CFI Leadership Conference 2011 — High School Activism

CFI Leadership Conference 2011 — High School Activism

High school sophomore Jessica Ahlquist (CFI’s new Volunteer High School Coordinator) was incredible at the CFI Student Leadership conference this year. Check out the video of the panel she led, which also included Harrison Hopkins, Damon Fowler, and Zack Kopplin.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5C-sRDGPmU

Rebecca leads a team of skeptical female activists at Skepchick.org and appears on the weekly Skeptics' Guide to the Universe podcast. She travels around the world delivering entertaining talks on science, atheism, feminism, and skepticism. There is currently an asteroid orbiting the sun with her name on it. You can follow her every fascinating move on Twitter: @rebeccawatson.

5 Comments

  1. MikeFromCanada  /  July 26, 2011, 6:38 pm

    I’d like to say that they were all incredible.

    Wish I was that active in High School.

  2. Loona  /  July 26, 2011, 8:21 pm

    Cool video. Worth watching.

    I too wish I was active in High School. Shit, I wish I was that active now.

  3. Buzz Parsec  /  July 27, 2011, 2:28 am

    These kids are awesome.

  4. blissed  /  July 27, 2011, 8:50 pm

    More angrily religious. Religion is a matter of free conscience you can’t bully people into believing something.

  5. digger  /  August 3, 2011, 7:16 am

    Well…that’s something. I’ve followed Jessica’s case, somewhat. Interesting things happen when case law is introduced like Lemon vs Kurtzman. Everything goes from clear cut to muddy water in the blink of an eye.

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