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It’s official; I am now the coordinator of the Philadelphia Coalition of Reason. Basically, this means that it is my job to help the seven atheistic organizations in the Philadelphia area to work together to promote reason and humanistic values.

The problem with coordinating atheists is that we are frequently described as herded cats. We tend to all want to do what we want and not act well as a group. Then we form groups, but those groups tend to not want to work together. So I have my work cut out for me.

While I have had quite a few leadership positions before, I have never been in a leadership position within the atheist community. Already, I have gotten reminders from people that my position is more of a coordinator than a leadership position. Still, I think bringing some leadership to the position might be helpful but the real trick is to not overstep that leadership.

The first step with any type of new position is always to gather knowledge. So that will be my first step. I will be learning about the organizations that I have not had experience with and getting to know their leaders and members. I will essentially become a member of all of these organizations.

The thing that I am most looking forward to with this new position is getting to work with Fred Edwords of UnitedCoR. If you don’t know him, you should. He has quickly become one of my heroes ever since he kicked Bill O’Reilly’s ass on his own show. Don’t believe me? Check it out for yourself:

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