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cbayer

(146,218 posts) Sun Jan 4, 2015, 12:17 PM Jan 2015

Freedom From Religion Foundation quadruples space, adds staff

http://lacrossetribune.com/news/local/freedom-from-religion-foundation-quadruples-space-adds-staff/article_f26af18f-0dea-5979-97ce-13a7fa49bf0f.html

A four-story addition has been attached to Freethought Hall, the headquarters of the Freedom From Religion Foundation. The architect was Bill Montelbano of Mazomanie, and construction was handled by NCI-Roberts Construction Inc. of Madison.

10 hours ago • DOUG ERICKSON Wisconsin State Journal

“We see more growth, more productivity. Yet we can’t rest on our laurels, either.”
Annie Laurie Gaylor, Freedom From Religion Foundation co-president

MADISON — Several years ago, when the Freedom From Religion Foundation first pondered a need for more space, it considered selling its headquarters downtown and buying a larger building elsewhere.

Annie Laurie Gaylor, a foundation co-president with her husband, Dan Barker, said she hoped they might buy a vacant church.

But after evaluating 20 or so sites, the couple decided to stay put and construct an addition to the nonprofit organization’s current building. All for the better, they now say.

The addition, which staff members began moving into last week, keeps the organization at the corner of West Washington Avenue and North Henry Street.

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Freedom From Religion Foundation quadruples space, adds staff (Original Post) cbayer Jan 2015 OP

All cash. rug Jan 2015 #1

I put these two articles up together on purpose. cbayer Jan 2015 #2

Excellent. More staff, more resources. trotsky Jan 2015 #3

rug

(82,333 posts)

1. All cash.

Reply to cbayer (Original post)

Sun Jan 4, 2015, 01:29 PM

Jan 2015

Together, the two phases will cost more than $3 million, Barker said. Fundraising and reserves will cover the entire price tag, with no loans or a mortgage needed, he said.

It makes Newman's point in the other thread.

Like any sales campaign, movement atheism is selling a worldview, and so, we should not only point out the deficiencies of the competition, but we should also highlight the positive attributes of our “product.” And the old adage that people don’t buy from people they don’t like certainly applies to atheism as well. How we go about attacking what’s bad and wrong about religion as well as promoting what’s good and right about atheism matters.

Like any good marketer, Silverman says he has sales figures proving his approach is working. In a talk he gave about firebrand atheism, he claimed that his data, based on an analysis of Google searches for the word “atheist” performed over the past several years, shows that his in-your-face approach is working. He claims there have been “942,000 new self-described atheists and 1,250,000 agnostics” in the past several years.

cbayer

(146,218 posts)

2. I put these two articles up together on purpose.

Reply to rug (Reply #1)

Sun Jan 4, 2015, 01:34 PM

Jan 2015

I think the FFRF does it right for the most part. While I don't always agree with the battles they choose, I do agree for the most part.

OTOH, I think Silverman is doing it wrong. He seem hell bent on offending as many people as he can and his proclivity for fabricating data is becoming problematic, as was seen in the article yesterday. I think that organization is in desperate need of new leadership.

trotsky

(49,533 posts)

3. Excellent. More staff, more resources.

Reply to cbayer (Original post)

Sun Jan 4, 2015, 02:20 PM

Jan 2015

Better ability to fight the abuses of religion and religious people in power.

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