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This Year's Lineup

Jonathan Lopez "Hellen Heels"
Our Emcee
Seth Andrews
Podcaster, The Thinking Atheist
Nick Fish
President, American Atheists
Karma Waltonen
Teacher, Writer, Atwood Scholar
Corey Wright
Writer, Educator Shiny Happy People Season 2
Aysha Khan
Ex-Muslim Activist
Erica Lee
Congressional Candidate
Haram Doodles
Ex-Muslim Cartoonist
Thomas Smith
Host of Serious Inquiries Only
Lydia Smith
Podcaster


Andy Swan
as Uncle Sam
Bongo Furys
Frank Zappa Cover Band

At our Fundraiser Reception

Many of our speakers (above) will also be guests at our Fundraiser Reception, on Saturday evening. In addition, we are thrilled to have a special line-up just for that event.
Keith Lowell Jensen
Comedian, Author
Pacing
Musician
Karma Waltonen
Teacher, Writer, Atwood Scholar


This Year's Theme

Our twenty-fourth year could be a sequel to last year's theme, "Democracy, Not Theocracy". We focused on the threat of Project 2025, of theocracy, of bigotry, and the growing danger to religious freedom. We considered calling this year, "We Warned You" but decided instead to focus on a pledge that many of us know by heart. A pledge that, in recent times, is recited more than realized. Memorized, but not lived. This year we'll explore the current administration’s escalating attacks on marginalized communities and the rise of Christian Nationalism. Essentially, everything we feared would transpire, has. The playbook of Project 2025 is becoming reality, page by page: • Immigration enforcement is sowing fear and tearing families apart.• Religious freedom is being redefined as the right to discriminate.• Public health is aggressively undermined as vaccines and science are politicized.• Education is censored, erasing the history and identities of those who built our country.• Transgender people’s very existence is called into question.• Homelessness is criminalized, with no remedy in sight. • Calling Texas for "five more seats". • Climate protections, a widening income gap, healthcare, LGBTQ rights, civil rights... the list grows each day. It's hard to be an optimist when the road ahead feels so dystopian. But we cannot give up. What gives me hope is that with every unjust arrest, at every book ban, at every attack on reproductive rights, every time they use "woke" as an insult, more and more people are rising up. We are getting loud and angry. We are protesting. We are filling the town halls. We are running for office. And we are not backing down. At this year's event I hope you'll hear not just of atrocities but also of opportunities. The ways you, I, and others can work to end the injustice plaguing our nation. So that the next time a child recites “One Nation, Indivisible: with Liberty and Justice for All” they'll know that "all" can truly mean every one of us.