We were meeting at BJ's brewpub on Hayden Island/Jantzen Beach, but several members have mentioned it's too noisy there, so a reservation was made at the Round Table by Westfield mall in Vancouver, for their banquet room, between 2 and 5 pm. Skeptics in the Pub is an outreach program of Center for Inquiry Portland. Be sure to view the calendar at CFI Portland Meetup or the Events Calendar at CFI Portland to check out all the secular activities around

For more info or to sign up please check meetup.com. THere is a link above as well. You can also ask me, I am not an organizer but I usually go and enjoy it.

Comment by Sylvia on December 3, 2010 at 3:34pm: James, someone just corrected me: The DARKTOLIGHT performance event has a "suggested donation", not a firm ticket. Support is invited but not expected.

Comment by Sylvia on December 3, 2010 at 2:43pm: James, we look at Dark to Light as a season, and there are two events to celebrate it this year (beyond what people to privately). There is the DARKTOLIGHT concert, for which tickets are sold. Info is here: http://www.meetup.com/cfi-portland/calendar/15379497/ and http://www.centerforinquiry.net/portland/events/darktolight/.

Then, there is the combined solstice potluck celebration, which is HumanLight for HGP, and Dark to Light for CFI. Info is here: http://www.meetup.com/cfi-portland/calendar/15516732/ and http://www.centerforinquiry.net/portland/events/holiday_celebration.... Admission here is free, donations are gratefully accepted, and since it's a potluck we ask people to bring a dish to share.

For both events, the first link I provided shows a list of people planning to attend from CFI. There will be others in addition to the CFI attendees.