1:30pm - 1:50pm
Opening Remarks
with Ronald A. Lindsay
1:50pm - 3:20pm
Faith-Based Pseudo-Science
with Sarah Moglia, Carrie Poppy, Amy Davis Roth, Rebecca Watson, and moderator Desiree Schell
3:20pm - 3:30pm
Break
3:30pm - 4:15pm
How Feminism Makes Better Skeptics: The Role Rationality Plays in Ending Sexism
with Amanda Marcotte
4:15pm - 5:00pm
The Mattering Map: Religion, Humanism, and Moral Progress
with Rebecca Goldstein
7:00pm - 9:00pm
Reception
hosted by Melody Hensley
8:30am - 10:00am
Women Leaving Religion
with Jamila Bey, Vyckie D. Garrison, Teresa MacBain, Maryam Namazie, and moderator Stephanie Zvan
10:00am - 10:45am
Sexism and Religion: Can the Knot Be Untied?
with Katha Pollitt
10:45am - 11:00am
Break
11:00am - 12:30pm
Gender Equality in the Secular Movement
with Ophelia Benson, R. Elisabeth Cornwell, Debbie Goddard, Stephanie Zvan, and moderator Greta Christina
12:30pm - 1:45pm
Lunch (on your own)
1:45pm - 2:30pm
Why the Lost History of Secular Women Matters Today
with Susan Jacoby
2:30pm - 3:45pm
How Women’s Concerns Can Best Be Advanced within the Context of a Secular Agenda
with Soraya Chemaly, Susan Jacoby, Amanda Marcotte, Katha Pollitt, and moderator Jamila Bey
3:45pm - 4:00pm
Break
4:00pm - 4:45pm
The History of Atheism, Feminism, and the Science of Brains
with Jennifer Michael Hecht
4:45pm - 5:30pm
Secularism: A Right and Demand of Women Worldwide
with Maryam Namazie
7:00pm - 9:00pm
Dinner with Shelley Segal
9:00am - 10:30am
What the Secular Movement Can Learn from Other Social Movements
with Greta Christina, Carrie Poppy, Desiree Schell, and moderator Soraya Chemaly
10:30am - 11:00am
Break
11:00am - 11:45am
Who Speaks for Feminism?
with R. Elisabeth Cornwell
11:45am - 12:00pm
Closing Remarks
with Lauren Becker
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