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United Methodist Church Endorses Clergy Letter Project

Tue, 13 May 2008 04:56:04 -0600

UMC proclaims evolution, theology compatible; opposes teaching ID or creationism as science.

Michael Zimmerman, Director of the Clergy Letter Project, brings us news of a landmark achievement. The United Methodist Church (UMC) has formally endorsed the Clergy Letter Project and encourages clergy to participate. The Clergy Letter Project is a web-based effort that encourages Christian clergy to sign a public letter endorsing the compatiblity of evolutionary science and religious belief. As of May 12th, 2008, 11,216 clergy have signed the letter.

Announcing Our Top Ten Essay Contest Finalists!

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:48:58 -0600

The Alliance for Science is proud to announce the Top Ten Finalists for the 2008 National High School Essay Contest. The essays written by these finalists are now being reviewed by our judging committee to determine our top four prize winners. All of the finalists will receive an award certificate and a previously unannounced book prize (details below).

28-April Update: Finalist awards were sent out via priority mail today.

The finalists are (in alpabetic order by student last name):

Student	Grade	School	City	State	Teacher
Neal B. Desai	10	The Pembroke Hill School	Kansas City	MO	Kathy Ketchum
Frances Eugenia Ellerbe	12	Heathwood Hall Episcopal School	Columbia	SC	Dr. George Scouten
Brandon Hall	10	Pottstown High School	Pottstown	PA	Mary Ann Murrow
Marleigh Higgins	11	Brookline High School	Brookline	MA	Ms. Plati
Christine Kelly	12	Academies at Englewood	Englewood	NJ	Claire Kennedy
David Martorana	11	Iolani School	Honolulu	HI	Dr. Carey S. Inouye
Elen Miteva	10	Bergen County Academies	Hackensack	NJ	Victor Samarakone
Brian V. Monahan	9	Bergen County Academies	Hackensack	NJ	Dr. Judith Pinto
Sami Rahmani	11	Lawrence Central High School	Indianapolis	IN	Anne Marie Milligan
Susan Tan	12	Bronx High School of Science	Bronx	NY	Richard Lee

2008 Essay Contest Finalists Have Been Announced!

Sun, 23 Dec 2007 17:57:36 -0700

Click Here to see the top 10 finalists of our 2008 essay contest.

For our second annual National High School Essay Contest we invited students to submit essays of not more than 1,000 words on one of two topics -- "Climate and Evolution" or "Agriculture and Evolution." Click on the links below for more information.

Submission deadline is February 29, 2008.

14-JAN-08 Update: Is the essay you are about to submit as good as last year's winning essays? Gregory Simonian, Merve Fejzula, Shobha Topji, and Linda Zhou wrote excellent essays, and this year we expect even more competition, so give it your best effort.
13-JAN-08 Update: More prizes! We have received a pledge for four copies of Kansas Vs. Darwin, a documentary about the Kansas Evolution Hearings. Click the link for more details including a video trailer. Also see this review by Alliance Board Member Jerry Jellison.