11 a.m., November 7, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n This Sunday we will watch and discuss Bobbie Kirkhart\u2019s acceptance speech to the Secular Student Alliance for their Freethought Backbone Award in 2013.<\/p>\n You can view this 30-minute talk, full of advice and insight for young freethinkers, at https:\/\/youtu.be\/zz35gK7vWvo<\/a>.<\/p>\n Bobbie Kirkhart died on October 31. She was 78 years old.<\/p>\n Over nearly four decades, she served as President of both Atheist Alliance International and Atheists United, served on the board of Camp Quest and the advisory board for Humanist Association of Nepal, helped form the Secular Coalition for America, and was an informal advisor and mentor to dozens of freethought leaders.<\/p>\n In 2013, the Secular Student Alliance gave Bobbie the Freethought Backbone Award, to recognize a lifetime of service and secular activism.<\/p>\n You can learn more about Bobbie\u2019s life at https:\/\/everloved.com\/life-of\/roberta-kirkhart\/<\/a><\/p>\n ———-<\/p>\n Because of the coronavirus situation, this Forum will be held online.<\/p>\n In order to see the Zoom link that will let you watch (and ask questions and\/or make comments during) this Forum, please RSVP for this event on Meetup by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n ———-<\/p>\n Like us on Facebook here<\/a>. To help our Forum series continue, please consider making a donation or becoming a member (http:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/membership\/<\/a>) of the Humanist Community.<\/p>\n Do your online shopping at https:\/\/smile.amazon.com\/ch\/94-6173979<\/a>, and Amazon donates to the Humanist Community every time you do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Alex Havasy, discussion facilitator 11 a.m., November 7, 2021 This Sunday we will watch and discuss Bobbie Kirkhart\u2019s acceptance speech to the Secular Student Alliance for their Freethought Backbone Award in 2013. You can view this 30-minute talk, full of advice and insight for young freethinkers, at https:\/\/youtu.be\/zz35gK7vWvo. Bobbie Kirkhart died on October 31. She … Continue reading “Video and Discussion – Bobbie Kirkhart Award Acceptance Speech”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[258],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13165"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13165"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13167,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13165\/revisions\/13167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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