AN INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION OF SCIENCE AND HUMANITY
2682 Middlefield Rd., Suite P, Redwood City, CA 94063 *
info @ darwinday.org * 650-701-1948
Dear friend of Darwin Day,
Greetings from Darwin Day! Now is the time to organize your Celebration
for Darwin's 198 Birthday, on February 12, 2007, and to start planning
for his BICENTENNIAL BIRTHDAY in 2009.
In past years secular organizations have been an important part of
Darwin Day by sponsoring Celebrations in their areas close to February
12, Charles Darwin's birthday. It is important to keep in mind that
without Darwin the ideas of SECULAR FREEDOM would have been impossible
because only 150 years ago, when /On The Origins of Species/ was
published, it was unthinkable to interpret scientific data in accordance
with the natural laws of the universe, because theology had the dominant
explanation for understanding natural forms.
Darwin Day Celebrations provide an opportunity for scientists and
supporters of scientific understanding to interact informally with the
general public, in support of science and humanity. Most events are
sponsored by existing institutions such as universities, colleges,
museums, churches, and libraries as well as private groups. Now is the
time to start planning for 2007 -- Charles Darwin's 198^th birthday.
Also, don't forget, there are only 2 more years before there will be
a
GLOBAL CELIBRATION for Darwin's birthday _bicentennial in 2009
http://darwinday.org/englishL/links/links1.html#events2009!
*I recommend that you create a Darwin Day website for
your activities each
year – by doing so you can advertise your activities and build
an
important record of your participation that will inspire coming
generations. To appreciate and understand this idea, just go to Salem
State College website that has been building a history of their Darwin
Festival since 1980, at http://w3.salemstate.edu/~pkelly/darwin/
To see what others are doing and to get some fresh ideas, please take
time to visit our updated Homepage at www.darwinday.org
and browse the new section on "Examples on
How to Celebrate Science and Humanity" towards the bottom of the
page. Note, that this year's Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry, Roger
Kornberg, *recommended the celebration of science* on the _PBS News
Hour
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/
bb/science/ july-dec06/ nobel_10-04.html on
October 3, 2006. Take a little time to click on the various examples
of Websites that have been developed for Darwin Day Events in the past
–
you will find them most informative and interesting.
To find more
examples of Darwin Day Celebrations use your *search engine (e.g.
Google) *to search for either *<Darwin Day>* or for *<Darwin
Day
Celebration> . *You will find numerous entries to assist you.
It may help you to know that the DD celebration on February 12, 2006,
was a tremendous success, with over 650 events being held around the
world in at least 13 countries. In addition, */we made the news in a
big
way/*, appearing in over 150 newspapers, E-news articles and even on
prime time TV news. All in all, we believe that DD EVENTS and reports
in
the media reached at least a few million members of the public with
a
positive educational opportunity to learn more about science. By sending
a press release to your local news paper you can generate *News* for
your organization and for Darwin Day.
If you have questions on how to get started please contact
us and we
will respond promptly.
Best wishes with your Darwin Day Events,
Robert J. ("Bob") Stephens, Ph. D.
Emeritus Director, Cell Biology Program at SRI International
(formerly Stanford Research Institute)
President, Darwin Day Celebration, a nonprofit, tax-deductible
501(c)(3) corp.
Email: info@darwinday.org
Website: http://darwinday.org
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