The Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP) and Skeptical Inquirer magazine are pleased to announce the launch of the Students for Science and Reason (SSR) Program - the latest development in our continuing effort to reach out and provide outlets for skeptics of all ages. http://www.youngskeptics.org/ssr Membership in the SSR is free and open to student groups and individuals, university faculty and high school teachers, as well as off-campus supporters and local groups. The purpose of the Students for Science and Reason Program is to develop a skeptical presence on university, college and high school campuses across the world, raise awareness about the need for critical inquiry in all realms and provide a voice for science and reason - increasing its volume to global proportions. The mission of the organization is to promote science, skepticism and critical inquiry through educational programs, outreach efforts, events and activity. The primary tools of our mission are education and investigation. The program will unfold via the Internet at http://www.youngskeptics.org/ssr Students for Science and Reason is a science and educational-based program rather than a primarily activist organization. SSR restricts itself to empirically-based claims - those ideas and beliefs that can be objectively tested and potentially verified. Programming and development for this first year will include reaching out to students and educators around the world, securing representation within schools across North America and working to develop resources and programs for campus communities and local area efforts. Joint projects with the Young Skeptics Program (http://www.youngskeptics.org) and other CSICOP developments will also be undertaken. Site visitors and CSICOP and SSR members are encouraged to support our efforts by signing: The Skeptical Perspective: http://www.youngskeptics.org/ssr/perspective.html The Skeptical Perspective provides an overview of our position and our commitment to the tools of science, skepticism and critical inquiry - tools that generate understanding and knowledge and provide our global community with the ability to face the challenges of the 21st Century. Challenges that just got harder. Please join us! http://www.youngskeptics.org/ssr For more information, contact CSICOP Program Director Amanda Chesworth at [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- This is the ISTA-talk mailing list. To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For more information: <http://www.ista-il.org/ista-talk.asp> To search the archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/ista-talk@lists.csi.cps.k12.il.us/>
