On this Christmas Eve, SPAR with Jamila Bey examines the “War on Christmas.”
Host Jamila Bey spoke with David Silverman, president of American Atheists, and Tom Flynn, executive director of the Council for Secular Humanism, to talk about the historical meaning of Christmas and why telling people you aren’t going to deck any halls will get you branded Grinch-like, Scrooge or worse.
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The Friendly Atheist, Hemant Mehta, has penned a new tome to help those 30 percent of Americans under age 30 who admit to being without religious belief.
Mehta’s “The Young Atheist’s Survival Guide: Helping Secular Students Thrive” tells stories of young atheists who have stood up against prejudice they’ve suffered and who have stood up for their right to freedom from religion.
Host Jamila Bey spoke with Mehta to discuss how society and the freethinkers themselves can navigate the world which is finding more and more of them.
Everyone handles death differently and it can be an even more lonely experience for those without the belief in supernatural forces.
Host Jamila Bey spoke with Rebecca Hensler, founder of the faith-free grief support group Grief Beyond Belief, about how many handle tragedy and mourn while being excluded by exclusively religious support options.
The Westboro Baptist Church has announced plans to picket the funerals of the Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting victims, enraging victims still mourning the tragedy while practicing their rights to free speech.
Host Jamila Bey talked with Nathan Phelps, a prominent secular LGBT activist and son of the founder of the Westboro Baptist Church, to discuss the church and its latest plans.
The tragedy that struck Newtown, Conn., could have struck any school in the country and now many are discussing how to maintain safety and security in schools while preventing school crime and violence.
The National School Safety Center is one organization taking up that discussion. The NSSC is a nonprofit organization which serves as an advocate for safe, secure and peaceful schools and as a catalyst for the prevention of school crime and violence.
Host Jamila Bey talked with Dr. Ronald Stephens, executive director of the National School Safety Center, about the policy conversations and decisions that really need to be taking place in the wake of the Sandy Hook shootings.
While the budget talks about Capitol Hill and rhetoric surrounding the approaching “fiscal cliff” have focused largely on corporate businesses and America’s wealthiest, the negotiations have ignored one group of Americans: children.
Nearly a quarter of Americans under 18 live beneath the poverty level and the Great Recession has had a tremendous and disproportionate impact on families and the youngest and most vulnerable citizens.
In a special hour-long segment, host Jamila Bey spoke with experts from the non-partisan think tank, First Focus, which is decided to helping enact policy changes that lift children out of poverty.
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Guests:
Bruce Lesley, president
Megan Curran, senior director for family economics
Ed Walz, communications director
When one leaves a city, a profession or group of friends behind, there are often times feelings of resentment. The clergy is no different.
The Clergy Project is an online community that helps members of the clergy to leave their vocation when they decide that they are no longer religious and that they no longer hold any belief in the supernatural.
Host Jamila Bey spoke with Dr. Annalise Fonza, Teresa MacBain and Jeff Satterwhite about their experiences in and outside of the clergy.
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