COMMONGROUNDGROWING UNDERSTANDING & COOPERATIONBETWEENRELIGIOUS BELIEVERS & SECULAR HUMANISTShosted by Rutgers Universityorganized by the American Humanist Association and the Xaverian Missionaries2015THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 8:45 AM - 6:00 PMRUTGERS STUDENT CENTER 126 COLLEGE AVENUE, NEW BRUNSWICKTOGETHER WE CAN MAKE THE WORLD BETTER.T H I S C O N F E R E N C E I S S P O N S O R E D B YARE YOURELIGIOUS? SPI RI TUAL?AT H E I S T ?AGNOSTI C?S E E K I N G ?REGISTER NOW FOR THIS FREE CONFERENCE AT RUTGERS (LUNCH PROVIDED)COMMONGROUND2015isafreeall-dayconference, opentothegeneralpublic,thataimstobringtogether religiousbelievers,secularhumanists,andnonbelievers inconversationtogainperspectiveoneachothers waysofseeingtheworldwhileembracingcommonalities inourhumanexperiencethatuniteusforsocialchange.Through three panel sessions and a workshop, attendees willhearacademicsandleadersfromnationalandlocal organizationsdiscussviewsonfindingmeaninginlife, ethics and values, and how to collaborate for social action.OFF-CAMPUS LIVING & COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS AT RUTGERS UNIVERSITYXAVERIAN MISSIONARIES USAREGISTER NOW: WWW.COMMONGROUND2015.ORGWWW.FACEBOOK.COM/COMMONGROUND2015GOOD WITHOUT A GODREGISTER NOW FORUNDE R S TA NDI NG &C OOP E R AT I ONB E T WE E NR E L I G I OUS BE L I E VE RS& S EC UL AR HUMANI ST SF OR S OC I ALPROGRE SSTHURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 8:45 AM - 6:00 PMRutgers Student Center 126 College Ave, New Brunswick, NJOrganized by the American Humanist Association and the Xaverian Missionarieswww.commonground2015.orgwww.facebook.com/commonground2015PANELISTSREV. DR. C. WELTON GADDY, Founder and President Emeritus ofInterfaith Alliance, Founder and Host of State of Belief radio programDR. ARUN GANDHI, Socio-political Activist, grandson of Mohandas K Mahatma GandhiNADIA HASSAN, Program Coordinator for the Islamic Society of North AmericaDR. ANNE KLAEYSEN, Leader of the New York Society for Ethical Culture; Humanist Chaplain at New York University; Ethical Humanist Religious Life Adviser at Columbia University; Co-Dean of the Humanist InstituteRABBI NANCY FUCHS KREIMER PHD, Director, Department of Multifaith Studies & Initiatives;Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Reconstructionist Rabbinical CollegeHUGH TAFT-MORALES, leader of the Ethical Humanist Society of Philadelphia and the Baltimore Ethical Society; Consulting Leader with the Ethical Society Without Walls; Secretary of the National Leaders Council of the American Ethical UnionDR. DECLAN MULHALL, Professor of Quantum Mechanics, Statistical & Thermal Physics, Intro to Nuclear & Particle Physics, Modern Physics & General Physics, University of ScrantonDR. JULIEN MUSOLINO, Associate Professor of Cognitive Psychology/Psycholinguistics at Rutgers UniversityDR. ANTHONY PINN, Agnes Cullen Arnold Professor of Humanities and Professor of Religious Studies at Rice University, Research Director at Institute for Humanist StudiesFR. JOHN C. SIVALON MM, Former General Superior of Maryknoll Fathers & Brothers, Professor of Theology at the University of ScrantonROY SPECKHARDT, Executive Director of the American Humanist AssociationSARAH SPENGEMAN, Policy Education Manager at NETWORK (the Catholic Social Justice Lobby)CHRIS STEDMAN, Executive Director of the Yale Humanist Community at Yale University, interfaith activist REV. DR. WILL STORRAR, Director of the Center of Theological Inquiry, PrincetonGRETTA VOSPER, Atheist reverend at West Hill United Church, Founder of the Canadian Centre for Progressive ChristianityBART WORDEN, Executive Director for the American Ethical Union and the Clergy Leader for the Ethical Culture Society of Westchester. DAVID BRYCE YADEN, Research fellow at the University of Pennsylvania in the Positive Psychology Center and assistant instructor under the direction of Dr. Martin Seligman, and Chaplain of the Humanist Community at RutgersS E CUL ARHUMANI S TS / ATHE I S TS | RE L I GI OUS BE L I E VE RS | S E CUL ARRE L I GI ONI S TSSCHEDULE8:00 am Coffee, Refreshments, Sign-In8:45 am Introductory Remarks9:00 am Finding Meaning in Life10:30 am Break10:45 am Ethics and Values12:15 pmLunch Provided1:45 pm Communities in Action: Leaders Speak Out!3:30 pm Break3:45 pm Communities in Action: Workshop5:45 pm Concluding RemarksCOMMONGROUNDGROWING UNDERSTANDING & COOPERATIONBETWEENRELIGIOUS BELIEVERS & SECULAR HUMANISTShosted by Rutgers Universityorganized by the American Humanist Association and the Xaverian Missionaries2015Register now: WWW.COMMONGROUND2015.ORG OR WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/COMMONGROUND2015GROWING UNDERSTANDING & COOPERATIONBETWEENRELIGIOUS BELIEVERS & SECULAR HUMANISTShosted by Rutgers Universityorganized by the American Humanist Association and the Xaverian Missionaries