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Balles Prize in Critical Thinking, to be presented by the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry at the CFI Summit in October. </p> </dd> </dl> </div> <div id="content"> <h1>Skeptical Organizations in the United States</h1> <h3>Arizona</h3> <p class="org"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180407172933/http://www.csicop.org/http://www.csicop.org/resources/organizations/phoenix_area_skeptics_society/">Phoenix Area Skeptics Society</a></p> <p class="org"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180407172933/http://www.csicop.org/http://www.csicop.org/resources/organizations/tuscon_skeptics_inc/">Tuscon Skeptics Inc.</a></p> <h3>California</h3> <p class="org"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180407172933/http://www.csicop.org/http://www.csicop.org/resources/organizations/bay_area_skeptics/">Bay Area Skeptics</a></p> <p class="org"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180407172933/http://www.csicop.org/http://www.csicop.org/resources/organizations/independent_investigations_group/">Independent Investigations Group</a></p> <p class="org"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180407172933/http://www.csicop.org/http://www.csicop.org/resources/organizations/sacramento_organization_for_rational_thinking_sort/">Sacramento Organization for Rational Thinking (SORT)</a></p> <p class="org"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180407172933/http://www.csicop.org/http://www.csicop.org/resources/organizations/sacramento_skeptics_society/">Sacramento Skeptics Society</a></p> <p class="org"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180407172933/http://www.csicop.org/http://www.csicop.org/resources/organizations/san_diego_association_for_rational_inquiry_sdari/">San Diego Association for Rational Inquiry (SDARI)</a></p> <h3>Colorado</h3> <p class="org"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180407172933/http://www.csicop.org/http://www.csicop.org/resources/organizations/the_denver_skeptics_group/">The Denver Skeptics Group</a></p> <h3>Connecticut</h3> <p class="org"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180407172933/http://www.csicop.org/http://www.csicop.org/resources/organizations/new_england_skeptical_society_connecticut_chapter/">New England Skeptical Society (Connecticut Chapter)</a></p> <h3>Florida</h3> <p class="org"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180407172933/http://www.csicop.org/http://www.csicop.org/resources/organizations/tampa_bay_skeptics/">Tampa Bay Skeptics</a></p> <h3>Illinois</h3> <p class="org"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180407172933/http://www.csicop.org/http://www.csicop.org/resources/organizations/chicago_skeptics/">Chicago Skeptics</a></p> <p class="org"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180407172933/http://www.csicop.org/http://www.csicop.org/resources/organizations/rational_examination_assoc._of_lincoln_land_reall/">Rational Examination Assoc. of Lincoln Land (REALL)</a></p> <h3>Indiana</h3> <p class="org"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180407172933/http://www.csicop.org/http://www.csicop.org/resources/organizations/michiana_skeptics/">Michiana Skeptics</a></p> <h3>Kentucky</h3> <p class="org"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180407172933/http://www.csicop.org/http://www.csicop.org/resources/organizations/kentucky_association_of_science_educators_and_skeptics/">Kentucky Association of Science Educators and Skeptics</a></p> <p class="org"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180407172933/http://www.csicop.org/http://www.csicop.org/resources/organizations/louisville_area_skeptics/">Louisville Area Skeptics</a></p> <h3>Maryland</h3> <p class="org"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180407172933/http://www.csicop.org/http://www.csicop.org/resources/organizations/national_captial_area_skeptics/">National Captial Area Skeptics</a></p> <h3>Massachusetts</h3> <p class="org"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180407172933/http://www.csicop.org/http://www.csicop.org/resources/organizations/skeptical_inquirers_of_new_england/">Skeptical Inquirers of New England</a></p> <h3>Michigan</h3> <p class="org"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180407172933/http://www.csicop.org/http://www.csicop.org/resources/organizations/tri-city_skeptics/">Tri-Cities Skeptics</a></p> <h3>Minnesota</h3> <p class="org"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180407172933/http://www.csicop.org/http://www.csicop.org/resources/organizations/st._kloud_esp_teaching_investigation_committee_skeptic/">St. Kloud ESP Teaching Investigation Committee (SKEPTIC)</a></p> <h3>Missouri</h3> <p class="org"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180407172933/http://www.csicop.org/http://www.csicop.org/resources/organizations/skeptical_society_of_st._louis/">Skeptical Society of St. Louis</a></p> <p class="org"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180407172933/http://www.csicop.org/http://www.csicop.org/resources/organizations/st._joseph_skeptics/">St. Joseph Skeptics</a></p> <h3>Nebraska</h3> <p class="org"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180407172933/http://www.csicop.org/http://www.csicop.org/resources/organizations/rationalists_empiricists_and_skeptics_of_nebraska_reason/">Rationalists Empiricists and Skeptics of Nebraska (REASON)</a></p> <h3>Nevada</h3> <p class="org"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180407172933/http://www.csicop.org/http://www.csicop.org/resources/organizations/reno_skeptical_society_inc/">Reno Skeptical Society, Inc.</a></p> <h3>New Mexico</h3> <p class="org"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180407172933/http://www.csicop.org/http://www.csicop.org/resources/organizations/new_mexicans_for_science_reason/">New Mexicans for Science & Reason</a></p> <h3>New York</h3> <p class="org"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180407172933/http://www.csicop.org/http://www.csicop.org/resources/organizations/central_new_york_skeptics/">Central New York Skeptics (CNY Skeptics)</a></p> <p class="org"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180407172933/http://www.csicop.org/http://www.csicop.org/resources/organizations/new_york_city_skeptics/">New York City Skeptics</a></p> <h3>Ohio</h3> <p class="org"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180407172933/http://www.csicop.org/http://www.csicop.org/resources/organizations/association_for_rational_thought/">Association for Rational Thought</a></p> <p class="org"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180407172933/http://www.csicop.org/http://www.csicop.org/resources/organizations/south_shore_skeptics/">South Shore Skeptics</a></p> <p class="org"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180407172933/http://www.csicop.org/http://www.csicop.org/resources/organizations/the_cleveland_skeptics/">The Cleveland Skeptics</a></p> <h3>Oregon</h3> <p class="org"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180407172933/http://www.csicop.org/http://www.csicop.org/resources/organizations/oregonians_for_science_and_reason/">Oregonians for Science and Reason</a></p> <h3>Pennsylvania</h3> <p class="org"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180407172933/http://www.csicop.org/http://www.csicop.org/resources/organizations/philadelphia_association_for_critical_thinking_phact/">Philadelphia Association for Critical Thinking (PhACT)</a></p> <h3>Tennessee</h3> <p class="org"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180407172933/http://www.csicop.org/http://www.csicop.org/resources/organizations/rationalists_of_east_tennessee/">Rationalists of East Tennessee</a></p> <h3>Texas</h3> <p class="org"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180407172933/http://www.csicop.org/http://www.csicop.org/resources/organizations/north_texas_skeptics/">North Texas Skeptics</a></p> <h3>Washington</h3> <p class="org"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180407172933/http://www.csicop.org/http://www.csicop.org/resources/organizations/seattle_skeptics/">Seattle Skeptics</a></p> <h3>Washington DC</h3> <p class="org"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180407172933/http://www.csicop.org/http://www.csicop.org/resources/organizations/national_captial_area_skeptics/">National Captial Area Skeptics</a></p> <h3>Wisconsin</h3> <p class="org"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180407172933/http://www.csicop.org/http://www.csicop.org/resources/organizations/madison_skeptics/">Madison 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