Practical Wisdom for Everyday Life
I was interviewed for a front page feature length Times Leader newspaper article concerning my upcoming secular invocation and church/state separation. Last week — following my comments at a May 29, 2014 Wilkes-Barre City Council meeting and a press release announcing my intentions to provide a secular invocation at a June 12, 2014 council meeting […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 1, 2014 Media Contact: Justin Vacula, justinvacula [at] gmail.com NEPA Freethought Society to deliver secular invocation at June 12, 2014 Wilkes-Barre City Council meeting Wilkes-Barre – The NEPA Freethought Society — a social, educational, activist, and philosophical coalition of atheists, agnostics, humanists, secularists, and skeptics predicated on support and community which […]
I was invited to speak for the Humanist Association of Greater Philadelphia on 5/25/14. Here’s a video of the speech and the Q&A. Speech overview: There are many approaches associated with communicating atheism and humanism. How can atheists and humanists most effectively communicate messages of atheism and humanism to the general public? Is there one […]
Wilkes-Barre City Council approved my request to provide a secular invocation at a future meeting, but is only allowing me to do so during the public comment section. I addressed Wilkes-Barre City Council during its May 29, 2014 meeting asking permission to provide a secular invocation in place of the traditional government-led Judeo-Christian prayer led by […]
Quick update: I’ll be speaking at tonight’s Wilkes-Barre City Council meeting concerning events surrounding the improper placement and response from city officials in regards to the FFRF ‘Nothing Fails Like Prayer’ banner. I shall also ask city council for permission to deliver a secular invocation during council meetings (rather than the government-delivered prayer offered during […]
