Had a hugely successful event at Reed college tonight. Leslie of the Reed Student Secular Humanists and Kurt of CFI Portland did an incredible job of publicizing the event and 160 people showed up. I was surprised at the number of recovering Catholics and Jews in the audience - or at least the number who spoke about it or mentioned it. It looks like we will get an RR group going in Portand soon. 7 people stayed after the talk to discuss how to get a group started.

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Comment by Eli on October 8, 2009 at 12:19pm
That's great to hear Darrel, sorry I couldn't be there, sounds like it was a great event. Portland Freethinkers are a bit slow to motivate (not a whole lot of oppression here) but the movement is gaining momentum.
Comment by Little Name Atheist on October 8, 2009 at 11:17am
160 people! That's great!

What's an "RR" group?

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