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Calgary Social Justice Conference

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Hello and thank you for stopping by. My name is Brandie Hesse and I am the president of the University of Calgary Freethinkers. We are a club dedicated to encouraging critical thinking and rational beliefs. We are also very interested in social justice. As such, we have decided to put on a social justice conference.
The point of the conference will be to discuss the intersection between atheism and various social justice causes, namely LGBT rights and Feminism. We would like to encourage our fellow atheists to view social justice as a worth while endevour, and not view social justice as seperate from atheism. We can all work together to improve the world in which we live.
The conference will be held on February 14, 2015. We have a number of speakers already lined up: Dan Linford, a philosophy professor from Thomas Nelson Community College, Russell Glasser from the Atheist Experience Podcast, and Zinnia Jones from Freethought Blogs have all agreed to speak at the conference. We also have a speaker from the Calgary Sexual Health Center lined up. We are currently looking into adding more speakers to that list.
The conference will be a teleconference. We will have a room available for those who are in Calgary and want to watch it with us. Those who attend will also be able to ask questions during the Q and A. However, it will also be uploaded onto Youtube, so it will be available for everybody to watch.
But I suppose you're wondering what we need the money for. We will need to cover the cost of the rooms as well as some equipment costs. We are also considering catering the event. However, most of the money will either go directly to our speakers, or it will go to a charity of their choosing. If we bring in enough money, we would like to bring one or two of our big name speakers to Calgary.
Please help us make this event a success by supporting our page. All donations are appreciated, and we would love it if you would be kind enough to share our page.
Thank you for your support.

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Brandie Hesse
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Calgary, AB

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