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32. CONVENTION EVENT: Secular Democrats of America

Make America Constitutional Again: Religious Freedom on the Ballot

Join the Secular Democrats of America for its inaugural virtual event at the 2020 DNC Convention. Hear from Members of the Congressional Freethought Caucus, candidates, and activists who are defending the separation of church and state, mobilizing nonreligious voters, and advocating for religious freedom for people of all faiths and none.

The Trump Administration has enacted a Christian Nationalist agenda that has weaponized religious liberty to justify discrimination and compromised the secular character of our government. We are mobilizing the secular vote and working with interfaith partners to fight back, starting at the ballot box.

Speakers:

Legislating Religious Freedom
- Representative Jared Huffman, Co-Chair, Congressional Freethought Caucus
- Representative Jamie Raskin , Co-Chair, Congressional Freethought Caucus
- State Representative Athena Salman, Arizona
- State Representative Carlos Guillermo Smith, Florida

Faith in Humanity: A Conversation with Greg Epstein and Ann Druyan
- Ann Druyan, Writer/producer/director “Cosmos: Possible Worlds"
- Greg Epstein, Humanist Chaplain at MIT and Harvard

Christian Nationalism and White Supremacy
- Dr. Robert Jones, Public Religion Research Institute, author of "White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity" and "The End of White Christian America"
- Ashton P. Woods, Chair of Black Humanist Alliance, founder of Houston Black Lives Matter
- Dr. Monica Miller, Associate Professor of Religion and Africana Studies at Lehigh University

Mobilizing the Secular Vote
- Sarah Levin, Secular Democrats of America
- Ron Millar, Freethought Equality Fund PAC
- Terry Pettijohn, Secular Democrats of Texas
- Rachele Walter, Secular Democrats of Nebraska

Aug 18, 2020 01:00 PM in Central Time (US and Canada)

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