BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//CalDiscovery//caldiscovery//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH DESCRIPTION:Discovered and maintained by CalDiscovery (https://caldiscover y.com). Event details belong to their publishers. Contains information fro m CalDiscovery\, which is made available under the ODbL 1.0. SOURCE:https://caldiscovery.com/phoenix-az/src-10051.ics X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H X-WR-CALDESC:Discovered and maintained by CalDiscovery (https://caldiscove ry.com). Event details belong to their publishers. Contains information fr om CalDiscovery\, which is made available under the ODbL 1.0. X-WR-CALNAME:CalDiscovery - phoenix-az BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Rep Jared Huffman and Jeanne Casteen in Conversation: No Prophets DTSTART:20260909T020000Z DTEND:20260909T030000Z DTSTAMP:20260904T180505Z UID:18529-1788894000-1788897600@secularaz.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Join Rep. Jared Huffman\, co-founder of the Freethought Caucus \, and Secular AZ Executive Director Jeanne Casteen for a discussion and s igning of his book\, No Prophets\, a behind-the-scenes look at the shockin g extent of Christian nationalism’s reach in our government—and the fi ght to defend church-state separation. They’ll be at Changing Hands Book s in Tempe on September 8 at 7p! \nRSVP here \nSinclair Lewis is said to have warned: “When fascism comes to America\, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying the cross.” On January 6\, 2021\, Rep. Jared Huffman s aw something chillingly close to that vision. Thousands of Christians foll owing self-declared prophets stormed the Capitol. The insurrection should have been a national wake-up call about Christian nationalism. Instead\, m ost Americans and politicians looked away. \nNo Prophets argues that Chris tian nationalism is now America’s most dangerous political movement. Huf fman pulls back the curtain on religious extremists behind the insurrectio n who have only grown more powerful with Trump’s return. Openly vowing t o destroy church-state separation and democracy as we know it\, they now w ork inside the highest levels of government to drive domestic and foreign policy\, reshape federal agencies\, undermine science and education\, and tilt elections. The endgame: an authoritarian theocracy that imposes their religious beliefs by force of law. \nDrawing on his experiences as a form erly devout Christian and the only Humanist ever to serve in Congress\, Hu ffman maps the movement’s largely hidden landscape—taking readers behi nd the scenes of the Capitol\, exposing the tactics and myths Christian na tionalists use to advance their agenda\, and showing how America is imperi led by our reluctance to confront threats cloaked in Christianity. \nBut\, he argues\, it’s not too late. If we muster a broad interfaith coalitio n grounded in shared commitment to democracy\, we can reclaim the public s quare for everyone—religious and secular—to share on equal terms. \nNo Prophets is a clear-eyed\, urgent appeal to defend the secular foundation s of democracy. LAST-MODIFIED:20260904T180505Z LOCATION:Changing Hands Books Tempe\, 6428 South McClintock Drive\, Tempe\ , AZ\, United States URL:https://secularaz.org/single-event/rep-jared-huffman-and-rep-yassamin- ansari-in-conversation-no-prophets/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Secular AZ X-SOURCE-URL:https://secularaz.org/events-calendar/list END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Abortion Rights and Christian Nationalism: Whose Beliefs? Whose La ws? DTSTART:20260909T230000Z DTEND:20260910T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260821T180448Z UID:18502-1788969600-1788973200@secularaz.org CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Abortion Rights and Christian Nationalism: Whose Beliefs? Who se Laws? \nWednesday\, September 9 at 7:00 p.m. ET\nVirtual and open to p articipants everywhere\n\nRegister here for this free webinar \n\nAbortion rights remain one of the clearest places where questions of bodily autono my\, religious freedom\, and church–state separation collide. This webin ar will examine the current state of abortion rights in Pennsylvania and a cross the country\, including recent court decisions and continuing battle s over medication abortion\, while exploring how attacks on reproductive f reedom are intertwined with broader Christian Nationalist efforts to impos e one set of religious beliefs through public policy. This program is bei ng hosted by our Jewish Women and