CALIFORNIA ATHEISTS, FREETHINKERS, HUMANISTS
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CALIFORNIA ATHEISTS, FREETHINKERS, HUMANISTS California has the following groups:
• Alliance of Humanist, Atheist, and Ethical Culture Organizations of Los Angeles County, 8491 Sunset Boulevard, Suite 240, West Hollywood, California 90069. • American Association for the Advancement of Atheism (AAAA), 1863 Falconcer Court, Vista, California 92083–the group was founded in 1908 and incorporated in 1925. Kei Kanbit is a contact. • American Atheists, Inc. Dave Kong is a contact in San Francisco. <dksf@atheists.org> • Atheist Coalition (Atheist Alliance), POB 4786, San Diego, California 92164. Howard Kreisner is the president. E-mail: <atheistcoalition@hotmail.com>. • Atheists and Other Freethinkers (ASHS), PO Box 15182, Sacramento, California 95851-0182 (916) 920-7834. E-mail: <hkocol@hotmail.com>. • Atheists of San Francisco Region (Atheist Alliance), PO Box 31523, San Francisco, CA 94131-1523; (415) 648-1201. Contacts are Ray Romano at <ray75511@aol.com> and <jackmassen@aol.com>. • Atheists United (Atheist Alliance), POB 5329, Sherman Oaks, California 91423. Alexander Prairie was the president until 1993. • Cedar Springs Library, 43378 Cedar Springs Road, Auberry, California 93602. Bill Young is a contact for the library, which is a non-profit foundation that maintains a library of freethought materials. • Center for Inquiry West, 5519 Grosevnor Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90066. <www.cfiwest.org>. • College of the Siskiyous humanists are at <http://www.secularhumanism.org/cfa/orgs.html>. • Ethical Culture Society of the Bay Area is at (415) 522-3758 and <sanfrancisco@aeu.org>. • Ethical Culture Society of Los Angeles, POB 370425, Reseda, California 91337; E-mail: <losangeles@aeu.org> • Ethical Culture Society of San Diego is at <sandiego@aeu.org>. • Fellowship of Humanists, 411 West 28th Street, Oakland, California 94609. LeRue Grim is president of this organization which was founded in 1935 and is one of the oldest continuously existing humanist organizations. • Freethinker’s Society, POB 25863, West Los Angeles, California 90025 (310) 479-6318 • Freethinkers of Ventura County (FTVC), PO Box 346, Somis, California 93066; (805) 386-4232. Contact is Charlotte Poe. E-mail: <frthvc@aol.com>. • Gay and Lesbian Atheists and Humanists of Los Angeles County (213) 667-0838 • Gay and Lesbian Freethought Forum, 1213 North Highland Ave., Hollywood, California (213) 666-3875 • Humanist Association of Los Angeles (AHA), 22316 Barbacoa Drive, Saugus, California 91350. Lisa-Jo Corbin-Singletary is the contact (213) 462-7649. On the Web: <http://www.hala.org/>. • Humanist Association of San Diego, POB 86446, San Diego, California 92138. Philip Paulson is the contact, (619) 280-8595. E-mail: <pkp@ix.netcom.com>. On the Web: <http://www.godless.org/hasd/hasd.html>. • Humanist Association of the Greater Sacramento Area (AHA), 142 Juniper Street, Vacaville, California 95688. Mildred McCallister is the president. On the Web: <http://www.cwo.com/~pkelley /index.html>. • Humanist Center–Humanist Fellowship of San Diego (AHA), POB 87662, San Diego, California 92138. William Lindley is the contact. E-mail: < warren@bookwarren.com>. • Humanist Club of Long Beach (AHA), 3316 Roxanne Avenue, Long Beach, California 90808. Peter Ballou is the contact. • Humanist Community (AHA), 3032 Warm Springs Drive, San Jose, California 95127. Bill Jacobsen is the executive director. • Humanist Community of San Francisco (AHA, ASHS), POB 31172, San Francisco, California 94131; (650) 342-0910; Jay Martin is the contact at <martinjg@flash.net>. • Humanist Community of the Peninsula (AHA), 350 Ludeman Lane, Millbrae, CA 04030. Greydon Wellman is the contact. (415) 345-2765. E-mail: <athalsfj@aol.com>. • Humanist Community Serving Stanford University, a monthly newsletter at PO Box 60069, Palo Alto, California 94306-0069. Bill Jacobsen, contact, PO Box 60069, Palo Alto, CA 94306; phone (415) 969-3630). On the Web: <www.humanists.org/>. • Humanist Fellowship of the First Unitarian Society of San Francisco (AHA), 170 Oak Park Drive, San Francisco, California 94131. • Humanist Society of Berkeley (AHA), 100 Arlene Lane, Walnut Creek, California 94595. Howard Gonsalves is the president. • Humanists of Inland Communites, PO Box 1001, San Jacinto, CA 92581; Joe Bernard, President, (909) 658-2491. • Humanists of Orange County, Peter O. Anderson, contact member, 20 Owen Court, Irvine, CA 92612-4042; Phone: (714) 854-4305. • Humanists of Riverside County (AHA), 42010 Mayberry Avenue, Hemet, California 92344. Joe Bernard is the regional director of the Southern California region of the AHA. • Humanists of the Desert Communities, contact member Phil Russo, PO Box 719, Palm Springs, cA 92263-0719. • Humanists of the Pomona Valley (AHA), POB 376, Claremont, California 91711. Joe Gorman is the contact. • Humanists of the San Joaquin Valley (AHA), contact Bill Young at (209) 855-2438, PO Box 515, Auberry, California 93602. • Institute of Humanistic Science, A-35, 5175 Luigi Terrace, San Diego, California 92122. James W. Prescott in 1975 established the group as a division of the AHA “to provide a mechanism to support research and educational projects to develop a scientific basis for Humanistic ethics and moral values.” Phone: (714) 645-6802. E-mail: <jwprescott@aol.com>. • Los Alamitos High School Atheists are at <http://www.secularhumanism.org/cfa/orgs.html>. • Rational Inquirers of Orange County (ASHS), 1931 East Meats #115, Orange, California 92865. • San Diego State University Atheist Coalition: <http://www.secularhumanism.org/cfa/orgs.html>. • Santa Barbara Humanist Society (ASHS), PO Box 118, Santa Barbara, CA 93102; (805) 687-8619 • Secular Humanists of Los Angeles (ASHS), POB 10517, Marino Del Ray, CA 90295. (310) 305-8135; E-mail: <cfiwest@worldnet.att.net>. • Secular Humanists of the East Bay (ASHS), POB 830, Berkeley, California 94701. (510) 486-0553. Contacts: Eric Worrell, Jesse Cordell, and Sarita Cordell. E-mail: <eew@eew.com>. • Secular Humanists of Los Angeles (SHOLA), PO Box 10517, Marina Del Rey, CA 90295 (310) 305-8135. E-mail: <cfiwest@worldnet.att.net>. • Set Free!, 9766 Chapman Ave. (#192), Garden Grove, CA 92840. Contact: Mark Smith at <JCnot4me@aol.com>. • Society for Humanistic Judaism of Los Angeles, 1261 Loma Vista, Beverly Hills, California 90210. • South Bay Secular Humanists, POB 4396, Mountain View, California 94040. Jim Stauffer is a contact. • University of California at Irvine’s Campus Freethought Alliance group is found on the Web: <www.secularhumanism.org/cfa/orgs.html>. • University of California at Santa Cruz on the Web: <www.secularhumanism.org/cfa/orgs.html>.
