Im about to go to the AFS hall and yammer. Join me there if you can, OK? 4775 N. Church Lane Atlanta GA 30339 atlantafreethought.org AFS is a 501(c)(3) educational organization 3 December 2014 CE NEWS RELEASE—for immediate release Ed Buckner (and with a New Topic) Amazing Grace, the Codrington Plantation, Quakers, Slavery, and Morality (Atlanta) Atlanta Freethought Society President Rick Pace announced that the speaker for the December 14th (Sunday, 1:00 P.M.) program for AFS will be Ed Buckner, former leader of AFS, former president of American Atheists, and long-time activist (and author of several books, including In Freedom We Trust: An Atheist Guide to Religious Liberty [Prometheus Books, 2012], with Michael E. Buckner). Buckners topic, a new one for him, will be Breaking the Chains of Slavery: Codrington Plantation (Barbados), Slavery, and Amazing Grace. Buckner has spoken and debated all over the U.S. and in the United Kingdom. According to AFS President Rick Pace, Buckner is a popular speaker—the kind who entertains and informs. Buckner said his goal is to include Things you may know and things you probably dont about slavery, morality, social/political movements, Amazing Grace, the Wilberforces (père et fils), the original meaning of abolitionists, the Triangle Trade, where sugar—not cotton—was king, and the egalitarian stances of the Quakers. A story with interesting historical details and not one but two morals. The Buckner program, free and open to the public, will be preceded by conversation and a potluck lunch starting about noon, for those interested. The program will start at about 1 p.m. at AFS Hall, 4775 N. Church Lane, Atlanta 30339 (just off Atlanta Road, inside the I-285/ perimeter—exit 16). We welcome those who are not freethinkers but who just want to see our historic building or to learn more about the topic. All freethinkers are of course welcome—and we hope that they will decide to join as members in due course, said Rick Pace. The Atlanta Freethought Society is a member-run (all volunteer) non-profit, 501(c)(3) educational organization. The freethought hall that AFS owns and restored was a church from 1866, when it was built, until 2001. The hall is available for rent at a modest fee on request. Regular AFS meetings, free and open to the public, are held on the second Sunday afternoon of every month, with a variety of other events and activities each month as well. The regular meeting usually features a speaker (often nationally known) on religion, freethought, science, history, or some combination of these. AFS has published, under the auspices of its press—Freethought Press—seven books and dozens of calendars, brochures, and flyers. AFS has often led protests against church-state violations. -30- For more information, on this program or on AFS more generally, please visit our website, atlantafreethought.org .
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