Full SRF Agenda

  • Plenary: Keynote address followed by panel discussion (90 minutes)
  • Seminars: Topical presentations (60 minutes) 
Saturday, April 5, 2025, 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM (EDT)
ORGANIZING INSTITUTE **new activity**
 
Workshop
 
Sunday, April 6, 2025, 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM
7:00 AM - 5:00 PM (EDT)
Registration Open
 
 
Ballroom Foyer
Sunday, April 6, 2025, 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM (EDT)
Young Attendee Breakfast ​Meet Up
 
Meals/Social
 
Faith Leader Breakfast Meet Up
 
Meals/Social
 
Sunday, April 6, 2025, 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM
8:00 AM - 9:15 AM (EDT)
Breakfast
 
Meals/Social
Ballroom Foyer
Sunday, April 6, 2025, 8:00 AM - 7:00 PM
8:00 AM - 7:00 PM (EDT)
Art Exhibit Open
 
 
 
Sunday, April 6, 2025, 9:00 AM - 11:15 AM
9:00 AM - 11:15 AM (EDT)
Welcome Remarks & Opening Keynote: Jemar Tisby
 
Keynote - Hybrid
Edison Ballroom
Sunday, April 6, 2025, 11:15 AM
11:15 AM (EDT)
Break, Author Book Signing & Visit Art Exhibit
 
Meals/Social
Whitney
Sunday, April 6, 2025, 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM (EDT)
Walking the Walk: Modeling Religious and Secular Allyship
 
Concurrent Session - In Person
Banneker
Your Blues Ain’t Like Mine: Unmasking Hard-Right “Religious Freedom” Rhetoric
 
Concurrent Session - In Person
Bell
Bias and the Bench: How Religious Beliefs Shape Supreme Court Abortion Decisions
 
Concurrent Session - Hybrid
Edison Ballroom
How to Talk About Vouchers: Mythbusting the Scheme to Shift Public Funds to Private Religious Schools
 
Concurrent Session - In Person
Wright
Sunday, April 6, 2025, 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM (EDT)
Lunch
 
Meals/Social
Ballroom Foyer
Sunday, April 6, 2025, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM (EDT)
Keynote: April Ajoy
 
Keynote - Hybrid
Edison Ballroom
Sunday, April 6, 2025, 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM (EDT)
A Progressive Vision for the History-and-Tradition Test
 
Concurrent Session - In Person
Banneker
Christian Nationalism: How We Got Here & What’s Next
 
Concurrent Session - In Person
Bell
The Black Nonreligious Role in Religious Freedom and Racial Justice
 
Concurrent Session - Hybrid
Edison Ballroom
LifeWise Academy’s Bastardization of Release Time Religious Instruction & Christian Nationalism
 
Concurrent Session - In Person
Wright
Sunday, April 6, 2025, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM (EDT)
Equal Rights for Atheists: An Indispensable Part of Church/State Separation
 
Concurrent Session - In Person
Banneker
The Jewish Response to White Christian Nationalism
 
Concurrent Session - In Person
Bell
Unmasking the Influence: The Koch Network, Book Bans, and the Fight for Academic Freedom in Schools
 
Concurrent Session - Hybrid
Edison Ballroom
Youth Activism for Church-State Separation
 
Concurrent Session - In Person
Wright
Sunday, April 6, 2025, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM (EDT)
Welcome Reception
 
Meals/Social
Ballroom Foyer
Monday, April 7, 2025, 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM (EDT)
Closing Keynote: Randi Weingarten
 
Keynote - Hybrid
Edison Ballroom
Monday, April 7, 2025, 10:15 AM - 11:15 AM
10:15 AM - 11:15 AM (EDT)
Scopes Trial Centennial 2025 – A TN Biology Teacher on Fighting to Teach Evolution in the Bible Belt
 
Concurrent Session - In Person
Banneker
Health Care Sharing Ministries (HCSMs): How Religion is Weaponized to Defraud Consumers
 
Concurrent Session - In Person
Bell
Religious Freedom Empowers Religious Flourishing
 
Concurrent Session - Hybrid
Edison Ballroom

Hill Day Activities 

Monday, April 7, 2025, 10:30 AM
10:30 AM (EDT)
Hill Day Buses depart Hotel to Capitol Hill
 
Hill Day
 
Monday, April 7, 2025, 11:30 AM - 2:00 PM
11:30 AM - 2:00 PM (EDT)
Hill Day - Lunch & Hill Day Training
 
Hill Day
 
Monday, April 7, 2025, 11:30 AM - 5:00 PM
11:30 AM - 5:00 PM (EDT)
HILL DAY: **Exciting new format**
 
Hill Day
 
Monday, April 7, 2025, 5:00 PM
5:00 PM (EDT)
Bus transport back to Hotel
 
Hill Day