Lecture: Government Faith-Based Programs & Church/State Realities!
Government Faith-Based Programs & Church/State Realities!
This is a joint meeting of CFI-Tampa Bay and Tampa Humanist Association. You will be able to join either or both associations at the meeting, and get all the benefits.
Saturday, February 18, 2012, 11:00 PM
Jimmie B. Keele Library
2902 W. Bearss Avenue, Wesley Chapel, FL 33618-1828 (map)
in the Main Conference Room (813) 273-3652 () (813) 264-3834 (Fax)
Note that the entrance is on the south side of Bearss, and is easy to miss.
An Address by Toni Van Pelt on Government Faith-Based Programs & Church/State Realities Just as important to this question is the Florida legislative 2012 ballot initiative: Florida Religious Freedom, Amendment 7. Find out what you can do to help educate Floridians on the dangers of this amendment to our civil society.
Toni Van Pelt is the Policy Director of the Institute for Science and Human Values. As former vice president of public policy for the Center for Inquiry and as a congressional lobbyist, she organized and directed one of the first public policy offices of the secular movement in Washington, DC, focusing on the importance of science, separation of church and state, women’s and LGBT rights. She also serves on the board of the National Organization for Women as the Southeast Regional Director.
Obama's Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships marked its first anniversary last week. Unfortunately there has been little change from the Bush created program, "Faith-based and Community Initiatives". Join Toni Van Pelt for an update on the current state of the current administration’s programs. Lack of accountability, job discrimination, tax dollars flowing to religious groups, proselytizing ... it’s enough to make one question if we truly do live in secular, democratic society.
For paid-up members of CFI or THA, a lunch will follow in a local restaurant.
