Real World Atheism Panel TOMORROW!

[DePaul Alliance for Free Thought]

Hi all,

DAFT's biggest event EVER is finally happening tomorrow, beginning at 7 PM in room 103 of Arts & Letters. One of our panelists, Dr. Sikivu Hutchinson, has this to say:

In a nation in which economic inequality, racial wealth gaps, mass incarceration of people of color and Christian fascist mobilization have become the rule, what are some examples of culturally relevant atheist and humanist activism?

On Friday, March 8th at 7pm, the DePaul Alliance for Free Thought, in association with the Secular Student Alliance, Center for Inquiry, African Americans for Humanism, and the Women’s Center at DePaul will host a groundbreaking panel on the state of atheism, its current predicaments regarding discrimination, and attempts to chart a path towards greater involvement in the world at large. Among other things, this provocative, timely discussion will unpack the barriers to a social, gender and racial justice vision and agenda of atheist/humanist activism.

This event is free and open to the public.

Room 103 of DePaul’s Arts and Letters Hall
2315 N. Kenmore Ave.
DePaul University
Chicago, IL 60614

Our panelists are:

• Ian Cromwell, writer at FreethoughtBlogs

• Sikivu Hutchinson, Founder of the Women’s Leadership Project, Writer and senior intergroup specialist for the Los Angeles County Human Relations Commission, and African Americans for Humanism Advisor

• Ashley F. Miller, Writer and activist, blogger at FreethoughtBlogs, and is currently getting her PhD in Mass Communications, focusing on Women’s Studies and Reality TV

• Dr. Anthony Pinn, Agnes Cullen Arnold Professor of Humanities and Professor of Religious Studies at Rice University, the first African American to hold an Endowed Chair at Rice University, and African Americans for Humanism Advisor

• Stephanie Zvan, Assistant President of Minnesota Atheists and blogger at FreethoughtBlogs

I really hope all of you can make it out. It's an unprecedented gathering of some of the most incredible minds in our movement, and you will not want to miss it.
 

Best,

Andrew