Dear professional librarian,

As we approach Darwin's bicentennial birthday on February 12, 2009, more and more universities, libraries, museums, public and private groups are joining the annual international Darwin Day Celebration of Science and Humanity!  If you have not previously participated we hope that 2006 will be the year you join in the fun and informal education.  Currently events and activities are being registered on our website darwinday.org for Darwin's 197th Birthday on February 12, 2006.  We invite you to join this festive informal educational activity by planning an interesting display featuring Darwin's life and scientific accomplishments or you may also wish to consider sponsoring an informal community educational event such as book review or lecture on Darwin, Science and Humanity, if you have appropriate facilities.

We also invite you to visit our website darwinday.org both for information about other Darwin Day Festivities and also to register and advertise your own special display or other events there.  Our objective is to increase the number of events each year until we achieve a Global Celebration by 2009, with Darwin Day Celebrations taking place around the world.  Our website describes several ways to participate and also contains extensive information to assist you in developing ideas suitable for your own unique circumstances.  

Supporters and advisors include prominent scientists, educators, philosophers, and writers such as: Patrick Bateson, Provost, Kings College, Cambridge; Edward O. Wilson, Harvard University; Richard Dawkins, Oxford University; Daniel C. Dennett, Tufts University; Steven Pinker, MIT; Helena Cronin, London School of Economics; Eugenie Scott, National Center for Science Education; Steve Jones, Univ. College London; and many others.  We encourage you to join them and become an enthusiastic participant in this project.   

Sincerely yours,

Robert J. ("Bob") Stephens, Ph. D.
Emeritus Director, Cell Biology Program
SRI International (formerly Stanford Research Institute)
President, Darwin Day Celebration, a nonprofit, tax-deductible 501(c)3 corp.
DarwinDay.org

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