Dear friends, Please join us as we celebrate World Humanist Day this Friday with the Baltimore Coalition of Reason. We will screen the documentary "In God We Teach" and hear Matthew LaClair read from his forthcoming book.
What: "In God We Teach" with Matthew LaClair When: 7:00 pm, Friday, June 21, 2013. Come early for pizza at 6:30 pm. Where: The Baltimore Ethical Society, 306 W. Franklin St. Meetup: http://meetu.ps/1zVN6W Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/113053528901427/ Admission is free and open to the public. Child care will be provided. If you're coming for pizza, please email volch...@acm.org so we have an idea how much to order. Donations are welcomed for pizza. In the documentary "In God We Teach," filmmaker Vic Losick tells the story of Matthew LaClair, who rose to national prominence by challenging his history teacher who preached his religious views in class. Matthew will take questions and read from his forthcoming book "The Preachin' Mr. P: Condemned in a Kearny Classroom." The website for the film is http://ingodweteach.com/ Parking is free on Franklin Street. Directions at http://bmorethical.org/contact-us/directions/ More about the film: Are teachers allowed to express their personal opinions in the classroom? Can competing theories be taught alongside evolution in a public classroom? These and other questions are the focus of the full-length documentary, "In God We Teach," which follows the “separation of church and state” controversy played out in a very public feud between a high school student and his history teacher in Kearny, NJ, a blue-collar, all-American town within sight of downtown New York. About Matthew LaClair: Matthew LaClair started out as a student activist from Kearny, N.J., challenging his U.S. History teacher for preaching his religious beliefs during class time and taking on an American Government textbook that contained inaccurate and biased information. For his efforts, he has appeared on and in numerous media outlets including The New York Times, Anderson Cooper 360 on CNN, and Brian Lehrer on NPR and has published an Op-Ed piece in a Sunday edition of the Los Angeles Times. He has delivered dozens of addresses around the country and in London, and has received numerous awards from organizations including the ACLU, the American Humanist Association, and the American Ethical Union. Since 2009, Matthew has hosted a talk show called "Equal Time for Freethought" on WBAI 99.5FM in NYC, interviewing authors, scientists and public figures including Neil deGrasse Tyson, Lawrence Krauss, Chris Mooney, and Ellery Schempp. He graduated from The New School in NYC with a B.A. in Culture and Media studies this past summer and will be attending Columbia Journalism School starting in late August to pursue an M.A. in Science Journalism. Matthew is the brother of BES member Kate LaClair. The Baltimore Coalition of Reason website is http://BaltimoreCoR.org . -- Emil Volcheck volch...@acm.org http://EmilVolcheck.com/ _______________________________________________ Friends mailing list Friends@baltimoreethicalsociety.org http://baltimoreethicalsociety.org/mailman/listinfo/friends_baltimoreethicalsociety.org
