Tentative schedule FFRF’s 42nd annual convention
Friday, October 18
Morning Open House
Pre-convention event
9:30 -11:30 AM Open House
Freethought Hall in Downtown Madison
(Free, but reservations required!)
Early registration opens
Complimentary pastries, juice, hot beverages, Champagne, OJ, Mimosas
Afternoon Formal Opening
Monona Terrace Community &
Convention Center
Monona Terrace, 1 John Nolen Dr.
Madison Ballroom
Noon Registration re-opens
(continues throughout convention)
Sales tables open in the Madison Ballroom
1:00 PM Short Welcome
Speaker to be announced
1:30 PM Henry H. Zumach Freedom From Religious Fundamentalism Award
Rachel Laser accepts on behalf of Americans United
2:00 PM A Conversation with Sarah Vowell with Dan Barker, followed by &A
3:00 PM BREAK — Refreshments (lobby)
Book signing for Sarah Vowell in ballroom concurrent
3:30 PM “Godless Citizens in a Godly Republic: Atheists in American Public Life”
Authors R. Laurence Moore & Isaac Kramnick
Book signing at 5 p.m.
4:15 PM Forward Award, Nancy Northup,
Center for Reproductive Rights
5:00 PM DINNER BREAK
Buffet in Grand Terrace/Rooftop gardens (ticketed event)
Book signing for Moore & Kramnick concurrent
Friday Evening Program
Madison Ballroom
7:00 PM Evening Welcome, Music
FFRF Co-Presidents Dan Barker & Annie Laurie Gaylor: Year in Review
7:30 PM “Nothing Fails Like Prayer Award” Hemant Mehta
“Is Atheism Still Taboo in Politics?”
Hemant Mehta
Book signing at evening’s conclusion
8:00 PM “The Founding Myth: Why Christian Nationalism Is Un-American”
Andrew Seidel
Book signing at evening’s conclusion
8:30 PM God Gets His Annual Job Performance Review
Mrs. Betty Bowers (America’s Best Christian™) and Andrew Bradley
Complimentary gourmet cupcakes and hot beverages – Grand Terrace
Concurrent book signing for Hemant Mehta and Andrew Seidel in ballroom
10:15 PM Film: “Holy Hierarchy: The Religious Roots of Racism in America”
To be repeated at 12:15 p.m. Saturday
Saturday, October 19
All Saturday events held in Madison Ballroom, unless otherwise noted.
8:00 AM Nonprayer Breakfast (ticketed event) – Exhibit Hall A
9:00 AM Madison Ballroom
Sales tables open
9:30 AM Welcome Lisa Strand, Music Dan Barker
9:40 AM Film Preview, Jeremiah Camara,
Director, “Holy Hierarchy: The Religious
Roots of Racism in America”
10:00 AM Trio of student essay winners
10:30 AM “Eternal Hostility: The Struggle Between Theocracy and Democracy”
Frederick Clarkson
11:00 AM Battle of Church & State: Legal Accomplishments
FFRF Legal Staff & Mark Dann, FFRF lobbyist
Noon – 2:00 PM LUNCH BREAK
Optional Grab & Go Lunch
12:15 – 12:45 PM FILM SCREENING
“Holy Hierarchy: The Religious Roots of Racism in America”
2:00 PM Freethought Heroine Award
Mandisa Thomas
2:30 PM Avijit Roy Courage Award
Avinash Patil, on behalf of Maharashtra Andhashraddha Nirmoolan Samiti
3:00 PM Emperor Has No Clothes Award
Anthony B. Pinn
3:30 PM BREAK
Book signing for Anthony Pinn
4:00 PM TBA
6:30 PM SATURDAY NIGHT DINNER
(Ticketed event) – Exhibit Hall A
Evening program in Madison Ballroom
8:00 PM “Clean Money Drawing”
8:30 PM An Evening with Trae Crowder, “Liberal Redneck”
Sunday, October 20
Annual Membership Meeting
Hall of Ideas FG
8:30 AM
Complimentary pastries & hot beverages
9:00 AM Annual Membership meeting
Open to current FFRF members
Annual State Representatives meeting
Adjourn by Noon
