SRF365 is the continuous, year-round virtual programming that amplifies and supplements our Summit for Religious Freedom (SRF). This programming creates a year-round hub for education, building power, networking and taking action together. This ensures an ongoing collective fight for religious freedom, church-state separation, and the issues that depend on them, while collaborating to defeat the biggest threats to these values including Christian nationalists and other extremists, along with their political allies, who have launched a coordinated campaign to force us all to live by their narrow, religious beliefs.
Past SRF365 Programming
Trump's First 45 Days: Hope in Action for Rights and Religious FreedomMarch 5, 2025 @ 7:30 p.m. ET
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As the first 45 days of the new Trump Administration unfold, communities nationwide are navigating rapid policy shifts and executive orders from Project 2025. While these changes pose significant challenges—especially for immigrants, LGBTQ+ individuals (particularly transgender people), young people, religious minorities, and the nonreligious—there is also hope.
We are not alone in this fight. Across the nation, advocates, legal experts, and grassroots movements are pushing back, building power, and securing wins that protect church-state separation and inclusive religious freedom. Join us for an insightful and action-oriented discussion on what’s happened so far, what it means for our communities, and how we can collectively forge a path forward. Together, we will explore strategies for resistance, stories of resilience, and tangible ways to take action—because even in difficult times, hope is not just possible, it’s essential.
Featured panelists:
We are not alone in this fight. Across the nation, advocates, legal experts, and grassroots movements are pushing back, building power, and securing wins that protect church-state separation and inclusive religious freedom. Join us for an insightful and action-oriented discussion on what’s happened so far, what it means for our communities, and how we can collectively forge a path forward. Together, we will explore strategies for resistance, stories of resilience, and tangible ways to take action—because even in difficult times, hope is not just possible, it’s essential.
Featured panelists:
- Alessandro Terenzoni, Americans United for Separation of Church and State
- Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen, Advocates for Trans Equality (A4TE)
- Fish Stark, Executive Director, American Humanist Association
- Antonio L. Ingram II, Senior Counsel, Legal Defense Fund
Project 2025 IS Christian Nationalism - Fight Back!August 15, 2024 @ 7:30 p.m. ET
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Christian Nationalists have finally published their road map on how they plan to force all of us to live under laws reflecting their narrow set of religious beliefs and threaten our democracy. Called “Project 2025,” their manifesto dismantles church-state separation and inclusive religious freedom in order to roll back the rights of the rest of us – especially LGBTQ+ people, women, public school children, racial and religious minorities, and nonbelievers. But we can and must fight back!
Join us for a panel discussion about Project 2025, what it is, the impact of its implementation, and what is be doing to done to stop it. Featuring panelists from:
Join us for a panel discussion about Project 2025, what it is, the impact of its implementation, and what is be doing to done to stop it. Featuring panelists from:
- Mari Hirose, Americans United for Separation of Church and State
- Rev. Nathan Empsall, Faithful America
- Megan Uzzell, Democracy Forward
- Kayla Hancock, Accountable. US
State of the States: Christian Nationalism in State LegislaturesWednesday, March 13, 2024 @ 7:30 p.m. ET
Join us for a panel discussion about the ongoing Christian Nationalist assault on religious freedom happening in state legislatures around the country and what is being done to challenge this threat.
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The Christian Nationalist Assault on Public EducationWednesday, November 15, 2023 @ 7:30 p.m. ET
Christian Nationalists seek to impose their narrow beliefs on the entire country. One of their goals is to dismantle the public education system so that future generations are indoctrinated into their extremist worldview.
Our panel will discuss how Christian Nationalists are working to undermine public education and what we can do to stop them from succeeding. Featuring:
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Finding A Place For Us Amid Rising Christian NationalismWednesday, August 23, 2023 @ 7:30 p.m. ET
Join authors Andrew L. Seidel and Brandon Wolf in conversation on finding purpose, harnessing community, and the struggle for civil rights in an era of crumbling church-state separation and the weaponization of religious freedom.
A survivor of the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting, a terror attack against the LGBTQ+ community in Orlando, Brandon Wolf is a nationally recognized gun safety and LGBTQ civil rights advocate and dynamic public speaker. He currently serves as the Press Secretary for Equality Florida, the state’s LGBTQ+ civil rights organization. He is the author of A Place for Us: A Memoir. Andrew L. Seidel is Vice President of Strategic Communications at Americans United for Separation of Church and State and the author of the recently released American Crusade: How the Supreme Court Is Weaponizing Religious Freedom. |
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What's at Stake for Our Issues at the Supreme Court?Wednesday, May 24, 2023 @ 7:30 p.m. ET
This term, the Supreme Court considered blockbuster First Amendment cases, including Yeshiva University v. YU Pride Alliance, Groff v. DeJoy, and 303 Creative v. Elenis. These cases, and others, have dramatic implications for the rights of workers, customers, and students. Join us to hear from legal advocates and experts in the field as they discuss what the Court has said, how it might rule, and what these cases could mean for the country and the law.
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Unmasking Christian Nationalism in AmericaTuesday, March 7, 2023 @ 7:30 p.m. ET
Join us for a deep dive into the underpinnings of white Christian Nationalism revealed by the new PRRI/Brookings survey. With responses from over 6,000 Americans, the results provide new measures to estimate the proportion of Americans who adhere to and reject Christian nationalist ideology, its rising influence in some circles of American politics and the major threat it poses to the to the health of our democracy.
We’ll also discuss how these results affect the work of organizations and individuals to maintain the separation of church and state and preserve inclusive religious freedom, as well as the issues nearest to them like abortion access, LGBTQ+ rights, and strong public schools. The survey also examines how Christian Nationalist views intersect with white identity, anti-Black sentiment, patriarchy, antisemitism, anti-Muslim sentiments, anti-immigrant attitudes, authoritarianism, and support for violence. Additionally, the survey explores the influence Christian Nationalism has among our two political parties and major religious subgroups today. |
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Featuring staff members of Americans United for Separation of Church & State and a special guest:
- Rachel Laser, President & CEO of Americans United
- Andrew Seidel, VP of Strategic Communications of Americans United
- Robert P. Jones, President and Founder of Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI)
- Hosted by Brian Silva, VP of Outreach & Engagement at Americans United
Post-Election AnalysisWednesday, November 16, 2022 @ 7:30 p.m. ET
This month, voters across the country will go to the polls to vote for candidates, policies and more that will have a major impact on our fight for religious freedom, church-state separation and the issues that depend on them. Join us to be the first to hear about the results, how our democratic processes held up to the threats they faced (especially from Christian Nationalist candidates) and the impact on the issues we all care about including LGBTQ+ equality, reproductive rights, protecting public schools and more.
Featuring staff members of Americans United for Separation of Church & State:
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