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Atheists Grill Out and Serve Up Delicious Food for Veterans
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With the help of some giving and friendly freethinkers, we grilled up some delicious food and served it alongside some equally delicious sides with yard games and smiles all around!
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Selling Ribs and Helping Kids: Ribs for Kids 2018
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We worked with FosterAdopt Connect to help bring some delicious ribs to people to help fundraise for their foster and adoption programs! You can see the full album on Facebook here!
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This Saturday: Secular Social Justice Conference
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Are you wanting to make it to ReasonFest, but can’t, or maybe you want something to listen to and learn from in between their presentations? Tune in this Saturday to the Secular Social Justice Conference: On Saturday April 7th, All Souls Church Unitarian in Washington D.C. will host the Secular…
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Hugs, Answers, and Holiday Cheer at the 2018 St. Patrick’s Day Parade
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We grabbed some friendly folks and headed down to Westport again this year to make ourselves available for questions, spread some holiday cheer, and pass out our fair share of hugs to those who asked. We’re looking forward to doing it all again next year!
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Ringing in Valentine’s Day with Heathenly Hugs and Kisses!
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After some tasty snacks and drinks at Tomfoolerie’s, we got some friends together to assemble bags of hugs and kisses and delivered them to happy folks to celebrate Valentine’s Day! You can see the full album on Facebook here!
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New Director and Secretary
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Say “hello” to Jordan McKinney, our new secretary, and Sally Mendon, our new co-directory of philanthropy! Jordan and Sally have both been long-known to the board and frequently supportive of the Kansas City Atheist Coalition, be it from pitching in to help organize events or contributing from their own extensive…
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Debate: Is Belief in Christianity Reasonable?
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Our director of activism, Joshua Stewart, was invited down to Springfield, along with JT Eberhard, to debate the question of whether or not belief in Christianity is reasonable. The Springfield Freethinkers have a video of the debate available on YouTube for your viewing pleasure:
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Atheists Help Their Fellow Furry Friends
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We were excited to go back to KC Pet Project and help clean and maintain the facilities. Between an upcoming surge of animals abandoned or lost during the hurricane, they needed help in getting their facilities ready for such an influx of furry friends, and we were glad to lend…
We are Kansas City Atheist Coalition
As atheists, we find hope in our ability to share our human experiences with our community as we grow together. We organize one charitable or service-oriented event each month, as well as activism and community events at every opportunity. Becoming a member supports our mission by including you in a growing community doing good in the Kansas City area.
Our Causes
The Kansas City Atheist Coalition has a goal of organizing one philanthropic activity a month, such as raising money or other donations for a good cause, or volunteering with an organization we believe in. It is important to us to provide our members with opportunities to give time and resources to the people of our city who are in need.
Our criteria for donating to, or volunteering with, a vetted organization in good non-profit standing is that the contributions will not go toward promoting religion and that we will be able to participate as out atheists, wearing our sky-blue KCAC T-shirts.
While KCAC is committed to doing good purely for goodness’ sake, we wear our shirts because we think it is equally important to show the larger community that atheists possess morality without mythology, dispelling the common misconception that atheism is an empty, meaningless existence devoid of a sense of morality.
The Kansas City Atheist Coalition attempts to build and support community in several ways. First, we reach out to our community at large through multiple philanthropic and activism causes we support in Kansas City. Second, we reach inward to build a community for existing nonbelievers through several fun, social events we host and participate in with the express purpose of providing a safe and welcoming space where people can feel comfortable expressing their lack of belief among friends.
Participation in KCAC’s public events for philanthropy and community are not limited to paid members in order to provide a welcoming atmosphere for nonbelievers to meet, discuss our commonality, strengthen our friendships, and support each other, as we work for good within our city.
Our activism serves many purposes. We bring people in our community together for polite, respectful discussion. We work to remove the stigma from the word “atheist” simply by being open, “out” atheists. Our members dispel common misconceptions about what atheists do and do not believe by making themselves available to the public to answer questions about atheism. Our leadership increases awareness among religious believers that atheists are present in the Kansas City community. The organization, as a whole, increases awareness throughout Greater Kansas City that our organization exists, and that we provide a community to nonbelievers.
Kansas City Atheist Coalition proudly shows public, visible, and vocal support for organizations and causes that base their worldview and efforts in science, reason, equality, bodily autonomy, women’s rights, support for the LGBTQIA+ community, and religious pluralism. We speak emphatically against efforts that threaten the constitutional rights of citizens to exercise their freedom of religion, and lack thereof.
Kansas City Atheist Coalition is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Donations to Kansas City Atheist Coalition are tax-deductible. Protecting the privacy of our members, with specific regard to their identification as atheists, is of the utmost importance to us. Our board meetings are open to dues-paying members in order to exercise transparency in our financial and strategic planning, and encourage participation and sharing of ideas.
Membership is on a yearly basis, requiring a renewal each year to continue. You can start your membership with us here, and we look forward to having you join us!
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