Religious Freedom in Pittsburgh projec t\, sponsored by the Jewish Women’s Foundation of Greater Pittsburgh. It is open to people across the country. \nWe are thrilled to be joined by t wo outstanding legal experts: Greer Donley\, Professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law\, and Susan J. Frietsche\, Executive Director of the Women’s Law Project. Together\, they will help us understand wha t is happening now\, what may come next\, and why reproductive freedom is also a religious freedom and democracy issue. LAST-MODIFIED:20260821T180448Z LOCATION:Webinar URL:https://secularaz.org/single-event/abortion-rights-and-christian-natio nalism-whose-beliefs-whose-laws/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Secular AZ X-SOURCE-URL:https://secularaz.org/events-calendar/list END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Original Sin: Kathryn Paige Harden DTSTART:20260918T190000Z DTEND:20260918T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T183915Z UID:18299-1789732800-1789736400@secularaz.org CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Join us on September 18 at noon as we welcome Kathryn Paige Ha rden\, PhD\, to discuss her new book Original Sin: On the Genetics of Vice \, the Problem of Blame\, and the Future of Forgiveness.\nClick here to re gister for this virtual presentation.\nIn Original Sin\, acclaimed psychol ogist Kathryn Paige Harden explores how genetics complicates traditional c oncepts of blame\, punishment\, and moral responsibility. Integrating cutt ing-edge DNA research with personal insights\, Harden examines the tension between biological constraints and human agency through the lenses of add iction\, violence\, and antisocial behavior. Rather than using science to absolve wrongdoers or make guilt obsolete\, she challenges readers to reck on differently with fairness. Ultimately\, this revelatory inquiry urges u s to move past ancient nature-versus-nurture debates to imagine a more hum ane\, realistic vision of accountability for ourselves and society.\n\nKat hryn Paige Harden is a professor in the department of psychology at the Un iversity of Texas at Austin\, where she leads the Developmental Behavior G enetics lab. Harden received her PhD in clinical psychology from the Unive rsity of Virginia and completed her clinical internship at McLean Hospital /Harvard Medical School. She has been honored by the American Psychologica l Association for her distinguished scientific contributions to the study of genetics and human individual differences. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T183915Z LOCATION:Webinar URL:https://secularaz.org/single-event/original-sin/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Secular AZ X-SOURCE-URL:https://secularaz.org/events-calendar/list END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Citizens' Impeachment: Keira Havens DTSTART:20260925T190000Z DTEND:20260925T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T183915Z UID:18312-1790337600-1790341200@secularaz.org CATEGORIES:civic DESCRIPTION:Join us on September 25 at noon as we welcome Keira Havens of Citizens’ Impeachment.\nClick here to register for this virtual presenta tion.\nCitizens’ Impeachment is a nonpartisan movement powered by everyd ay Americans with a unifying mission: to uphold the Constitution of the Un ited States and impeach\, convict\, and remove officials who violate their oath of office. \nCitizens’ Impeachment was co-founded by a former sena te staffer who worked inside the legislative branch during both impeachmen ts\, and Keira Havens\, a United States Air Force veteran\, a former scien tist\, and a longtime political activist. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T183915Z LOCATION:Webinar URL:https://secularaz.org/single-event/citizens-impeachment/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Secular AZ X-SOURCE-URL:https://secularaz.org/events-calendar/list END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Valena Beety: Pink Crime DTSTART:20261002T190000Z DTEND:20261002T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260812T160145Z UID:18445-1790942400-1790946000@secularaz.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Join us on October 2 at noon/PT as we welcome special guest Va lena Beety to discuss her new book Pink Crime: Fighting Against the Crimin alization of Motherhood\, Pregnancy\, and Queer Identity.