"We're not in Kansas anymore"
AAI Heads to the Heartland
For the first
ever joint convention with the Secular Student Alliance!
April 14-16, 2006 in beautiful Kansas City,
Missouri
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| Speakers to date are: |
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Julia
Sweeney, writer-actress, winner of this
year's Dawkins Award and author of Letting
Go of God: My
Beautiful Loss of Faith Story.
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Dr. Hector Avalos, Associate Professor of Religious Studies & Director
of U.S. Latino/a Studies at Iowa State University and author
of Fighting
Words: The Origins of Religious Violence.
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Lori Lipman Brown, freethought's
first Washington lobbyist and Executive Director
of the Secular
Coalition of America.
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Matt Cherry, President of the United
Nations NGO Committee on Freedom of Religion
or Belief, Executive Director of the Institute
for Humanist Studies, and author of Imagine
There's No Heaven Voices of Secular Humanism.
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Dr. Paul Mirecki, Professor and past Departmental Chair of
Religious Studies at the University of Kansas, the first to propose
teaching ID as mythology, and author of Magic
and Ritual in the Ancient World.
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Dr. Ron Pine, Research Associate, Field Museum
of Chicago.
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Dr. Fred Whitehead, freethought historian and author of Freethought
on the American Frontier.
- The convention will also include:
“Camp Quest: A Summer Away Camp for Atheist Kids” by
Amanda Metskas
“How to talk about Atheism” hands-on training by August
Berkshire and Margaret Downey
“Leaving the Fold: Ex-ministers Speak Out” by Don Bell,
Lee Dietz and Mark Killingsworth
“Religion, Science, Secular Humanism and Well-being" by
Dr. Gale Fuller
“Selling Atheism" hands-on training by Woody Kaplan
“The eBay Atheist” by Hermant Mehta
“Young Women in Freethought” by Alison Bates
and panels on Atheist Parenting, Lobbying for Separation of Church
and State, and Secular Meditation.
- And much more!
Tentative Schedule (click here to see who is scheduled to speak!)
Friday, April 14
Registration - 3:00pm
Reception - 5:00pm
Banquet - 7:00pm Saturday, April 15
Breakfast - 8:30am
Lunch - 12:00pm
Banquet - 6:30pm
Sunday, April 16
Breakfast - 9:00am
(you'll want to stay for this--we've got great speakers lined up including
Hector Avalos & Paul Mirecki!)
Convention concludes by 12:00pm
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| Reserve your space
now! |
Rooms are ready to be
booked at the luxurious KC
Marriott Hotel Airport for only $65 per night. You can also call
the number below and ask for the Atheist Alliance's rate: code athatha.
You need to reserve your room before April 8th so please do so soon!
(816) 464-2200
775
Brasilia Ave
Kansas City, Missouri 64153 |
| Rates |
| Adults, full
program |
$195 each* |
Full-Time
Students under 30.
(Student ID and proof of age will
be required at desk) |
No Cost |
Meals with
group for high school and adult students, under
30
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$80* |
| Camp Quest, for
children 4-14 |
$75* |
| Children under
four, child care |
$75 |
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*Includes all meals: two
dinners, two breakfasts, one lunch and Friday
reception
Single day prices are now available |
This site will charge you fully, regardless of membership discounts
you are entitled to. There will be a refund check waiting for you at
the convention if you are a member of the Atheist Alliance. |
Click here to purchase your tickets for the 2006
AAI Convention
For students go here |
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