Second Annual DFW Summit on Religious Freedom
Thursday October 24, 2019
Summit Objectives
- Bring together a wide range of religious, community and thought leaders in collaborative support of action oriented religious freedom initiatives in North Texas,
- Facilitate cordial and supportive real-time, interfaith conversations,
- Explore and understand the implications of current legal cases,
- Discuss and understand the impact of religious freedom on DFW business and the economy,
- Develop institutional and individual action plans to support religious freedom in DFW
Logistics
- Date: Thursday October 24, 2019
- Time: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
- Venue: SMU - Hughes-Trigg Student Center (entire lower level)
- Target Attendees: DFW Faith leaders, lawyers and religious academicians
- Registration fee: $25 includes parking, lunch (including kosher) and snacks
- CLE Qualified
Summary Agenda
8:00 Registration and packet pickup
9:00 Morning general session
- Speaker Brett Scharffs: Human Dignity As Underpinning for Religious Freedom
- Panel Discussion: Why Religious Freedom and Fairness For All Matters / Current Events
- Local Targets of Religious Harassment
11:00 Morning breakout sessions
- Culture Conflict and Government Action to Preserve Religious Freedom
- Recent Actions by The Supreme Court
- Religious Freedom as an Interfaith Activity
- Individual Actions to Secure Religious Freedom
- Giving Voice to Minorities
12:15 Lunch and speaker
- Lunch with facilitated roundtable discussions of ways to carry the message
- An Interview with Thomas Jefferson
1:45 Afternoon breakout sessions
- Culture Conflict and Government Action to Preserve Religious Freedom
- Religious Freedom Litigation in DFW and Texas
- Religious Freedom as an Interfaith Activity
- Individual Action to Secure Religious Freedom
- Giving Voice to Millennials and GenXers
3:00 Afternoon plenary session
- Panel Discussion: Civil Discourse and Influencing Public Opinion
- Concluding Action Plan