AU guardians forum features Nadine Strossen, Bill Press, Barry Lynn.Americans United will hold a special forum in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, Nov. 9, to assess the state of church-state separation in America. The event is AU's Second Annual Guardians Forum. It will feature a conversation between AU Executive Director Barry W. Lynn Reverend Barry W. Lynn (born 1948 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) has been the Executive Director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State since 1992.[1] and Nadine Strossen, president of the American Civil Liberties Union American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), nonpartisan organization devoted to the preservation and extension of the basic rights set forth in the U.S. Constitution. . Strossen, professor of law at New York Law School History New York Law School is one of the oldest independent law schools in the United States. The Law School was founded in 1891 by a group of faculty, students, and alumni of Columbia Law School led by their founding dean, Theodore William Dwight, a prominent figure in the , has written, lectured and practiced extensively in the areas of constitutional law, civil liberties and international human rights. She has served as president of the ACLU ACLU: see American Civil Liberties Union. since 1991 and is the first woman to head that organization. Since becoming president, she has made more 200 public presentations per year before diverse audiences. Political commentator and author Bill Press, former co-host of CNN's "Crossfire A multi-GPU interface from ATI for connecting two ATI display adapters together for faster graphics rendering on one monitor. CrossFire machines require PCI Express slots, a CrossFire-enabled motherboard and, depending on which models are used, either a pair of ATI Radeon adapters or one " and MSNBC's "Buchanan and Press," will moderate the discussion. During the event, Lynn and Strossen will offer thoughts on church-state separation in America today and field questions from attendees. The event takes place at the Holiday Inn on the Hill, 415 New Jersey Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. A reception begins at 6, with the program to follow at 7:30. More than 150 AU members attended last year's Guardians Forum to hear Lynn and Morris Dees, co-founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is an internationally known nonprofit organization that files Class Action lawsuits to fight discrimination and unequal treatment; it also tracks hate groups and runs a program to educate Americans about racism, anti-Semitism, and other forms of , discuss the organizations" lawsuit against "Ten Commandments judge" Roy Moore in Alabama. To learn more about the event, including fees and other information, contact Sarah Stevenson in the Americans United Development Department at 202-466-3234 or e-mail: development@au.org. |
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