{"id":16223,"date":"2026-01-08T00:13:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T00:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/?p=16223"},"modified":"2026-02-02T23:43:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T23:43:35","slug":"2026-01-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/2026-01-18\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Dan Barker: Music and Casual Conversation with FFRF’s Co-President"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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2:30-4:30 p.m., January 18, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

Enjoy this special opportunity, either in person or online, to relax, converse with and enjoy the secular music of Dan Barker, leading church-state separation advocate, author, composer, and co-president of the Freedom From Religion Foundation. You can look forward to an energizing mix of thoughtful discussion, live music, and engaging freethought conversation.<\/p>\n

THIS EVENT is the third of five stops on Dan Barker’s Western Tour in January<\/a>, with events in Olympia, WA, San Francisco, CA, Palo Alto, CA, Sacramento, CA, and Salt Lake City, UT. The day before this event, January 17, in San Francisco<\/a>, Dan will speak about his book, God: The Most Unpleasant Character in All Fiction<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

Your hosts will set out a buffet after our conversation, and welcome additional dishes and snacks. The Fireside Room has a microwave oven.<\/p>\n

All events are open to the public, and everyone, members, friends, newcomers, and strangers alike, are warmly invited to attend.<\/p>\n

HOSTED BY the San Francisco Bay Chapter of the Freedom From Religion Foundation<\/a>, the Atheist Community of San Jose<\/a>, Humanists at Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto<\/a>, and the Bay Area Humanists and Humanist Community<\/a>.<\/p>\n