Freethought in Florida

Critical Race Theory.  Everyone's talking about it, and Florida has recently joined the wave of states falling prey to a movement to silence schools from teaching about systemic racism.  Meanwhile, Congress and President Biden declare Juneteenth a federal holiday.  More like "hollow"day?  It's tea time with special guest Polk County Florida Educator Shawanda Bonner Morgan and hosts Allie Ashmead and Sarah Ray.

Resources Mentioned

• I Am Not Your Negro
• Banished
• A People's History of the United States, Howard Zinn

Hear more from Shawanda on the No Ordinary People Podcast with April Kolman:

• https://aprilkolman.com/2021/04/19/shawanda-bonner-morgan-episode-1/
• https://aprilkolman.com/2021/06/17/honoring-and-learning-about-juneteenth-episode-9/

Apply for Secular Student Alliance Activist Scholarship by Aug 31st

• https://www.fif.show/scholarship

Support Foundation Beyond Belief's "Summer without Hunger" campaign

• https://www.fif.show/fbb

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Freethought in Florida is a production of the Atheist Community of Polk County, Inc. (ACPC) a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.  The opinions and views expressed on this program are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily represent the ACPC.  Learn more or donate at http://www.polkatheists.org

The FIF Cast chats about recent news!

+ More trans people have been murdered in 2021 than all of 2019 + Burger King throws down against Bigot Chicken + Student says "Under Allah" in Pledge of Allegiance @ Graduation + FFRF Challenges Haines City High School to ditch sports chaplain ... and more!

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Freethought in Florida is a production of the Atheist Community of Polk County, Inc. (ACPC) a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. The opinions and views expressed on this program are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily represent the ACPC. Learn more or donate at http://www.polkatheists.org

Dr. Liz is a professor at an unnamed university with a program of research in the neurobiology of social behavior. What are we learning from poking lab rats with sticks? What about the ethics of animal testing? How did Devon & Liz almost die last weekend? Find out this week on Freethought in Florida!

Shanon Nebo from Recovering from Religion joins to chat about the upcoming RfR Fall Excursion which is now open for registration! Then we chat about some things in the news:

🏛 SCOTUS to take up abortion restrictions again 🪑 Atheist orgs invited back to White House meeting ⛪️ Younger Christians are turning away from Death Penalty 🏳️‍⚧️ Anti-trans legislation the "culture war" football for the foreseeable future

And more!

Register @ https://www.recoveringfromreligion.org/fall-excursion-2021

This Week on Freethought in Florida... 

• #GaetzGate Update - Joel Greenberg to change plea to guilty
• Floridians go crazy buying gas in the wake of pipeline hacking 
• Elderly man dead after dispute at Dunkin' 
• Pope Dawkins steps in it again  
• Secular Week of Action Wrap-up 
• Secular Student Alliance Conference kicks off this weekend http://www.secularstudents.org/conference
• Atheist Community of Polk County is sponsoring a Scholarship - Apply at http://www.polkatheists.org/scholarship
• Foundation Beyond Belief Compassionate Impact Grant Recipient - Food Rescue Alliance https://www.foodrescuealliance.org/ 

Leonard Presberg, Founder and President of Association of Secular Elected Officials Leonard has been a member of the Fayette County School Board since December 2011 and created a new organization to help other secular folks get elected and serve in their offices while being more authentic. Learn more at SecularOfficials.org

David Williamson, co-founder of the Central Florida Freethought Community David and the CFFC will be celebrating their 100th Secular Invocation on Monday (5/10), but a funny thing happened on the way to the forum. On Monday (5/3) David presented a Secular Invocation at the Oviedo City Council meeting and let's just say, it did not go as planned. Then, the next morning in Bartow at the Polk County Board of County Commissioners meeting, a similar thing happened when Sarah gave the invocation.

In the news... The Satanic Temple responds to the viral video of a 6 year old Florida student being paddled by the Principal. Don't beat your kids.

Find a Recovering from Religion peer support group meeting near you

Eddie from North Orlando Oasis joined us to talk about his journey from pastor to atheist and secular organizing. Then we chat about the end of the Florida legislative session and things in the news (GaetzGate, Duggars, etc). Give it a watch and check them out on Facebook!

https://www.facebook.com/NorthOrlandoOasis

One small step for justice, but still lots of work ahead. Justice in the murder of George Floyd, the Florida Legislative session starts to wind down, and more!

Tensions erupt again across the US with the police killing of Daunte Wright only miles away from the ongoing trial in the police killing of George Floyd. We're in the back nine of the Florida legislative session and all the awful bills are being passed. The Florida Department of Education is considering new standards in Civics & Government that sneak in religious revisionist history. Will there even be time to cover #GaetzGate?

Florida Standards Review

http://www.fldoe.org/standardsreview/

• Draft Revised Civics and Government Standards (PDF)
  • Draft Revised Civics and Government Standards Survey

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Freethought in Florida is a production of the Atheist Community of Polk County, Inc. (ACPC) a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. The opinions and views expressed on this program are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily represent the ACPC.