The 2025 International Secular Day of the Dead/Dia de los Muertos Secular

On Saturday, November 1, 2025, the traditional Secular Day of the Dead/Dia de los Muertos Secular International Online Event will take place at Noon PDT/3:00 PM EDT. Please register for this event at the following Zoom link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/hGs5BhhVQEOm8Y2nLodUNg

This event is hosted by David Tamayo, Margaret Downey, and Memo Benumea.

Actor, producer, and director Jon Huertas will deliver an inspiring welcome.

Tamayo will present his recorded farewell visit with the late Hector Avalos, who was a professor of Religious Studies at Iowa State University, a cultural anthropologist, and the author of several books on religion. Avalos was an atheist and advocate of secular humanist ethics.

Dan Barker, the co-president of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, will honor the life and work of political cartoonist Steve Benson.

Actor, monologist, and author Julia Sweeney will deliver an appreciation of the life of singer, songwriter, and social activist Jill Sobule.

Podcaster, author, and public speaker Seth Andrews will honor the life of scientist and professor Abby Hafer.

Prizes will be awarded in the following categories:

Best Female Hair Adornment
Best Male Hair Adornment
Best Female Face Makeup
Best Male Face Makeup
Best Zoom Box
Best Overall

Sponsors of the event include the Freethought Society, Hispanic American Freethinkers, American Humanist Association, the Center for Inquiry/Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science, Black Nonbelievers, Secular Coalition for America, and the Freedom From Religion Foundation.