\nRegister for th is virtual presentation here. \n\nA woman miscarries–and is charged wit h murder. A new mother tests positive for a drug her hospital administered –and loses custody of her newborn. Four women are convicted of horrific crimes against children they never touched\, based on junk science and hom ophobia–and spend nearly twenty years in prison before being exonerated. A queer teenager takes a photo of a child’s diaper rash at work–and i s sentenced to 126 years. These cases are not aberrations. They are sympto ms of a system that punishes women and queer people not for what they have done\, but for who they are. \nIn the US\, nearly three-quarters of all w rongly convicted women were convicted of crimes that never occurred at all . Valena Beety\, co-founder of the Indiana Innocence Project and award-win ning legal scholar cited by Justice Sonia Sotomayor\, reveals how ordinary tragedies–a child’s sudden death\, a husband who dies in his sleep– are transformed by prosecutors into murders that never happened. These “ no crime” convictions disproportionately target women and queer people\, whose identities are recast as evidence of guilt through bias\, junk scie nce\, and entrenched stereotypes. \nDrawing on devastating real-life cases \, Beety exposes how prosecutorial overreach\, flawed forensic science\, a nd cultural panic converge–and how fetal personhood laws\, the fall of R oe v. Wade\, and anti-LGBTQ+ legislation have dramatically expanded the re ach of criminal law. What emerges is a chilling portrait of a legal system that increasingly criminalizes pregnancy outcomes\, motherhood\, and quee r identity itself. \n\n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR\nA wrongful convictions litigato r and former federal prosecutor\, Valena Beety is the McKinney Professor o f Law at Indiana University-Bloomington Maurer School of Law and a co-foun der of the Indiana Innocence Project. Her book Manifesting Justice receive d a Gold Medal in Women’s Issues from the Independent Publishers Book Aw ards\, and her coursebook The Wrongful Convictions Reader is used in class rooms nationwide to teach about wrongful convictions. She lives in Indiana with her wife\, daughter\, and tripod dog. LAST-MODIFIED:20260812T160145Z LOCATION:Webinar URL:https://secularaz.org/single-event/pink-crime/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Secular AZ X-SOURCE-URL:https://secularaz.org/events-calendar/list END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Abortion Companion: Becca Rea-Tucker DTSTART:20261009T190000Z DTEND:20261009T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260812T160145Z UID:18448-1791547200-1791550800@secularaz.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Join us on October 9 at noon/MST as we welcome special guest B ecca Rea-Tucker to discuss her new book An Abortion Companion: An Affirmin g Handbook for Your Choice and Your Journey.\nClick here to register for t his virtual talk.\n\nBecca Rea-Tucker is a reproductive justice advocate\, baker\, and writer. She is the author of The Abortion Companion: An Affi rming Handbook for Your Choice & Your Journey (Running Press\, 2026) and  Baking By Feel (Harper Wave\, 2022). Her work explores bodily autonomy\, stigma\, food\, joy\, and shame and has been featured in Lit Hub\, Mar ie Claire UK\, Oxford Review of Books\, and more. She is the creator of @ thesweetfeminist\, and is famous for her brownie recipe. She lives in Aust in\, TX with her family. \nRea-Tucker’s  Linktree and Instagram  are h ere. LAST-MODIFIED:20260812T160145Z LOCATION:Webinar URL:https://secularaz.org/single-event/abortion-companion/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Secular AZ X-SOURCE-URL:https://secularaz.org/events-calendar/list END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Dr. Leah Rosenstiel: Politics By Formula DTSTART:20261016T190000Z DTEND:20261016T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T183915Z UID:18315-1792152000-1792155600@secularaz.org CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Join us on October 16 at noon/PT as we welcome special guest L eah Rosenstiel\, PhD\, to discuss her new book Politics by Formula: How Co ngressional Policymaking Creates Disparities.\nRegister for this virtual p resentation here. \nRoughly $1 trillion of the US federal budget is distr ibuted annually through grants-in-aid to state and local governments rathe r than individuals\, heavily impacting local public service quality. While these funding formulas seem impartial and based on objective needs like p opulation or poverty\, Leah Rosenstiel’s Politics by Formula reveals the y are deeply distorted by political institutions. Congressional committee leaders deliberately design these formulas to favor their own constituenci es. Neutral formulas shield these political choices from public scrutiny w hile simultaneously constraining lawmakers\, ultimately driving geographic inequalities and determining whose needs are prioritized across states. \ n\nLeah Rosenstiel is assistant professor of political science at Vanderbi lt University.  