Secular Student Alliance New England Leadership Summit Schedule
We are happy to announce the schedule for the 2010 New England Leadership Summit! This event runs from April 16-18 at Harvard University in Boston, MA. Speakers include blogger Greta Christina, Humanist Chaplain at Harvard University Greg Epstein, CFI On Campus organizer Debbie Goddard, and SSA staff and affiliate group leaders. The summit also includes a special presentation by the MythBusters and a keynote address by author and philosopher Rebecca Goldstein.
Learn more about the summit and register online!
| Friday, April 16 | |
| 8:00pm | MythBusters On Humanism (Memorial Church on the Harvard Yard) |
Saturday, April 17 | |
Registration and Events in the Fong Auditorium of Boylston Hall | |
| 10:00am | Welcoming Remarks |
| 10:15am | Speed Networking: It's like speed dating, but with secular student group leaders and freethought activists! |
| 11:00am | August Brunsman, Secular Student Alliance Executive Director: How to Become a Fundraising Ninja |
| 11:30am | Jesse Galef, Secular Student Alliance Communications Director: Media Training Workshop |
| 12-1:00pm | Lunch - on your own |
| 1:00pm | Jim Addoms, President of the Atheists, Agnostics and Freethinkers Alliance at Syracuse University - Creating a Semester Programming Arc & Engaging Local Freethought Groups |
| 1:30pm | Kelly Bowdoin, Harvard Secular Society: Churchless Charity and the Philosophy of Philanthropy |
| 2:00pm | Shelley Mountjoy, President of the SSA at George Mason University: Under the Magnifying Glass |
| 2:30pm | Lyz Liddell, Secular Student Alliance Campus Organizer: Succession Planning |
| 3:00pm | Peer Problem Solving: Bring Us Your Problems & Get Answers |
| 4:00pm | Debbie Goddard, Campus Organizer at CFI On Campus: |
| 4:30pm | Greta Christina, writer & blogger: What Atheists Can Learn from the GLBT Movement |
| 5:00pm | Special Address from U.S. Congressman Pete Stark (D-CA) |
| 5:30pm | Group Photo |
| 6:00-7:30pm | Dinner - on your own |
| 8:00pm | Rebecca Goldstein: "Secular Sainthood: Is God Beside the Point?" |
| Sunday, April 18 | |
| Events in the Fong Auditorium of Boylston Hall | |
| 10:00am | Lyz Liddell, Secular Student Alliance Campus Organizer:Getting People to Meetings |
| 10:30am | An Interview with Greg Epstein, Humanist Chaplain at Harvard University |
| 11:00am | Nate Mauger, Secular Student Alliance "Wintern": Bridging the Divide - Keys to Respectful Interaction and Cooperation with Religious Groups |
| 11:30am | Andrew Lovley, President of the Southern Maine Association of Secular Humanists: A Secular Humanist Invocation |
| 12 noon | 10 Minute Stretch & Coffee Break |
| 12:10pm | Greg Langer, Freethought Activist: Gaining Acceptance - Lessons Learned from the Front Lines |
| 12:35pm | Jesse Galef, Secular Student Alliance Communications Director: Building a Relationship with the White House |
| 1:00-1:30pm | Speed Networking: Part II |
Submitted by Lyz on Thu, 04/01/2010 - 22:25
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