As always, Friday was a busy day at the Assembly.
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After the State of the Ethical Union presented by Bart Worden, I presented an afternoon workshop on How Democracy is Practiced in Ethical Societies.
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Afterwords, I went to a workshop on Engaging Your Group - and You - in Electoral Politics. It was presented by Ron Millar (Center for Freethought Equality), Sarah Levin (Secular Coalition for America), David Williamson (Central Florida Freethought Community), and Florida State Representative Jennifer Webb.
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Some of my take-aways from this workshop:
- Many State Legislatures have Secular Caucuses, work with them
- Ethics and Religion are not synonyms (I knew that)
- Promote secular values of Freedom, Inclusion, Equality, and Knowledge
- We need more "sustained thoughtful conversations"
- Nobody is going to come save us - we must mobilize
- Canvasing - Deep Canvasing is very important
- Voter participation of non-religious is half that of evangelicals
- Need to reinforce behavior of politicians whose ideas you support
After dinner, we were treated to the rousing music of Lindsey Wilson.
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This was followed by seeing Leader-in-Training Je' Hoopers movie of his unique re-imaging of encounters between Felix Adler and W.E.B. DuBois, HUMANITAS.
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A busy day. Great events. Great conversations.