This group was created in August 2008  in an effort to promote science, critical thinking, and skepticism in the Sacramento Area as well as organize a way for skeptics in the greater Sacramento area to meet one another.

The group initially started on meetup.com and has grown since then. In addition to promoting science and skepticism on this website, we organize lectures, and host a Drinking Skeptically event in Sacramento on the third Friday of every month.

Mission Statement:

The mission of the Sacramento Area Skeptics’ (SAS) is to serve the community of the Sacramento area by promoting the application of critical thinking to problems and controversies that exist in our society. This includes such diverse topics as alternative medicine, pseudoscience, creationism in the science classroom, and psychic fraud. SAS will educate its membership and the public through discussion, presentations, and community outreach programs on the harm that can be caused by not skeptically analyzing dubious claims. SAS will also serve as a positive image for skepticism in the public eye by promoting a healthy wonder of the natural world through exploration and learning. Finally, SAS will serve in a separate function as a casual social group for like-minded people.