FFRF on the road (Nov. 2019)

On Sept. 24, FFRF Legal Director Rebecca Markert spoke to the atheist/agnostic/humanist group at Taycheedah Correctional Institution (a women’s prison) in Fond du Lac, Wis. Markert said that she was not allowed to bring in anything from the outside, including a camera or phone, so was unable to get a photo of her visit with prisoners, however she did snap this photo of the sign outside. This is the (edited) invitation Markert received from Chaplain Zachary McKenzie at the prison: “Greetings, I am the chaplain at Taycheedah Correctional Institution. We are a female prison that currently houses 927 inmates. I am wondering if anyone from FFRF would be willing to come lead/speak at our humanist/atheist/agnostic service. We have 19 women who identify as humanist/atheist/agnostic at TCI, and we are currently the only prison in Wisconsin that hold services for the humanist/atheist/agnostic umbrella religious groups. We once received some donated issues of Freethought Today from you and several of the women would like to hear more about FFRF.”

Carter Warden (“Adam Mann”) invited Dan Barker to speak on Sept. 26 at East Tennessee State University, where he is now assistant director of student activities and organizations, his new job after leaving the ministry. Before the meeting, Carter took Dan by the church where he used to minister, and they grabbed this “I am free!” photo.

FFRF Communications Director Amit Pal speaks at a panel on Hindu Nationalism at the Religion News Association’s annual convention in Las Vegas in mid-September.

FFRF Staff Attorney Ryan Jayne speaks Sept. 26 at the 2019 SCA Lobby Day on Capitol Hill (in the Rayburn House Office Building) in Washington, D.C., about the threat of Christian Nationalism to secularism. (Photo by Greg Dohler)

FFRF sponsored a panel on Christian Nationalism at the Religion News Association’s annual convention in Las Vegas in mid-September. FFRF Communications Director Amit Pal, left, was the moderator and author Katherine Stewart, FFRF Director of Strategic Response Andrew L. Seidel and Religion News Service national reporter Jack Jenkins were panelists.

Dan Barker, center, stands with students from the Secular Student Alliance at Colorado State in Fort Collins, Colo., on Oct. 3. Members of the SSA include (from left): Holden Copous, Spencer Riley, club President Ann Kane and Jack Hermanson.

FFRF Co-President Dan Barker spoke at East Tennessee State University on Sept. 26. Officers of Secular Humanist Alliance at ETSU are (from left): August Hyde, treasurer; Hannah Rauhuff, president; Dan Barker; Carter Warden; Aaron Barlow, secretary, and Shawn Quilliams, vice president.

A sidewalk sign promotes Dan Barker’s talk at East Tennessee State University on Sept. 26.

FFRF on the road (Nov. 2019)

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