Lake Superior Freethinkers

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August Newsletter is online now
Help wanted at Pride & Harvest Fest.

Logical Positivism and Trans Ideology

Sunday August 2, at 10:00 at One Roof’s Central Hillside Community Center at 12 East 4th Street in Duluth (coffee / chat at 9:30). Zoom link

LSF Happy Hour

JOIN US FOR Happy Hour 4:00-6:00 pm Thursday,
Aug. 6 at Mexico Lindo, Fitger’s Brewery Complex

Meet your fellow Freethinkers at our old haunt: Mexico Lindo within the Fitger’s complex. We’ll be there from 4:00 pm until 6:00 pm to share stories, questions, and TexMex food choices or just some half-priced drinks. Park in the public garage and bring your ticket. The server will validate your parking and we will validate (some of) your unusual ideas. Why not bring a friend?

LSF Monthly Social

AUGUST SOCIAL DINNER
Join us Wednesday, August 19th at 5:30 pm for this month’s LSF Social
Dinner at Lester Park. Bring your own food and beverage. If the weather’s bad, we’ll move to Crooked Pint, 1402 West Arrowhead Road

LSF @ Pride and Harvest Fest

HELP NEEDED – table for LSF and have fun getting the word out.

Lake Superior Freethinkers is looking for a few good free thinkers to staff our booths at two events in September: The Duluth Pride Festival and the Lake Superior Sustainable Farmer’s Association’s 2026 Harvest Fest. Both are at Bayfront Festival Park.

Pride is Saturday, Sep. 5th (10AM-7PM) and Harvest Fest is on Saturday Sep. 12th (10AM-4PM) Please sign up for a an hour or two to help out and to have a good time.

These family-friendly events are a lot of fun with good food and other exhibitors to enjoy. There is free parking for exhibitors and vendors. We have our own tent for Pride and for Harvest Fest our booth is in their “big tent” so if there is rain there is a bit of shelter.

Last year we had many great conversations with visitors. Mostly what we do at these events is just listen to people. Visitors to our booth are generally not shy about revealing their liberal/atheist/agnostic inclinations and can be very vocal about Christian nationalism, religion in general and politics.

Don’t feel like you need to be an expert debater or a polished speaker for these events. Your authenticity is more important than knowledge or skill. It is never confrontational, always friendly. Actually, the less we say the better. Let folks talk and be themselves. You’ll be surprised and gratified at what you hear.

For Pride, contact Mike Johnson 715-319-1428, dewnorth@hotmail.com

For Harvest Fest, contact David Bellert, 218-499-5422 or dabell23@icloud.com

Trending on the Hard Right

Sunday December 6, at 10:00 at One Roof’s Central Hillside Community Center at 12 East 4th Street in Duluth (coffee / chat at 9:30). Zoom link

Travis McAdam will discuss the hard-right trends observed by the Southern Poverty Law Center through its monitoring and discuss some of the hate and anti-government groups active in Minnesota.

Travis McAdam serves as a Manger of Research and Analysis for the Southern Poverty Law Center where he oversees a team monitoring anti-government groups across the country. Before coming to SPLC, he worked at a statewide organization in Montana doing similar work. For more than 25 years, he has researched, written about, and helped communities respond to white nationalists, militias, and other hard-right extremists. In recognition of his efforts, the Gonzaga University Center for the Study of Hate presented him with its 2022 Eva Lassman “Take Action Against Hate” award.