Speaker: Ellen Johnson, Executive Director of Enlighten the Vote (see here) and former American Atheists President

Topic: How We Can Get Politicians to Pay Attention to Us

The Democrats have Hillary, the Republicans have Carly, the Germans have Angela Merkel, and we Atheists have Ellen Johnson.

If you don’t know who Ellen Johnson is, then you have missed out on an important part of Atheist history. Ellen was the protégée of American Atheist founder Madalyn Murray O’Hair, who was murdered in 1995.  After O’Hair and her family went missing that year, Ellen Johnson kept AA going for the next 13 years.

As president of AA, Johnson represented us on TV, radio, and all media – including Larry King Live, Good Morning America, Fox News and MSNBC, to mention but a few. She brought a youthful dignity and wisdom to the atheist movement.

After leaving the presidency of AA, Ellen went on to establish and lead the Atheist organization “Enlighten the Vote,” dedicated to supporting Atheist candidates for public office and to advancing the Atheist cause through political and legislative means. Johnson is speaking to us at our Brunch on October 11, on how we can advance our cause by winning political power.

Johnson tells us:

Are you tired of being ignored by politicians whom you keep in office with your votes? You have the power and ability to have politicians court your votes! We can do this by rethinking the way to political power, because the old ways simply don’t work.

What will work?  Come hear Ellen Johnson on October 11 tell us what we can do to secure our rightful place in the democracy that we are supporting with our tax money!

The cost of this event is $20 which includes a wonderful all-you-can-eat brunch followed by our guest speaker.