Announcements

You are cordially invited to attend an AU grassroots training in Virginia!

Don't Agonize, Organize!

Effectively Defending Church-State Separation in Challenging Times

Sunday, October 18th at 12:00 Noon

Holiday Inn Select at Norfolk Airport
1570 N Military Highway
Norfolk, VA  23502

Please join us for an activist training on Sunday, October 18th from 12-5 PM.  A staffer from the Americans United national office and a guest trainer will lead participants through workshops on "The Nuts and Bolts of Grassroots Organizing" and "Leadership Development."  Updates and information from the national office will also be provided.  Don't miss this opportunity to learn new skills and to network with other church-state activists.

The training leaders are:
Hans Johnson, Progressive Victory
Beth Corbin, AU National Field Director

To RSVP for this training, please contact Beth Corbin
(corbin@au.org or 1-800-875-3707 x216) with the following information:

Name:
Phone Number:
E-mail Address:
Chapter Affiliation (if any):
Dietary Restrictions (if any):

There is no charge for the training and lunch will be provided.
Space is limited and we need to have an accurate lunch count, so please RSVP today.

Previous Events

Sunday, June 14, 2009

“Having Faith in Religious Liberty: Religion and Politics in America”

Presenter - Emily Friedman
Assistant Director
Anti-Defamation League Washington, D.C. Regional Office
 

Friedman directs the civil rights agenda for ADL’s operations in Virginia, Maryland, D.C., and North Carolina. Her responsibilities include promoting church-state separation; combating discrimination, hate crimes, extremism and terrorism; and advocating for immigration reform. She is responsible for law enforcement outreach and is a member of the D.C. Bias Crimes Task Force.  

“The Religious Right in the Era of Barack Obama”

Rob Boston
AU's Assistant Director of Communications and author

“Some commentators believe the Religious Right is dead and the ‘Culture Wars’ are over,” Boston said. “I say, ‘Not so fast.’ The Religious Right has been pronounced dead many times, yet always seems to bounce back.
 

Rev. Cedric Harmon
AU’s Associate Field Director and distinguished speaker

"Why Church/State Separation is an Important Issue
For Both Religious Leaders and Nonbelievers"

Click here for Rev. Harmon's remarks

Mikey Weinstein, Military Religious Freedom Foundation

Weinstein has launched a campaign to protect the religious freedoms of members of the United States Armed Forces by campaigning for restoration of the constitutionally mandated separation of church-and-state in the military. Appearing widely on national television and radio, his essays have been published on the op-ed pages of leading newspapers, and he has been the subject of newspaper and magazine articles about his efforts.

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