In the beginning: October 2004, Zachary Minor described the idea of a Southern Arizona branch of CFI to a group of about 50 people.

A month later in Novermber 2004, Jerry Karches and Paul Taylor met with the group as the beginning of CFI-SAZ. Our series of monthly meetings and lectures have continued to the present talks that promote our cultural and political goals.

See our list of past events.

As FreeThought Arizona, we endorse the goals of the Center For Inquiry, but we are an independent 501c3 nonprofit corporation. We are pleased to accept donations and endowments. All paid dues, donations, and endowments are tax deductible for IRS purposes and will be used to further our mission. We are a growing organization.

View our Bylaws or Board of Directors.

Membership.
Two forms of membership are available:Supporting Member of FreeThought Arizona and meetup.com FreeThoughtAZ Member.

1. Meetup Members of our social newwork, meetup.com/freethoughtaz/, are members of our social network through meetup.com. Donations are not requested from meetup members.

2. Supporting Members join by donating a modest amount of money to our organization to help pay for the cost of bringing in speakers at our monthly meetings, offering the meetup.com social netwwork, the online calendar, web hosting fees, and other expenses. Their motivation is primarily their belief that our purpose is the right thing to do for our community, our state, and our nation.