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News
February Business Meeting
The February business meeting will be held Monday, February 8th at 6:30pm at the First Universalist Church located at 1808 Woodmont Drive in Nashville.
The planned topics include the following:
legislative activities
budget
Spring events planning
scheduling reading clubs and advocacy training
The meeting is open to all and all are welcome.
Annual Clergy Breakfast (to be postponed)
The annual Clergy Breakfast sponsored by the Nashville Chapter of Americans United for Separation of Church and State with featured guest Bob Smietana, religion reporter for The Tennessean, has been postponed. The breakfast was to been held at the Shoney's on White Bridge Road in Nashville on Thursday, January 14th, at 8:00 A.M. We regret the postponment of the clergy breakfast and we apologize for any inconvenience that this causes.
AU Membership
Time to renew Americans United membership or time to join. Membership includes the Church & State magazine - a minimum of $25 ($10 for students). Mark your check with your intention.
NASHVILLE CHAPTER AMERICANS UNITED
PO Box 210005
Nashville TN, 37221
Drinking Liberally
A group of liberals meets most Thursday evenings to discuss politics and events starting at 6 pm - with others showing up later. The routine meeting place is the Flying Saucer restaurant/bar downtown near the Frist and Union Station. The group is a chapter of a national organization and is named "http://www.DrinkingLiberally.org." Feel free to drop in - or better yet, get on their e-mail notification list.
L-Club
Another liberal group, which started at a local church, usually meets on the second Saturdays of the month. The event is a potluck and usually has a speaker or presentation. Another member needs to invite you. If interested, email Charles Sumner at sumner7540 [at] bellsouth.net,identify yourself,and tell in a couple sentences your interest in church-state issues.
Radio Free Nashville and Liberadio
If in the SW area of Nashville, tune in to WRFN-FM 98.9 from 3 to 4 pm Wednesdays for "Church and State Today." Streaming is at http://www.RadioFreeNashville.org. Also hear Liberadio on Monday mornings on WRVU-FM 91.1, Vanderbilt's station, from 7 to 9 am. Streaming is available at www.wrvu.org. UPDATE: As of Wednesday, July 1, Mary Mancini and Freddy O'Connell will expand Liberadio to include an additional live hour on the Internet every Tuesday through Friday from 9:00 to 10:00 am (CT) on BlogTalkRadio. Visit BlogTalkRadio at http://www.BlogTalkRadio.com/Liberadio. To call-in and join the conversation, dial (347) 677-0660. Comments may be sent to feedback@liberadio.com. The hosts are Americans United members Mary Mancini and Freddie O'Connell. We are looking for guests and helpers. Also TALKERS Magazine, the trade publication of the talk radio industry, recognized them as part of their Frontier Fifty - a list of talk radio acts doing "important pioneering work taking place in the burgeoning world of internet talk media." Congratulations!
Nashville Free Press
On Thursday, January 15th, distribution of the Nashville Free Press began. The Nashville Free Press is a partner of Radio Free Nashville. Its initial distribution of 5000 is the west side of Nashville from Bellevue to East Nashville. You can find a list of locations on the new web site: http://www.TheNashvilleFreePress.com. Please suggest other locations. Some of these are Alan Graff, Transgenerational Planning; Charles Sumner, Eschewing Obfuscation; Tracy B. Ann, The Politics of Dogs; Bill Peach, Random Thoughts Left and Right; Mike Harkreader, Close Scrutiny in a Sound Bit World; John Reynolds, Anything Goes.
UPDATE: The Nashville Free Press has gone from print format to online only. Archives of the column by Charles Sumner may be seen on this web site under Eschewing Obfuscation. For other columns go to http://www.nashville-au.org/eschewing.html.
For Local News, Issues, and Opinions on Church-State Separation please see the Americans United - Nashville Chapter E-groups at:
Church-State-TN Religious liberty/freedom/separation of church and state news and announcements of interest to the citizens of Tennessee.
Church-State-TN-forum- Open forum for news & discussion of separation of church & state and religious liberty/freedom issues relating to Tennessee.
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