WELCOME
TO THE JEFFERSON CENTER, A COMMUNITY OF
HUMANISTS, ATHEISTS AND OTHER FREETHINKERS
IN THE ROGUE VALLEY OF SOUTHERN OREGON
CELEBRATING THE 200th ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF CHARLES DARWIN
AND THE 150th ANNIVERSARY OF THE ORIGIN OF THE SPECIES
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WAS SHAKESPEARE AN ATHEIST? LOOK BELOW FOR
INFORMATION ON OUR UPCOMING LECTURE
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A SPECIAL INVITATION...
- If you value critical thinking,
- If you utilize and celebrate science and reason rather than supernaturalism and/or religion,
- If you are open-minded and realistic,
- If the separation of religion and government (church and state) is important to you,
- If a secular alternative to the dominance of religion in society tweaks your interest,
- If working to end oppression by religion and many religious people excites you,
THEN WE INVITE YOU TO JOIN US
At the Jefferson Center - you can...
- Get together with like-minded people to discuss these and other issues,
- Learn new ideas and share what you know,
- Be with a supportive group of people who like to think out of the box,
- Join with other freethinkers, secularists, humanists, atheists, agnostics and skeptics,
- Sharpen your critical thinking skills and fine-tune your intellectual honesty.
- Share in major social events every quarter, in addition to refreshments and fellowship after each Salon
Participate in –
- Monthly Salons at the Jefferson Center in Ashland– on a variety of topics
- Our Thomas Jefferson Memorial Lecture Series – learn from big thinkers
- Our Monthly Book Discussion Group
- Plus social and community events as announced
To learn more about us, explore our additional pages by clicking on the upper left buttons.
Join now! Visit our membership page. Tell your friends about us and our events!
COMING EVENTS
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monthly book discussion group
The July Book Group will consider
THE SHOCK DOCTRINE: THE RISE OF
DISASTER CAPITALISM by Naomi Klein
on Tuesday, July 14th at The Center, 208 Oak Street, Suite 101, in Ashland, Oregon.
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ANNOUNCING OUR SUMMER LECTURE
IN THE THOMAS JEFFERSON MEMORIAL
LECTURE SERIES
'SHAKESPEARE, GODLESSNESS, AND
PERVERSITY"
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ERIC S. MALLIN
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS - AUSTIN
Distinguished Shakespeare scholar, teacher, and writer
Author of GODLESS SHAKESPEARE (2007) Continuum Books
and INSCRIBING THE TIME: SHAKESPEARE AND THE END
OF ELIZABETHAN ENGLAND (1995) University of California Press
MONDAY, JULY 20th - 7 P.M. - CARPENTER HALL - Pioneer and
Hargadine Streets - Ashland, Oregon
Adults: $10. Students: Free with ID
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THOUGHT FOR THIS MONTH..................
"Religion is probably, after sex, the second oldest resource which human beings have available to them
for blowing their minds." ---Susan Sontag (1933-2004)
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THE JEFFERSON CENTER IS AN AFFILIATE MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN HUMANIST ASSOCIATION
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The Center is located in the Historic Ashland Armory at 208 Oak Street, Suite 101 Ashland, OR 97520
Office message telephone: 541.488.9450
THE JEFFERSON CENTER is funded by grants from the Minneapolis Foundation, the City of Ashland Economic and
Cultural Grant program, the Schwab Charitable Trust, from individual donors, and from Members of The Jefferson Center.
Your contributions are gratefully accepted. We are a non-profit organization with 501 (c) (3) status under the laws of the
Internal Revenue Service, therefore your contributions are tax-deductible.
[Web pages updated 07/02/09]
Webmaster: Bob Semes
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