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This is a safe place for people with different viewpoints to come together to share ideas, discuss issues, and apply the tools of logic based analysis and critical thinking. Our goal is to establish and maintain a safe environment of mutual trust and respect, where everybody's opinions and viewpoints are welcome, a forum where all are listened to and appreciated!
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•Online[Partner Event] When Race Becomes Our Faith
OnlineLet's join our friends at the Humanist Association of Orange County.
Why won’t racism and racial injustice go away? In this talk, I will argue that race has become entangled with religion, taking on transcendent qualities. The result is the emergence of a religion called the Religion of Whiteness, a powerful influence on the lives of millions of people, and harming both Christianity and human communities. This presentation will help us better understand why people become so invested in protecting whiteness, why they are often so passionately committed to maintaining racial inequality, and how to make positive change.
Zoom Reg HERE
Michael O. Emerson is the Director of the Religion and Public Policy Program and the Harry and Hazel Chavanne Fellow in Religion and Public Policy at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, the nation’s top-rated academic think tank (https://www.bakerinstitute.org/program/religion-and-public-policy).
Emerson’s work focuses primarily on the intersection of religion, race, and politics. Increasingly, his work focuses on religion and its public policy implications. He has co-authored 16 books, most recently The Religion of Whiteness: How Racism Distorts Christianity (Oxford, 2024), Kingdom Racial Change: Moving from Inequality, Injustice, and Indifference (Eerdmans, 2025), and the 25th Anniversary Edition of Divided by Faith (Oxford, Nov. 17, 2025).
Questions? PM me on Meetup or find me on LinkedIn
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•Online[Partner Event] Who’s Steering This Thing? We Need Your Driving Skills in 2026!
OnlineLet's join our friends at Americans United for Separation of Church & State - OC.
Who’s Steering This Thing? Where Are We Going? We Need Your Driving Skills in 2026!
Join us for our annual end of year planning meeting - Zoom ONLY.Zoom Reg HERE
We're coming together to strategize and plan for the upcoming year, focusing on Church State Separation and the crucial fight against the rise of Christian Nationalism and a threat to our democracy. Our mission is to safeguard the principles of freedom of religion and freedom from religion, ensuring that no specific belief system is imposed upon individuals or enshrined in governmental policies. This event is an opportunity to discuss, share perspectives, and collaborate in our ongoing efforts to protect the rights of all individuals, regardless of their faith or beliefs. Let's unite with great company and a shared commitment to upholding these fundamental aspects of our constitutional freedoms. Your participation is essential as we continue our journey in advocating for a society that respects everyone's religious and non-religious beliefs.
We also have plenty of fun resume and portfolio building volunteer opportunities that can help you, us and the local community. Volunteer opportunities range from technical to creative and everything in between and require no prior experience. Come explore them. We can't wait to see you there for an evening of thought-provoking discussions!
Questions? PM me on Meetup or find me on LinkedIn
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