SECULAR SOCIAL JUSTICE CONFERENCE Schedule
RICE UNIVERSITY
Sewall Hall, Rm. 309
Houston, TX
#SSJcon/@SSJcon
January 30 & 31, 2016
info: [email protected]
www.secularsocialjustice.com
- Day One: Saturday, January 30th
- Registration & Continental breakfast—9:30-10:00
- Welcome & Opening remarks—10:00-10:30
- Anthony Pinn (Rice University), Sikivu Hutchinson (Black Skeptics Group)
- Main stage Emcee: Obidike Kamau
- Session One Panels—10:30-12:00
- Lunch —12:00-1:15
- Session Two Panels—1:30-3:30
- Session Three Panel—3:30-5:30
- Group Dinner —6:30-Until
PANEL SESSION 1: 10:30-12:00
Feminism(s) of Color and the Secular Movement
- Deanna Adams, Musings on a Limb blog
- Maggie Ardiente, American Humanist Association
- Heina Dadabhoy, Freethought Blogs
- AJ Word, Secular Sistahs
Moderator: Sikivu Hutchinson
Humanism and Hip Hop
- Monica Miller, Lehigh University
- Jason Jeffries, Rice University
- Xandelyn Wright, Houston Black Non-Believers
Moderator: Anthony Pinn, Rice University
PANEL SESSION 2: 1:30-3:30
Finding Justice in an Economic System that Proclaims Financial Opportunity for All
- James T. Jones, Prairie View University
- Darrin Johnson, Black Skeptics Los Angeles
- Richard Peacock, Orlando Black Non-Believers
- Twaunette Sharp, Houston Black Non-Believers
- Cleve Tinsley, IV, Rice University
Moderator: Donald Wright, HBN
LGBTQ Queer Atheists of Color and Social Justice
- Diane Burkholder, Kansas City Freethinkers of Color
- Brandon Mack, Rice University
- Ashton Woods, Houston Black Non-Believers
Moderator: Debbie Goddard, CFI/African Americans for Humanism
PANEL SESSION 3: 3:30-5:30
What’s Race Got to Do With It? Racial Politics and Intersectionality in the Atheist Movement:
- Frank Anderson, Black Skeptics Chicago
- Georgina Capetillo, Secular Common Ground
- Alix Jules, Dallas Coalition of Reason
- Sincere Kirabo, American Atheists
- Jimmie Luthuli, Secular Sistahs
- Juhem Navarro-Rivera, Univ. of Connecticut
- Vic Wang, Humanists of Houston
Moderator: Daniel Myatt, BSLA
- Day Two: Sunday, January 31st
- Opening remarks & Debrief—10:00-10:30
- Film Screening & Discussion, “Walter Walk with God”—10:30-12:30
- Evaluations & Adjourn—12:45
FILM SCREENING
Walter Walk with God, By Daniel Myatt (Los Angeles)
In this experimental feature film, recent Christian convert Walter Walk believes he’s been divinely ordained to evangelize Los Angeles’ Skid Row area, heal an ill co-worker, and convert his faith-doubting Dad. Despite the numerous obstacles he unexpectedly encounters, Walter refuses to refrain from doing what he thinks his God has told him to do.
