*Subject to change
Thursday, October 12
4-6 pm Open House, Freethought Hall
Early registration, appetizers, self-guided tour
Friday, October 13
8:00 am Registration opens
Monona Terrace Community & Convention Center
Complimentary continental breakfast, coffee & tea begins
8:55 am “Die Gedanken Sind Frei” – Dan Barker at piano
9:00 am Welcome – Lisa Strand, director of operation
Year in Review – Dan and Annie Laurie Gaylor, co-presidents
9:30 am Nothing Fails Like Prayer Award – Emily Olson
9:45 am “Forward Award” – Mary Ziegler
10:30 am Coffee & Tea Break, Book signing in lobby for Mary Ziegler
11:00 am Freethought Heroine Award
“We of Little Faith: An Atheist Comes Clean (And Why You Should Too)” – Kate Cohen
11:45 am Book signing in lobby for Kate Cohen, Ballroom closed to attendees for Godless Gospel Rehersal
NOON LUNCH BREAK (on own)
1:30 pm mic checks
2:00 pm Legal Highlights – Rebecca Markert & legal staff
3:30 pm FFRF Action Fund Reports – Ryan Jayne, Ryan Dudley & Mark Dann
3:50 pm BREAK
4:15 pm Student Essay Winners
4:30 pm Henry Zumach Freedom From Religious Fundamentalism Award
Planned Parenthood – Jen Castle
5:15 pm Cash bar opens, Ballroom closed to attendees for Godless Gospel Rehersal
Buffet DINNER (ticketed)
7:00 pm Address by U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan, ballroom re-opens
7:15 pm “The Age of Appeasement” -Jeremiah Camara, Filmmaker
8:00 pm Godless Gospel
9:00 pm Complementary cake and beverages
Saturday, October 14
8 am NonPrayer BREAKFAST (ticketed item)
Moment of Bedlam
Nothing Fails Like Prayer Award invocation
9:00 am Ballroom, tables re-open
9:25 am “Nothing Fails Like Prayer” – Dan Barker
9:30 am Student Activist Awards – Marcus Stovall, Bear Bright
Each introduced by local Drag Queens Bryanna Banx$ and Latina Envy
10:00 am Christian nationalism Experts
“American Crusade” – Andrew Seidel
10:20 am The Flag and The Cross – Samuel L. Perry
10:40 am Champion of the First Amendment – Amanda Tyler, Christians Against Christian Nationalism
11:00 am Panel Q&A from audience
11:30 am Book signings for Andew Seidel
Noon Chapter lunch
Buffet LUNCH opens (ticketed)
1:30 pm Ballroom re-opens
2:00 pm Secular Legislative Panel – Minn. state Rep. Mike Freiberg, Wis. state Sen. Kelda Roys, TBA
3:00 pm “The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy” – Robbie Jones
3:45 pm Stretch break
4:00 pm “Clarence Darrow Civil Liberties Award” – Elie Mystal
4:45 pm Q&A
5:00 pm Book signings for Robert P. Jones & Elie Mystal
5:30 pm Cash bar
6:00 pm DINNER (ticketed)
8:00 pm Drawing for Clean Money – emceed by Buzz Kemper
8:30 pm “Emperor Has No Clothes Award” – Lizz Winstead
Sunday, October 15
8 am Coffee, tea, light breakfast fare
9:00 am Annual Membership Meeting
11ish am State Representatives Meeting
Adjourn by noon
