KASHA AGM & Helping the Ryder Family

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Dear <<First Name>>,

KASHA's Annual General Meeting is scheduled for November 16th. It has been a year since we shut down our forums and Greater Good Committee, but it is time to ressurect some of our activities. We need your input and physical help. If you are interested in being on the board, please let me know. It you have any ideas for future activies, please let me know.

To join KASHA for the upcoming year and also vote at the AGM, please pay here, or come to our AGM on November 16th, 5:30pm pay memberships, Dinner 6:00pm, 7:00pm meeting at the Curling Club.

KASHA will be moving our Thinker’s Cafe indoors to the Kelowna Curling Club. We will be meeting at the eating area on the second floor on Tuesday, November 2nd, at 11:00 a.m. The kitchen opens at 11:00 a.m.

There is elevator access to the second floor. Check in at the front desk, so that your vaccination status can be verified.

The Curling Club is at 551 Recreation Avenue. For details CLICK HERE

Check out the KASHA calendar for more information.

Recently Dan Ryder, a KASHA member and one of the founding members of the group, has been recently diagnosed with a stage IV cancer, which has spread to his bones. Dan gave a presentation at one of our last forums in 2019 on the philosphical issues with abortion. His partner Zena was on KASHA's board for two years and was the manager of the group before it was KASHA. They have helped out a lot of people over the years.

Now it is time to help them out, one of their friends have started a meal train to help support them with meals during Dan's treatments. If you are interested in helping out and getting updates, you can go here.https://www.mealtrain.com/trains/yve67m

Sincerely,
Nina
grow@askuskelowna.ca
KASHA - Kelowna Atheists, Skeptics & Humanists Association
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You can now become a member via our secure website payment system HERE

I was listening to a podcast from Radiolab recently about how an immunosuppressant drug (which I take for my transplant) was created from the soil of Easter Island and brought to a research lab in Canada. It is a great story about immigrants, perseverance and just plain scientific discovery.
It is a great listen for those days of lying down and not wanting to do much else.
https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/articles/dirty-drug-and-ice-cream-tub

Something About Fruit

A few months ago, I went to church on a Sunday morning with my mom. I was visiting her for part of the weekend, and, fully vaccinated and wearing a mask, I decided to tag along to church. And it was okay.

That was not the case a few years ago when I would still occasionally attend church, even after shifting away from the Christian faith. Back then, I’d have a mixed bag of feelings after the service. I would be really upset about some of the things that were taught from the pulpit and that were, seemingly, accepted so blindly by the other congregants. On the way out, I would think, “How can anyone believe that? Has anyone actually researched this to any extent? That’s not accurate/justified/kind!” Conversely, I’d be nostalgic, wishing that I could go back to being a member of the church, wishing I could still believe so easily the things I used to believe, wishing it was all still so warm and cozy. And I’d feel confused, wondering if I was wrong, if it was my fault for not having enough faith or praying enough or having the right.. READ MORE

Webinars & Town Halls on the KASHA website

Thanks to Darrel, we now have a page of interesting webinars and town hall meetings from BC Humanists, Center for Inquiry Canada and Amnesty International that you can watch.
If you just can't watch another Netflix show or commercial TV, tune in here to see issues that are relevant to you. KASHA WEBINAR PAGE

You can also catch up on some of our previous newsletters HERE.

Thanks, Darrel, for all your work!

We are officially an affliate local group member with BC Humanists. We receive support to help connect with humanists and atheists in our area. We become part of a larger network of non-religious people across the province by joining with other groups.

The British Columbia Humanist Association has been providing a community and voice for humanists, atheists, agnostics, and the non-religious of Metro Vancouver and British Columbia since 1982. They support the growth of Humanist communities across BC, provide Humanist ceremonies, and campaign for progressive and secular values.

Please consider joining the BCHA if you support our combined efforts.

KASHA needs volunteers:

Forum Speakers: We are looking for volunteers to be speakers/facilitators. If you are interested in presenting, we have a set of criteria and an approval process. We want to make sure that all the topics will be of interest to our members. So no, we won't be approving of how astrology effects your mood.

You can download the forum criteria here.

Ideas: If you are a member and you have an idea for a speaker, are interested in starting another cafe meet-up in your area, like to write about KASHA topics, and/or want to protest something... let us know.

KASHA Board Meetings

If you are an official paid member and would like to read our minutes or attend a meeting, please let me know.
The dates of the meetings are on the events calendar, we are trying to meet once a month.
Warning: Our minutes are rather crytpic, but you will probably understand the main clinchers. Any warm new heartbeats detected at the meeting might also be given tasks. But we are not discouraging our members from attending, in fact, we would love it if you could come.

Please Go To our Events Calendar for up to date information on events.
KASHA - Kelowna Atheists, Skeptics & Humanists Association
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