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Event Archives 2008:

• April 27, 2008  SDARI Honored young scientists: Awards presented to winners of our San Diego Science and Engineering Fair prizes for 2008.
  

  Our monthly meeting in April honored half dozen young scientists: junior and high school students. Their names are: Gerald Morgan, Emily Burns, Michael Vredenburgh (repeat winner), Nicholas Kelly, Sarah Rose Aiello, and Sarah Poiset. These scientists each demonstrated critical thinking at the San Diego and Imperial County Science and Engineering Fair.

  Our annual pizza party was held before the meeting..

• March 23, 2008  Tory Christman on Scientology^®.
  

  A long-time member, Tory Christman, has been speaking and writing about her old outfit for a some time now. In 1969 Ms. Christman signed a "billion year contract" with Scientology and was sent to the ship Bolivar. They quickly routed her out of their "Sea Organization". Still, she remained a member for thirty years. Now Scientology itself lists Tory as their top "extremist" on its own page, a page aimed at its many critics. Christman's criticisms of the Church of Scientology include the manipulation of its members, sometimes causing the breakup of families through the policy of "disconnection."

  Ms. Christman has been interviewed by CNN, Inside Edition, Rolling Stone, and Good Morning Norway. You can see a report of her talk to CFI-W here. Also, you can hear her here.

• February 24, 2008  Vanessa Cooney of Planned Parenthood on the Politics of Choice: The War on Science.
  

  We all have our opinions about reproductive rights, and we often hear about conflicts over abortion, contraception, and sex education in the news. Vanessa Cooney of Planned Parenthood provided an update on reproductive rights, focusing on local, state, federal, and global laws and policies aimed at restricting access to abortion and contraception. She also covered the various ways that the current administration has attacked reproductive health and rights by allowing ideology to trump scientific research. Vanessa is the Grassroots Coordinator for Planned Parenthood of San Diego and Riverside Counties. She has worked or volunteered for Planned Parenthood for three years. She graduated from SDSU in 2006 with a BA in Liberal Arts and Sciences, focusing on Political Science, Public Administration, and Social Work.

• January 27, 2008  Meeting cancelled because of water damage to the venue after a minor fire.

Past SDARI Events and Presentations

Event Archives 2007
Event Archives 2006
Event Archives 2005
Event Archives 2004
Event Archives 2003
Event Archives 2002
Event Archives 2001 and Older

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Special note

Note: The name "Scientology^®" is a trademark of the "Church" of Scientology.