The Center for Inquiry-Los Angeles is a branch of CFI-Transnational, an educational nonprofit organization that explores and advances critical thinking, freedom of inquiry, and humanist values through education, outreach, and social services.

To learn more about who we are, and the services we offer our surrounding communities, please visit the links on the navigation bar of our web site or contact us at info[at]cfiwest.org.

We recently asked some supporters at CFI-Los Angeles their reasons for supporting CFI...


Ross Blocher My favorite part of CFI-LA is the people it attracts...	Wendy Hughes At CFI-LA I have found a network of caring friends...	Louise Monaco I started looking for an intellectual and social locus...	Carrie Poppy Since I left religiosity for reason, CFI has become my home...

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Basic level Friends of the Center membership entitles you to free admission to our twice-monthly programming; discounts on books, magazines, conferences, workshops, and merchandise; and invitations to special events offered only to Friends. In addition, local businesses offer discounts to our members through our Friends of the Friends program.

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Basic membership starts at $60/year, or $5/month for sustaining membership. To compare membership levels and benefits, go to http://centerforinquiry.net/img/cfi_member_benefits.jpg.

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CFI-L.A. Executive Director Jim Underdown's blog: www.hollywoodrealitycheck.com

Read about Jim's interview at Moment Church in Irvine here.

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Lecture Series

These events feature fascinating authors, scholars, and luminaries from many fields that expand our knowledge and understanding of the world and the people who inhabit it. Held twice monthly on Sundays. Learn more

Last Wednesday of every month
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FEED YOUR BRAIN Lecture DVDs
available in our online store!

Barbara Oakley

Chris Mooney

Clifford Johnson

Eddie Tabash

DVDs can also be purchased in our bookstore or by calling (323) 666-9797. Shop

Celebrating Rites of Passage

Marriages & Civil Unions ● Funerals & Memorials
Namings & Graduations ● Retirements

As we pass through life, we celebrate many occasions filled with joy and love, accomplishment and striving, loss and grief. The message of the humanist is emphasis on the potential goodness of life - humanist ceremonies are ingredients to a life well lived. CFI-L.A. can provide celebrants to officiate at the above celebrations and can also provide facilities.

For information about celebrants, contact Jim Underdown at jimu[at]cfiwest.org or call (323) 666-9797 ext. 101.

Skeptic Check with Jim Underdown

Are We Alone? is a science radio show produced at the SETI Institute, carried on public radio stations and podcast sites. One episode a month is devoted to critical thinking and regularly features "Hollywood Reality Check" with CFI-L.A.'s Executive Director Jim Underdown. The show is available as a download here (http://radio.seti.org) and is podcast as Are We Alone.

Are We A Blog?, SETI's companion to the Are We Alone radio show, now features coffee lid UFO photos by Jim Underdown.

Jim Underdown can also be heard in this podcast of the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, following the interview with Teller (of Penn & Teller): www.theskepticsguide.org.

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