Christopher Hitchens, recent author of God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything, will be speaking at Iowa State University on Wednesday, October 31st. The event will be at 8pm in the Sun Room of the Memorial Union. For more details, please visit the event site here.

The Iowa Secularists are now on both Facebook and Myspace! If you are on either of these sites and would like to join the group there please go to these links at Myspace or Facebook.

Some Iowa Secularists were recently featured in an article by Molly Rossiter, the Faith and Values reporter for the Cedar Rapids Gazette. The article focused on the perception of an increased push by atheists and secularists to have their voices heard. You can read the article here.

Tuesday, October 2: UNI Freethinkers (UNIFI) meeting, 8:00 pm in Sabin 207 on the UNI campus in Cedar Falls.

Sunday, October 7: new Des Moines breakfast meetup! 9am at Panera Bread on 42nd St. in West Des Moines in the back room

Tuesday, October 9: UNI Freethinkers (UNIFI) will co-sponsor a meeting with Kaio Church called “Grab a Brew, Share Your View” on the second Tuesday of every month at 8:00pm at the Voodoo Lounge in Cedar Falls. Find more details here.

Thursday, October 11: Iowa City/Coralville monthly meeting, 7:00pm at Old Chicago, Coralville. For more details and to RSVP, please visit the Meetup site here *note: Iowa City and Cedar Rapids groups share this site so look for both on the calendar!

Friday, October 12 - Sunday, October 14: A number of Iowa Secularists will be attending the 30th annual Freedom From Religion Foundation conference in Madison, WI on the weekend of October 12-14. If you are interested in attending this conference, please visit the site here for more information and to register.

Tuesday, October 16: UUSIC Secular Humanist group meeting, 7:00 p.m. in the UUSIC Fireside Room at 10 S. Gilbert St., Iowa City. ISU Professor Hector Avalos will speak this month followed by Dan Barker in November.

Thursday, October 18: Des Moines monthly meeting, 7:00pm at Legends American Grill, 8460 Birchwood Ct. in Johnston. For more details and to RSVP, please visit the Meetup site here

Thursday, October 18: Cedar Rapids monthly meeting, 7:00pm at Leonardo’s Pizza in Cedar Rapids. For more details and to RSVP, please visit the Meetup site here *note: Iowa City and Cedar Rapids groups share this site so look for both on the calendar!

Each Saturday: North Iowa Secularists, 10:00am on Saturdays at the Mason City Airport Cafe at Hwy 122 W

Each Tuesday: ISU Atheists and Agnostic Society, 7:00pm Tuesdays on the ISU campus in Ames, Ross 120.