Chris Worfolk
25-02-2009, 02:20 PM
Exciting times people. We're only a little over 7 weeks away until...
Leeds Rationalist Week 2009
As with every year, this year is going to be our biggest year ever. We've expanded the range of events, the volume of stuff we're doing, the size of the marquee - in general everything is going to be bigger and better. It's certainly going to blow away what the Christian Union and Islamic Society did for their awareness weeks this year.
Details
As many of you will know, we erect a marquee opposite our union and hold everything in there. This year's marquee will be twice as big as last year's so we can actually fit everyone in when we hold the big religious debates and it will also be open 24/7 this year so any time, day or night, that someone wants to pop in for a free hot drink and a chat, we'll be open.
We're really aiming to dispell some of the myths surrounding atheists being bastards, as I've said we'll be doing free hot drinks any time day or night as well as awareness of things like the organ donar's register and hopefully some blood drive stuff too.
Events
We'll be running somewhere in the region of 40 events during the region of 40 events throughout the week so basically any time someone wants to come in, there will be something going on.
Highlights include a number of guest speakers, several debates, some with religious societies on campus, joint events with other important societies such as LGBT, loads of talks, fun stuff like a pub quiz, horror movie marathon and loads more stuff.
Get Involved
As you can imagine it's a mission staffing a tent 24/7 so we're always looking for more people to get involved. Hopefully many of you, at least those societies reasonably close, will be able to make it down for some of the stuff.
If you want to come down and help out that would be fantastic (especially you Oxford, I know you're on holiday that week :p ). We have a travel budget this year so if you want to come down and do some shifts we can pay your travel costs and sort you out with accommodation as well.
If you're thinking of running your own awareness week it would be a fantastic learning experience (I hope, lol) so I would highly recommend you come down if only to see how it's done. So yeah, if anyone can spare some time get in touch.
The Details
It's taking place April 19th - 25th, starting at about noon on the Sunday and running through until about 4am on the Saturday morning when the union's nightclubs have kicked out.
I'll post more details as we start confirming more events and generally getting stuff sorted. It's going to be amazing!
Leeds Rationalist Week 2009
As with every year, this year is going to be our biggest year ever. We've expanded the range of events, the volume of stuff we're doing, the size of the marquee - in general everything is going to be bigger and better. It's certainly going to blow away what the Christian Union and Islamic Society did for their awareness weeks this year.
Details
As many of you will know, we erect a marquee opposite our union and hold everything in there. This year's marquee will be twice as big as last year's so we can actually fit everyone in when we hold the big religious debates and it will also be open 24/7 this year so any time, day or night, that someone wants to pop in for a free hot drink and a chat, we'll be open.
We're really aiming to dispell some of the myths surrounding atheists being bastards, as I've said we'll be doing free hot drinks any time day or night as well as awareness of things like the organ donar's register and hopefully some blood drive stuff too.
Events
We'll be running somewhere in the region of 40 events during the region of 40 events throughout the week so basically any time someone wants to come in, there will be something going on.
Highlights include a number of guest speakers, several debates, some with religious societies on campus, joint events with other important societies such as LGBT, loads of talks, fun stuff like a pub quiz, horror movie marathon and loads more stuff.
Get Involved
As you can imagine it's a mission staffing a tent 24/7 so we're always looking for more people to get involved. Hopefully many of you, at least those societies reasonably close, will be able to make it down for some of the stuff.
If you want to come down and help out that would be fantastic (especially you Oxford, I know you're on holiday that week :p ). We have a travel budget this year so if you want to come down and do some shifts we can pay your travel costs and sort you out with accommodation as well.
If you're thinking of running your own awareness week it would be a fantastic learning experience (I hope, lol) so I would highly recommend you come down if only to see how it's done. So yeah, if anyone can spare some time get in touch.
The Details
It's taking place April 19th - 25th, starting at about noon on the Sunday and running through until about 4am on the Saturday morning when the union's nightclubs have kicked out.
I'll post more details as we start confirming more events and generally getting stuff sorted. It's going to be amazing!