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
9:00 AM Pacific
What You Need to Know about Humanism and Race
Dr. Anthony Pinn
Rice University
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
10:15 am Pacific
Living Our Humanist Values
Emily Newman & Kristin Wintermute
American Humanist Association
11:40 am Pacific
Finding Realness, Meaning, and Belonging in Our Digital Lives
Chris Stedman
Author
11:40 am Pacific
How to Speak to Members of Congress
Jason Lemieux
Center for Inquiry
11:40 am Pacific
Staring Into the Void: Can Existential Therapy Help?
Cara Santa Maria
Skeptics Guide to the Universe
12:50 pm Pacific
Community and Resilience in Times of Crisis
Varun Soni
University of Southern California
12:50 pm Pacific
Supporting Secular Students at Home During Covid-19
Kevin Bolling
Secular Student Alliance
Mandisa Thomas
Black Nonbelievers
12:50 pm Pacific
Out of the Ashes: Imagining Better Communities
Isaac Gilles
Atlantic Media Fellow
2:00 pm Pacific
Contesting Secular Male Supremacy to Build a Better World
Alex DiBranco
Institute for Research on Male Supremacism
2:00 pm Pacific
Reality Check: Making Nonreligious People Count
Alison Gill
American Atheists
2:00 pm Pacific
How to Make a Splash in the Media
Serah Blain and Evan Clark
Spectrum Experience
1:50 pm Pacific
Mobilize Voters Like a Pro!
Sean Rivera
San Antonio City Council Staff
3:10 pm Pacific
Why Secular Students Should Run for Office
Hemant Mehta
The Friendly Atheist
3:10 pm Pacific
How to Have Difficult Conversations
Callie Wright
Queersplaining Podcast
3:10 pm Pacific
Black Secular College Students: An Exploration of Margins
J.T. Snipes
Southern Illinois University
Gordon Maples
North Carolina State University
4:30 PM Pacific
Taking Back Religious Freedom in the Aftermath of the 2020 Crises
Rachel Laser
Americans United
4:30 PM Pacific
Black Freethought in the Civil Rights Era
Christopher Cameron
UNC - Charlotte
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
Speakers
![Rachel Laser Rachel Laser](https://secularstudents.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Rachel-Laser-300x300.jpeg)
Rachel Laser
![Angela Saini square Angela Saini square](https://secularstudents.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Angela-Saini-square-300x300.jpeg)
Angela Saini
![Anthony Pinn Anthony Pinn](https://secularstudents.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Anthony-Pinn-300x300.jpg)
Anthony Pinn
![Katherine Stewart square Katherine Stewart square](https://secularstudents.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Katherine-Stewart-square-300x300.jpeg)
Katherine Stewart
![Pramila_Jayapal square Pramila_Jayapal square](https://secularstudents.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Pramila_Jayapal-square.jpeg)
Rep. Pramila Jayapal
![Jared Huffman square Jared Huffman square](https://secularstudents.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Jared-Huffman-square-300x300.png)
Rep. Jared Huffman
![Jamie_Raskin Jamie_Raskin](https://secularstudents.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Jamie_Raskin-300x300.jpg)
Rep. Jamie Raskin
![Senapathy photo Senapathy photo](https://secularstudents.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Senapathy-photo-1024x1024.jpg)
Kavin Senapathy
![Jeremiah Camara Jeremiah Camara](https://secularstudents.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Jeremiah-Camara-1024x1024.jpg)
Jeremiah Camara
![Cara Santa Maria Cara Santa Maria](https://secularstudents.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Cara-Santa-Maria.jpg)
Cara Santa Maria
![Christopher Cameron Christopher Cameron](https://secularstudents.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Christopher-Cameron-1024x1024.jpeg)
Christopher Cameron
![Hemant Mehta Hemant Mehta](https://secularstudents.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Hemant-Mehta.jpg)
Hemant Mehta
![Sikivu Sikivu](https://secularstudents.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Sikivu-300x300.jpg)
Sikivu Hutchinson
![Callie Wright Callie Wright](https://secularstudents.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Callie-Wright-300x300.jpg)
Callie Wright
![Alex DiBranco square Alex DiBranco square](https://secularstudents.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Alex-DiBranco-square-300x300.jpg)
Alex DiBranco
![AGill Head Shot AGill Head Shot](https://secularstudents.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/AGill-Head-Shot-scaled.jpg)
Alison Gill
![Chris Stedman square Chris Stedman square](https://secularstudents.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Chris-Stedman-square-300x300.jpg)
Chris Stedman
![JT Snipes 2 JT Snipes 2](https://secularstudents.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/JT-Snipes-2-300x294.jpg)
J.T. Snipes
![Gordon Maples Gordon Maples](https://secularstudents.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Gordon-Maples-300x298.png)
Gordon Maples
![Amanda Scott Amanda Scott](https://secularstudents.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Amanda-Scott-300x300.jpg)
Amanda L. Scott
![Emily Newman square Emily Newman square](https://secularstudents.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Emily-Newman-square-300x300.jpg)
Emily Newman
![Wintermute square Wintermute square](https://secularstudents.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Wintermute-square-300x300.jpeg)
Kristin Wintermute
![Mandisa-Thomas-square Mandisa-Thomas-square](https://secularstudents.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Mandisa-Thomas-square-300x300.jpeg)
Mandisa Thomas
![Kevin-Bolling Kevin-Bolling](https://secularstudents.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Kevin-Bolling-300x300.jpg)
Kevin Bolling
![Elle Harris square Elle Harris square](https://secularstudents.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Elle-Harris-square-300x300.jpeg)
Elle Harris
![Sean Rivera Sean Rivera](https://secularstudents.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Sean-Rivera-300x300.jpg)
Sean Omar Rivera
![Isaac Gilles Isaac Gilles](https://secularstudents.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Isaac-Gilles-300x300.jpeg)
Isaac Gilles
![Gary McLelland Gary McLelland](https://secularstudents.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Gary-McLelland-300x300.jpg)
Gary McLelland
![Casey Brinck Casey Brinck](https://secularstudents.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Casey-Brinck-300x300.jpg)
Casey Brinck
![Rachel Deitch square Rachel Deitch square](https://secularstudents.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Rachel-Deitch-square-300x300.jpeg)
Rachel Deitch
![Mark Dann Mark Dann](https://secularstudents.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Mark-Dann.jpg)
Mark Dann
![Andrew Seidel Andrew Seidel](https://secularstudents.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Andrew-Seidel-300x300.jpg)
Andrew Seidel
![varun-soni varun-soni](https://secularstudents.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/varun-soni-300x300.jpg)
Varun Soni
![Karma Alvey Karma Alvey](https://secularstudents.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Karma-Alvey-300x300.jpg)
Karma Alvey
![Jason Lemieux Jason Lemieux](https://secularstudents.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Jason-Lemieux.jpg)