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35th Annual National Convention Announced

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35th Annual National Convention - 2012
Weekend of October 12-13, 2012

Hilton Portland & Executive Tower
921 SW Sixth Ave
Portland, Oregon

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Reserve your room today: http://www.hilton.com/en/hi/groups/personalized/P/PDXPHHH-FRF-20121010/index.jhtml

confirmed: richard dawkins, sara paretsky, Katherine Stewart, Teresa Macbain and Jerry Dewitt

It’s not too soon to register for FFRF’s 35th annual national convention the weekend of Oct. 12-13, 2012, at the downtown Hilton Portland & Executive Tower, 921 SW Sixth Avenue, Portland, Ore.

Joining previously confirmed speakers Richard Dawkins and mystery novelist Sara Paretsky are journalist Katherine Stewart, author of The Good News Club: The Christian Right’s Stealth Assault on America’s Children and Clergy Project “graduates,” Jerry DeWitt and Teresa MacBain. DeWitt, director of Recovering from Religion, openly parted with the Pentecostal ministry last year. MacBain, who is now acting director of the Clergy Project, left the Methodist ministry in March with much media attention. 

Hotel rooms are $149 single to quadruple, plus taxes and fees. Call the Hilton Portland at 1-503-226-1611 or use the personalized reservation link: http://goo.gl/PHRmB. 

Optional meals include the Saturday Non-Prayer Breakfast, $25: Country scrambled eggs, broiled tomato, bacon, potato pancake, orange juice, apple pastry, cranberry muffins, pumpkin scones, fresh fruit garnish, freshly brewed coffee and teas, $25, with vegetarian substitute for bacon. Dinner is fresh salad, roasted local organic chicken or vegetarian strudel followed by pear tartlet (pear is Oregon’s state fruit), $55. Meals include 22% service charge. Vegan and gluten-free options available.

FFRF registration is $60 per member, $65 for nonmember companion accompanying member, and $110 per nonmember (join for $40 and save $10).

Sign up for a preconvention tour of gorgeous Columbia River Gorge, including Multnomah Falls, from 1 to 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 12, for a group rate of $45. Buses will leave from the hotel at 1 p.m.

Official events begin Friday at 7 p.m. with dinner on your own. Dawkins will speak Friday night.

See past convention coverage: audio, video, pictures and more!