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Posted on Feb 1, 2013 in Women in Secularism 2 | 2 comments

Women in Secularism 2 fundraiser goal met!

A short update:

The fundraiser launched to help send me to the upcoming Women in Secularism 2 conference has reached its goal thanks to 24 generous donors who, in total, contributed $1500 with 28 days remaining for the project!

As promised, 20% of the funds raised — $300 at the moment — will go to support Operation Smile. The promised ‘goods’ including special handcrafted necklaces by Karla Porter and signed conference swag will be mailed to respective donors. Exclusive interviews, as promised, will be recorded during or after the conference. Finally, Damion on ‘Background Probability,’ here at Skeptic Ink Network, is already discussing which t-shirt he will outfit me with (leaving part of the decision up to commenters) on the conference’s first day.

More formal thanks and more information, including what will be done with the excess monies (I’m highly considering giving it to Operation Smile although I am open to other suggestions) will be released at the end of the fundraising period and following the conference.

Unfortunately, I can’t, as far as I can tell, end the fundraiser now and send the $300+ donation to Operation Smile, so the fundraiser will remain open until 2/28/13. If you’d like to contribute more money to my expedition and further support Operation Smile, please feel free to do so through the fundraiser site linked above. To directly support Operation Smile, visit their website linked above.

Thanks! Stay tuned for updates and, as always, feel free to weigh in below.

  • SmilodonsRetreat

    I’m glad you can go. Now, can you actually go?

    • Skep tickle

      It’s not impossible that CFI might reject Justin’s registration or prohibit him from entering even if they do allow him to register. While I hope that neither of those things happen, either would certainly spur much discussion…and would spur reactions that would probably not be in CFI’s favor, in the larger community including (I would guess) from the leadership of other secular/skeptic/atheist organizations.

      This has just all gotten so ridiculous. Why are secularists shunning, banning, and vilifying people? How can people purported to be rationalists see bogeymen in every shadow?