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CFI Communities are groups of rationalists, skeptics, and humanists which sponsor local events, activism, lectures and educational programs. The Communities draw upon volunteers and Center for Inquiry Friends and supporters who are enthusiastic about our agenda and wish to take part in our movement.
The Long Island, NY Community offers an opportunity to put your principles into practice by joining other rationalists to work for positive change in society. In addition, the Long Island, NY Community sponsors social events for freethinkers as well as intellectual programming, and assists with campus outreach.
CFI Communities provide an ethical alternative to religious and paranormal worldviews. In this time of rising religiosity, anti-intellectualism and political turmoil on ethical issues, it is critical that rationalists and freethinkers join together to protect civil liberties, defend reason, and work toward increasing scientific literacy.
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Featured News
CFI Community News
CFI Community of Long Island's Gerry Dantone in Newsday's "Letters to the Editor"
Newsday, June 25, 2009
In April, Bishop Murphy wrote in a Newsday op-ed ["Our history of conscience rights is threatened," Opinion, April 9] that "Freedom of conscience today is recognized as a basic human right," one "belonging to all individuals… Full Entry »
Featured Events
Book Discussion Group
Jul 7The Book Discussion Group typically meets at the Jericho Library, One Merry Lane, Jericho, on the first Tuesday of the month.
Book: A brief presentation of books of consuming interest by each of the attendees, as many as you'd like to offer. Again, we leave the management in Sue Taub's capable hands.
Still free and open to the public.
… Full Entry »Annual Robert G Ingersoll Memorial Picnic!
Jul 26 SUNDAY, JULY 26, 2009, NOON to 6PM!
The Picnic @ the Beach
The popular CFI Community of Long Island annual fundraising Robert G. Ingersoll Memorial Picnic will be held at our favorite venue, Centerport Beach Park, Suffolk County, NY. Here is a map… Full Entry »
Book Discussion Group
Aug 4The Book Discussion Group typically meets at the Jericho Library, One Merry Lane, Jericho, on the first Tuesday of the month.
"Sophie's World: A Novel About the History of Philosophy" by Jostein Gaarder (544 pages in paperback). A departure from our usual nonfiction, this novel by a Norwegian philosophy professor tells of a young… Full Entry »
