Western Colorado Atheists and Freethinkers (WCAF) is holding it’s first-ever student essay contest this fall. The contest is open to all Mesa County middle and high school students, whether they attend regular public school, a charter or online school, or…
Category: Atheism
Celebrate the National Day of Reason Thursday, May 3, 2018
The first Thursday in May of every year is the National Day of Reason, a celebration that coincides with the National Day of Prayer, which encourages Americans to pray to God for peace and prosperity for the nation. A big…
Atheist billboard graces entrance to Grand Junction at Easter, 2018
Western Colorado Atheists and Freethinkers (WCAF) has a new digital billboard up in front of Hobby Lobby and Chick-Fil-A at Rimrock Marketplace on I-70 B just in time for Easter. It shows a child with a shocked look on his…
People entering Grand Junction greeted by atheist billboard
In another sign of how Mesa County’s culture becoming more diverse and welcoming, a bright digital billboard is greeting people entering downtown Grand Junction and reassuring them it’s okay if you don’t believe in God. The billboard, located on a…
Cidney Fisk Sues the Delta County School District
Cidney Fisk filed a lawsuit (pdf) Monday, September 25, 2017, against the Delta County Joint School District 50J for sabotaging her grades and college scholarship opportunities because of opinions she expressed publicly while in their school system, and due to her atheistic…
Grand Junction’s Satanic Invocation a Success, More Diversity Likely Coming Soon
Grand Junction, Colorado’s first Satanic invocation went off without a hitch yesterday evening, with an audience of about 50 interested onlookers and five out of seven city council members present. The audience and was quiet and respectful as the speaker…
Grand Junction City Council to Host Satanic Invocation Wed., August 2 at 6:00 p.m.
Grand Junction, Colorado will host the state’s first Satanic invocation at their regular City Council meeting on Wednesday, August 2 at 6:00 p.m. The meeting is at City Hall Auditorium, 250 N. 5th Street. It will be only the second…
Cidney Fisk’s First Year at University: An Update
Cidney Fisk, the former 4.0 GPA Delta High School student who risked everything in 2016 to publicly expose the pervasive Christian proselytizing and other injustices going on in Delta County’s public schools, has completed her first year at University of…
No Prayers Permitted at D-51 Graduation Ceremonies, and Schools Cannot Participate in Religious Baccalaureates. Period.
There is no doubt left on the matter of prayer at School District 51 graduation ceremonies: School-sponsored prayers are not permitted at District 51 graduation ceremonies. Some parents this year objected to prayers being included in Palisade High Schools’…
Non-Religious Holiday Message Graces I-70 Business Loop in Grand Junction
Grand Junction’s growing secular community wishes people well this holiday season with a bright, 12 x 24 foot digital billboard on I-70 Business Loop that says “Merry Winter Solstice.” The digital billboard is by the Rimrock Marketplace, in front of Chick Fil A,…
Cidney Fisk Meets Madeleine Albright, and is a Featured Speaker at Freethought Day in Sacramento
So far in her freshman year at Denver University, Cidney Fisk, the “A” student who was slapped with a slew of Fs by her Delta High School student government teacher after she publicly criticized the school district for its illegal Christian proselytizing and…
Don’t Be Fooled: Saying the Pledge of Allegiance, Now a Religious Oath, is Always Optional
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s recent refusal to stand during the playing of the national anthem has spurred debate over coerced and often perfunctory recitations of the Pledge of Allegiance. In reaction to the September 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center, people started reciting…
WCAF Hoping to Run 2016 Winter Holiday Billboard
Western Colorado Atheists and Freethinkers, the western slope’s longest-established secular advocacy group, is hoping (NOT praying) to run a winter solstice billboard on Grand Junction’s I-70 Business Loop this holiday season. The group voted unanimously to gather enough funds to make the board…
WCAF Awards Delta Student $4,325 Scholarship
Western Colorado Atheists and Freethinkers (WCAF) today awarded Cidney Fisk, the former Delta High School student who drew the public’s attention to the rampant Christian proselytizing in Delta County Schools, a $4,325 scholarship towards her college education. Fisk, an A+ student…
WCAF to Award $4,325 to Student Who Exposed Christian Proselytizing in Delta Public Schools
On Monday, August 15, 2016 Western Colorado Atheists and Freethinkers (WCAF) will award a $4,325 college scholarship to Cidney Fisk, the newly-graduated Delta High School student who exposed the pervasive Christian proselytizing in Delta County’s public schools. WCAF will hand over…
Tonight’s the Night! Come to the Great Debate!
Don’t Miss the Great Debate: “Is God More Likely to Exist Than Not?”
Are deeply-held, popular convictions about the existence of God logical, or is there room for debate? There’s plenty of room for debate, and that is exactly what’s going to happen on Wednesday, July 27, 2016, when Western Colorado Atheists and Freethinkers (WCAF) hosts a…
What it’s Like to be a Student with a Brain in the Delta County School District
No one disputes that Cidney Fisk, 18, of Delta, Colorado, is among the most accomplished graduates ever turned out by the Delta County School District. But some of Cidney’s personal characteristics, including her atheism, apparently rubbed Delta High School (DHS) officials the wrong way, and…