A central interest of her work is understanding how polit ics affects the distribution of federal funding and the design of governme nt assistance programs. Some of this research appears in my book\, Politic s by Formula: How Congressional Policymaking Creates Disparities\, publish ed by the University of Chicago Press. Her other research is published in the American Political Science Review\, the Journal of Politics\, Legislat ive Studies Quarterly\, and Science. \nShe received a joint Ph.D. in Polit ics and Social Policy from Princeton University in 2021 and a B.A. in Poli tical Science from Carleton College in 2014. Prior to beginning graduate s tudies\, she worked as a research assistant on K-12 education policy at th e Congressional Research Service. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T183915Z LOCATION:Webinar URL:https://secularaz.org/single-event/politics-formula/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Secular AZ X-SOURCE-URL:https://secularaz.org/events-calendar/list END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Riley Black: Tyrant Lizard Queen DTSTART:20261023T190000Z DTEND:20261023T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T183915Z UID:18320-1792756800-1792760400@secularaz.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Let’s take a break from “rage Friday” and enjoy a “sci ence Friday” instead! Join us on October 23 as we welcome special guest Riley Black to discuss her new book Tyrant Lizard Queen. \nClick here to register for this virtual talk.\nFrom the author of The Last Days of the Dinosaurs\, Riley Black’s latest book is an imaginative celebration of T yrannosaurus rex\, tracking a dinosaur named Snaggletooth from hatching to adulthood. While T. rex is famous as a massive\, bone-crushing predator\, Black uses the latest fossil discoveries to reveal a more nuanced\, sensi tive life. Readers follow Snaggletooth as she navigates a dangerous Cretac eous North America—surviving hunts\, tussling with rivals\, courting\, n esting\, and finding moments of connection. The narrative offers even die- hard dinosaur fans a fresh perspective and deeper appreciation for the Tyr ant Lizard Queen. \nRiley Black (she/they) is the author of  When the Ear th Was Green: Plants\, Animals and Evolution’s Greatest Romance\, winner of the 2024 A Friend of Darwin Award\, and The Last Days of the Dinosaurs \, winner of the 2023 AAAS/Subaru Prize for Excellence in Science Books. \ nRiley has been a fossil fanatic since the time she was knee-high to a Ste gosaurus. Her evolution into a science writer and amateur paleontologist w as only natural. Based in Salt Lake City\, Utah\, right in the center of d inosaur country\, they chase tales of vanished lives from museum collectio ns to remote badlands. \nA prolific writer\, Riley’s byline has appeared in publications such as National Geographic\, Slate\, Smithsonian\, Natur e\, Science\, atmos\, Popular Science\, New Scientist\, SIERRA\, and many more. She’s also been a frequent guest on radio programs such as Science Friday and All Things Considered\, and Riley was among the paleontologist s highlighted in the NOVA documentaries “Alaskan Dinosaurs” and “Din osaur Apocalypse.” In a dream come true\, Riley was also the “resident paleontologist” and consultant to the Jurassic World franchise. Her exp ertise has also led Riley to speak at a variety of venues from the Yale Pe abody Museum of Natural History to Dinosaur National Monument\, most promi nently delivering the 2022 keynote at tthe he annual Society of Vertebrate Paleontology meeting. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T183915Z LOCATION:Webinar URL:https://secularaz.org/single-event/lizard-queen/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Secular AZ X-SOURCE-URL:https://secularaz.org/events-calendar/list END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:An American Problem: Kevin Morris DTSTART:20261030T190000Z DTEND:20261030T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260812T160145Z UID:18452-1793361600-1793365200@secularaz.org CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Join us on October 30 at noon/PT as we welcome special guest D r. Kevin Morris to discuss his latest book\, An American Problem: How the County Built – and the Supreme Court Broke – the Voting Rights Act.