Events

AU Nashville Chapter: Defending Religious Equality in Tennessee

Wed Mar 16, 2022   7:00PM CDT

The AU Nashville Chapter and AU Youth Organizing Fellows PY Liu, Indu Kumar, and Nicole Li are hosting a special virtual event featuring AU's Associate VP & Associate Legal Director, Alex Luchenitser. He will be discussing AU's case challenging a TN law that promotes discrimination in foster care. Gabe and Liz Rutan-Ram, the plaintiffs in this case, will be there to share their story and answer questions. Jay Slobey, President of the Nashville AU Chapter, will also speak on the activities of the chapter.

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Rochester AU Chapter: From Saving Afghan Atheists to Teaching Teachers Evolution to Taking on Conspiracy Theories and Quack Medicine—CFI is on the case!

Mon Mar 14, 2022   7:00PM ET

The Rochester chapter of Americans United invites you to a virtual discussion with Robyn E. Blumner, President and CEO of Center for Inquiry and Executive Director of Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason & Science.

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AU-OC Presents: The Future of Roe v. Wade

Sat Feb 19, 2022   4:00 - 5:30 pm PST

With Sadaf Rahmani, Public Affairs Director, Planned Parenthood of Orange & San Bernardino Counties Please join us to hear what Planned Parenthood is doing and what are the expectations of Roe v. Wade both nationally and here in California.

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Rally for Equality without Exception

Sun Feb 13, 2022   7:30 am ET

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AU’s Rachel Laser Discusses the Importance of Church-State Separation on Newsy’s ‘The Why’

Fri Feb 11, 2022  

AU President & CEO Rachel Laser discusses why church-state separation is crucial to our democracy and the current threats religious freedom faces in our country.

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Central Savannah River & Houston chapters present “Should Religious Gatherings Be Exempt from Public Health Restrictions?”

Thu Jan 20, 2022   6:00 pm ET

Listen to an infectious disease specialist, a medical ethicist, a clergy member and a legal expert discuss public heath restrictions state and municipal governments mandated during the COVID-19 pandemic & whether religious organizations should be exempted from such restrictions.

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SCOTUS Virtual Town Hall: Carson v. Makin

Mon Dec 13, 2021   7:30 pm ET

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear one of the most consequential cases of this term on Dec. 8 - Carson v. Makin. The court could force the state of Maine to use public money to fund religious education. This is a truly landmark case for protecting religious freedom, public education and the separation of church & state. The following video is a recording of a discussion of the case, analysis of how the argument went, and a discussion on next steps.

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Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization Virtual Town Hall

Thu Dec 2, 2021   7:30 pm ET

AU hosted a panel of distinguished guests, including a member of the team litigating the case. Viewers got an inside look about what happened during the oral arguments and heard from legal and local experts about what happens next. Watch the recording of the town hall here.

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