First national meeting of atheists in Brazil

Written by Alexandre F. Shimono, News Team | 06 February 2012

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On February 12th, next Sunday (the anniversary of Charles Darwin's birthday), Brazil will have its first national atheist meeting in several State Capitals.  So far, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Paraná, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Goiás, Pará, Amazonas, Rondônia, Acre, Amapá, Maranhão, Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, Pernambuco, Sergipe e Bahia and the country capital Brasilia have confirmed the event.

The event was planned by Sociedade Racionalista (official website of the event) and it has support  from several atheist/humanist/agnostic organizations such as LiHS (an Affiliate Member of AAI), ATEA, Ateus do Brasil,  Ateísmo pelo mundo (NGO) and the blog from Paulo Lopes, a well known atheist journalist.

"Mobilization to arrange the meeting -  despite of results it may have - shows that Brazilian atheists, specially the young, are starting to organize all over the country using the internet. The idea of the meeting was conceived on Facebook." says Paulo Lopes in his blog.

Sources: Paulo Lopes Blog and Ateus do Brasil.