\nR egister for this virtual presentation here. \nKevin T. Morris is senior r esearch fellow and voting policy scholar at the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law. \n\n\nThe rise and fall of the Voti ng Rights Act\, from the triumph of its passage in 1965 to its evisceratio n by the Supreme Court in their 2013 decision in Shelby County v. Holder \ nThe Voting Rights Act of 1965 finally made good on the promise of the Fif teenth Amendment\, which nearly a century before had granted Black America ns the right to vote. The Voting Rights Act was the crowning achievement o f the Civil Rights Movement\, which had battled for years against voting l aws that made it all but impossible for Black Americans to cast a ballot. The act was a resounding success\, bringing Americans of all races and eth nicities into the democratic process. And then\, in 2013\, the Supreme Cou rt brought this progress to a screeching halt with their decision in Shelb y County v. Holder. In this book\, Michael Miller and Kevin Morris offer a sweeping history of the Voting Rights Act and the attacks it has suffered . LAST-MODIFIED:20260812T160145Z LOCATION:Webinar URL:https://secularaz.org/single-event/american-problem/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Secular AZ X-SOURCE-URL:https://secularaz.org/events-calendar/list END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Sarah Stankorb: Damned If She Does DTSTART:20261106T190000Z DTEND:20261106T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260826T180437Z UID:18176-1793966400-1793970000@secularaz.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Join us on November 6 at noon/MST as we welcome Sarah Stankorb to discuss her new book Damned If She Does: Why Women Quit Church and Wha t It Means for the Future of Religion in America.\nClick here to register for this virtual presentation.\nSarah Stankorb is the author of the nation al best-seller Disobedient Women (Worthy Books/Hachette). The award-winnin g\, Ohio-based writer is a fan of heart-felt truth telling.  Her work has appeared in publications including The New York Times\, The Washington Po st\, Cosmopolitan\, O Magazine\, Marie Claire\, Vogue\, Longreads\, Glamou r\, Catapult\, Slate\, The Guardian\, The Atlantic\, Newsweek\, CNNMoney\, GOOD Magazine\, Salon\, KIWI\, Babble\, The Morning News\, DAME Magazine\ , Cincinnati Magazine\, and formerly as a regular contributor to GEN. She writes about religion\, politics\, feminism\, health\, technology\, and th e public good. Learn more here: https://sarahstankorb.com/new-about LAST-MODIFIED:20260826T180437Z LOCATION:Webinar URL:https://secularaz.org/single-event/sarah-stankorb-2026/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Secular AZ X-SOURCE-URL:https://secularaz.org/events-calendar/list END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Dr. Anna Kirkland: Health Care Civil Rights DTSTART:20261113T190000Z DTEND:20261113T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T183915Z UID:18325-1794571200-1794574800@secularaz.org CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Join us on November 13 at noon/MST as we welcome special guest Dr. Anna Kirkland to discuss her new book Health Care Civil Rights: How D iscrimination Law Fails Patients. \nClick here to register for this virtu al talk.\n\nFocusing on the provision of gender-affirming care\, Health Ca re Civil Rights analyzes the difficulties and potential of discrimination law in healthcare settings. The application of civil rights law could be a powerful response to health inequalities in the US\, but conservative cha llenges and the complex and fragmented nature of our health care system ha ve limited the real-world success of this strategy. Revealing deep divides and competing interests that reverberate through patient experiences\, in surance claims\, and courtroom arguments\, Anna Kirkland explains what hea lth care civil rights are\, how they work in theory and practice\, and how to strengthen them. \n\n\nAnna Kirkland is the Kim Lane Scheppele Colleg iate Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of Michig an. She is author of Vaccine Court: The Law and Politics of Injury and  Fat Rights: Dilemmas of Difference and Personhood. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T183915Z LOCATION:Webinar URL:https://secularaz.org/single-event/health-care-civil-rights/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Secular AZ X-SOURCE-URL:https://secularaz.org/events-calendar/list END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR