Whether you’re attending in person or online, here is a look at our schedule*. Please join us!!!
All sessions will be inside the Freethought Hall unless noted otherwise. On Eastern Standard Time.
Friday, June 12th
5:00 pm – Registration begins (Freethought Hall Foyer)
5:30 pm – Cookout, Games and Music (Freethought Pavilion)
7:00 pm – BN After Dark Panel and Discussion: Conduct, Consent, & Copulation – Charone Pagett and Mandisa Thomas
8:00 pm – Film and Q&A
Saturday, June 13th
8:00 am – Breakfast and Registration (Freethought Hall Foyer and Pavilion)
9:00 am – Welcome, Introduction of Emcee (Dominique Huff) and Opening Remarks
9:15 am – Music with Godless Engineer and the Godless Backup Dancers
9:20 am – Panel Discussion: 15 Years of BN – Derek Caffe, Candace Gorham, Dominique Huff, Charone Pagett, and Mandisa Thomas
10:25 am – The Weaponization of “Biblical Womanhood” – Hemant Mehta
11:10 am – Music with Tenzen
11:25 – Introduction of Organizations, Sponsors, and Morning Wrap Up/Housekeeping
11:40 am – Group Photo – Freethought Hall Entrance and Pavilion
12:00- 1:20 pm – Lunch (Freethought Pavilion)
1:20 – Lunch Wrap Up
1:30 pm – Panel Discussion: Christian Nationalism: How to Fight Back as Nonbelievers – Derek Caffe, Charis Hoard, Dominique Huff, Cynthia McDonald and Leonard Presberg
2:35 pm – Music from the Godless Gospel Ensemble – Dan Barker, Candace Gorham, Cynthia McDonald and Mandisa Thomas
2:55 pm – Debating and Engaging with Community – Jovan Bradley
3:45 pm – Breakout Sessions
– Speed Dating – Dominique Huff and Helen Greene
– Coming Out as an Atheist & Finding Community – Jovan Bradley, Charis Hoard and Kellie King
– Political Action in your Local Communities – Derek Caffe, Cynthia McDonald and Leonard Presberg
4:45 pm – Music from Tenzen and Day 1 Wrap Up
5:00 pm – Break
6 pm – 15 Anniversary Celebration Jam (Freethought Pavilion)
10:00 pm – Open Socialization
Sunday, June 14th
8:00 am – Breakfast (Freethought Hall Foyer and Pavilion)
9:00 am – Welcome Music with Godless Gospel – Dan Barker, Candace Gorham, Cynthia McDonald, and Mandisa Thomas
9:20 am – Content Creation Panel: Godless Engineer, Helen Greene, Kellie King, Cynthia McDonald and Deana Williams
10:25 am – Announcements and Music from Tenzen
10:40 am – Queer and Freethinking in the MAGA era – Helen Greene, Kellie King, Charone Pagett and Deana Williams
11:45 – Morning Wrap Up and Music from Godless Gospel Ensemble – Dan Barker, Candace Gorham, Cynthia McDonald, and Mandisa Thomas
12:00 pm – Lunch and Socialization
1:00 pm – Revival of Reason Keynote and Atlanta Freethought Society Monthly Meeting – Towards a Global History of Black Humanism – Chris Cameron
2:45 pm – Acknowledgements and Thank You’s
*May be subject to change with short notice
