The SE Louisiana Nonbelievers Group (NOSHA)

Our doors will open at 2:30pm... join us for cake and refreshments celebrating our 25th anniversary. Our program will begin at 3pm.

Esteemed journalist Bob Marshall will have an update on the emerging facts of what climate change will mean to us over the next 20 to 30 years.

Bob Marshall is a New Orleans journalist whose reporting on Louisiana coastal issues at The Times-Picayune and The Lens has been recognized by two Pulitzer Prizes; the John H. Oakes Prize for Distinguished Environmental Reporting from Columbia University; the Keck Award for best science reporting from The National Academies of Sciences, a national Edward Murrow Award from the Radio, Television and Digital News Association, Gannett Award for Innovative Watchdog Journalism from the Investigative Reports and Editors Association, The National Headliners Award and many others.

In previous lives Bob’s work as a sportswriter led to induction into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame, while his achievements as an outdoors writer resulted in selection for the Circle of Chiefs, the highest award for conservation writing from the Outdoors Writers Association of America. Bob lives in his native New Orleans with his wife, Marie Gould, founder of Louisiana Lost Lands Environmental Educational Tours. Bob teaches in Urbino, Italy.

A portrait of marriage and mother-hood so controversial it fell out of print shortly after publication and was not rediscovered until the 1960s.

Set in New Orleans at the end of the 19th century, the plot centers on Edna who struggles to reconcile her increasingly unorthodox views on femininity and motherhood with prevailing social attitudes. The novel arrived at a crucial juncture in history, with the suffrage movement gaining momentum and women demanding a reevaluation of their roles in society. Chopin's protagonist became a vessel through which the author explored the interplay between societal expectations and individual desires. The novel's blend of realistic narrative, incisive social commentary, and psychological complexity makes The Awakening a precursor of American modernist literature, as well as a landmark work of early feminism.

Reasons challenged: sexual and suicidal content.