Got this in my email yesterday.

Wow! An atheist conference in Tulsa, with over 300 in attendance! The old redneck town might have some potential to become cognitively livable after all, in case I ever want to move back there:

[ACTOK] ACT August Newsletter

Whew. July was an exciting month! In case you were living under a rock, a freethought convention was hosted by yourAtheist Community of Tulsa and held right here in Tulsa.

The response was incredible.

In its inaugural year, FreeOK doubled Skepticon's and theTexas Freethought Convention's debut attendance...combined!

318 atheists and freethinkers from Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, Arkansas, Colorado, Missouri, New Mexico, Ohio, Iowa, and Minnesota gathered at All Souls Unitarian Church for a nine hour state...er,(correction)...regional convention.

Speakers were Dr. William G. Morgan, Abbie Smith, The Thinking Atheist, AronRa, and Matt Dillahunty.

If you missed it, videos will be uploaded weekly to The Thinking Atheist's channel found here and shirts will be available soon.

In addition to that exciting news, we acquired our 500th member on July 7th. We are now the 40th largest out of the 561 atheist Meetup groups worldwide and are arguably one of the most active and fastest growing.

August is a new month, however, and we are not even going to take enough time off to enjoy our accomplishments!

We have a lot going on this month, however due to the heavy workload for FreeOK, the calendar isn't entirely filled up and complete. However, we will have the regulars (Social dinner, Drinking With Atheists, Official Meeting, Post-Meeting Dinner, Secular Family Day, secular humanist volunteerism, Bible Study, et al.) and include a sermon on racism, a response toThe Response, and more. For the current news on this month's activities, please visit our calendar. More dates and events will be added as we go along so please check back.

This month, we will begin seeking legal counsel to learn more about and (maybe) eventually become a 501c3 tax-exempt (non-profit) organization. We shall also begin the prelimary stages of drafting bylaws and establishing a heirarchy of members and officers.

As always, any and all participation is welcome and we would love to have you out for one of our many fun, exciting, and inspiring events for the month of August.

Something that is not in the news yet, but may be soon is that the Sand Springs city council meetings are invoking sectarian prayer. Expect ACT to substantiate its acronym by responding in an effective yet non-confrontational way.

If you have any questions or comments, feel free to email me. I read every email that I receive and respond to almost every one.

Are you tired of religion? The closet? Isolation?
Remain passive no more. ACT!

William Poire
President
Organizer
Atheist Community of Tulsa
www.actok.org

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