Hilton Rosemont / O'Hare (Chicago, Illinois)
07/18 — 07/20/2014
07/18 — 07/20/2014
2014-07-18 09:00:00
Friday, July 18 |
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| 5:00-7:00 pm | Registration | |
| 7:00 pm | All-Conference Reception with (Very Classy) Live Music, hors d’oeuvres, and cash bar | |
Saturday, July 19 |
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| Time | Topic | Speaker |
| 9:00 am | Welcome | Dale McGowan |
| 9:15 | RESPONSIBLE: Humanism in the Streets of Calcutta | Hemley Gonzalez |
| 9:45 | KEYNOTE: It Ain’t What You Give, It’s the Way That You Give It | Caroline Fiennes |
| 10:30 | Break | |
| 10:40 | Beyond the Giving Myths: The Science of Giving and Volunteering | Dr. Brittany Shoots-Reinhard |
| 11:15 | After the Disaster: Humanist Crisis Responders | Rebecca Vitsmun |
| 11:45 | Lunch (on your own) | |
| 1:15 pm BREAKOUTS | SESSION 1 Putting your freethought group’s compassionate humanism into action SESSION 2 How does FBB find such great charities? And so can you! |
Dr. Brittany Shoots-Reinhard / Beyond Belief Network panel Dr. Zachary Moore and AJ Chalom |
| 2:45 | Transition/Break | |
| 3:00 | Making media work hard for compassionate humanism | David Smalley |
| 3:30 | HUMANISM IN ACTION: World-class humanist activists on three continents | Hemley Gonzalez, Serah Blain, Carmen Zepp, Leo Igwe |
| 4:30 | Diversity doesn’t just change how we look – it changes what we do |
Alix Jules |
| 5:00 | Closing remarks | |
| 7:00 | The Heart of Humanism Awards Dinner all attendees invited (registration required) |
Brittany Shoots-Reinhard, Hemant Mehta, Dale McGowan |
| 9:00-10:30 | SPECIAL EVENT! The Dogma Debate podcast with host David Smalley | David Smalley |
Sunday, July 20 |
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| Time | Topic | Speaker |
| 9:00 | Introduction | Dale McGowan |
| 9:10 | Why coming out atheist serves the greater good | Greta Christina |
| 9:40 | COME TOGETHER: Great experiments in secular community | Adam Chalom, Lisa Crowe, Nicole Steeves, Sharon Moss |
| 10:40 | Break | |
| 10:50 | Fighting for basic human rights in the “witch camps” of Ghana | Leo Igwe |
| 11:20 | PATHFINDERS: Building a global Humanist Service Corps | Conor Robinson, Ben Blanchard, Wendy Webber |
| 12:20 | Closing remarks | Hemant Mehta |
Ongoing volunteer activities throughout the day.
All meals on your own except Saturday dinner.