Secular Student Alliance National Conference

Schedule

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Wednesday, July 22

Thursday, July 23

Friday, July 24

Saturday, July 25


9:00 AM Pacific
Conference Kick off

 

Kevin Bolling
Secular Student Alliance

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Video: The Next Generation of The Secular Movement


9:00 AM Pacific
What You Need to Know about Humanism and Race

Dr. Anthony Pinn
Rice University

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9:00 AM Pacific
Gender, Race, and Power

 

Angela Saini
Journalist and author


10:00 AM Pacific
Religious Nationalism: A Threat to Democracy

Katherine Stewart
Author

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10:15 am Pacific
Humanists At Risk

Gary McLelland
Humanists International

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10:15 am Pacific
A Conversation with Reps. Jared Huffman and Jamie Raskin

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10:15 am Pacific
Living Our Humanist Values

Emily Newman & Kristin Wintermute
American Humanist Association

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11:15 am Pacific
The Founding Myth

Andrew Seidel
Freedom From Religion Foundation

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11:40 am Pacific
Finding Realness, Meaning, and Belonging in Our Digital Lives

Chris Stedman
Author

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11:40 am Pacific
How to Speak to Members of Congress

Jason Lemieux
Center for Inquiry

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11:40 am Pacific
Staring Into the Void: Can Existential Therapy Help?

Cara Santa Maria
Skeptics Guide to the Universe

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12:20 am Pacific
Elle the Humanist: A Reading

Elle Harris
Author

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12:50 pm Pacific
Community and Resilience in Times of Crisis

Varun Soni
University of Southern California

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12:50 pm Pacific
Supporting Secular Students at Home During Covid-19

Kevin Bolling
Secular Student Alliance

Mandisa Thomas
Black Nonbelievers

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12:50 pm Pacific
Out of the Ashes: Imagining Better Communities

Isaac Gilles
Atlantic Media Fellow

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12:40 pm Pacific
Humanists In the Hood

Sikivu Hutchinson
Author and Activist

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2:00 pm Pacific
Contesting Secular Male Supremacy to Build a Better World

Alex DiBranco
Institute for Research on Male Supremacism

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2:00 pm Pacific
Reality Check: Making Nonreligious People Count

Alison Gill
American Atheists

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2:00 pm Pacific
How to Make a Splash in the Media

Serah Blain and Evan Clark
Spectrum Experience

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1:50 pm Pacific
Mobilize Voters Like a Pro!

Sean Rivera
San Antonio City Council Staff

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3:10 pm Pacific
Why Secular Students Should Run for Office

Hemant Mehta
The Friendly Atheist

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3:10 pm Pacific
How to Have Difficult Conversations

Callie Wright
Queersplaining Podcast

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3:10 pm Pacific
Black Secular College Students: An Exploration of Margins

J.T. Snipes
Southern Illinois University

Gordon Maples
North Carolina State University

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3:00 pm Pacific
Fighting for Voting Rights

Amanda Scott
ACLU

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4:30 PM Pacific
Taking Back Religious Freedom in the Aftermath of the 2020 Crises

Rachel Laser
Americans United

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4:30 PM Pacific
Black Freethought in the Civil Rights Era

 

Christopher Cameron
UNC - Charlotte

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4:30 PM Pacific
Movie Night
Holy Hierarchy: The Religious Roots of Racism in America

Jeremiah Camara
Filmmaker


4:30 PM Pacific
Vaccines and the Misinformation Hydra

 

Kavin Senapathy
Freelance Journalist

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Speakers

Rachel Laser

Rachel Laser

Angela Saini square

Angela Saini

Anthony Pinn

Anthony Pinn

Katherine Stewart square

Katherine Stewart

Pramila_Jayapal square

Rep. Pramila Jayapal

Jared Huffman square

Rep. Jared Huffman

Jamie_Raskin

Rep. Jamie Raskin

Senapathy photo

Kavin Senapathy

Jeremiah Camara

Jeremiah Camara

Cara Santa Maria

Cara Santa Maria

Christopher Cameron

Christopher Cameron

Hemant Mehta

Hemant Mehta

Sikivu

Sikivu Hutchinson

Callie Wright

Callie Wright

Alex DiBranco square

Alex DiBranco

AGill Head Shot

Alison Gill

Chris Stedman square

Chris Stedman

JT Snipes 2

J.T. Snipes

Gordon Maples

Gordon Maples

Amanda Scott

Amanda L. Scott

Emily Newman square

Emily Newman

Wintermute square

Kristin Wintermute

Mandisa-Thomas-square

Mandisa Thomas

Kevin-Bolling

Kevin Bolling

Elle Harris square

Elle Harris

Sean Rivera

Sean Omar Rivera

Isaac Gilles

Isaac Gilles

Gary McLelland

Gary McLelland

Casey Brinck

Casey Brinck

Rachel Deitch square

Rachel Deitch

Mark Dann

Mark Dann

Andrew Seidel

Andrew Seidel

varun-soni

Varun Soni

Karma Alvey

Karma Alvey

Jason Lemieux

Jason Lemieux