2019 Summit

Resources

• Download the detailed 2019 agenda (PDF)

Summit Objectives

• Bring together a wide range of religious, community and thought leaders in collaborative support of action oriented religious freedom initiatives in North Texas,
• Facilitate cordial and supportive real-time, interfaith conversations,
• Explore and understand the implications of current legal cases,
• Discuss and understand the impact of religious freedom on DFW business and the economy,
• Develop institutional and individual action plans to support religious freedom in DFW

Logistics

• Date: Thursday October 24, 2019
• Time: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
• Venue: SMU - Hughes-Trigg Student Center (entire lower level)
• Target Attendees: DFW Faith leaders, lawyers and religious academicians
• Registration fee: $25 includes parking, lunch (including kosher) and snacks
• CLE Qualified

Summary Agenda

8:00 Registration and packet pickup

9:00 Morning general session

• Speaker Brett Scharffs: Human Dignity As Underpinning for Religious Freedom
• Panel Discussion: Why Religious Freedom and Fairness For All Matters / Current Events
• Local Targets of Religious Harassment

11:00 Morning breakout sessions

• Culture Conflict and Government Action to Preserve Religious Freedom
• Recent Actions by The Supreme Court
• Religious Freedom as an Interfaith Activity
• Individual Actions to Secure Religious Freedom
• Giving Voice to Minorities

12:15 Lunch and speaker

• Lunch with facilitated roundtable discussions of ways to carry the message
• An Interview with Thomas Jefferson

1:45 Afternoon breakout sessions

• Culture Conflict and Government Action to Preserve Religious Freedom
• Religious Freedom Litigation in DFW and Texas
• Religious Freedom as an Interfaith Activity
• Individual Action to Secure Religious Freedom
• Giving Voice to Millennials and GenXers

3:00 Afternoon plenary session

• Panel Discussion: Civil Discourse and Influencing Public Opinion
• Concluding Action Plan

Sponsors of the 2019 Summit

Special thanks to our sponsors: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Islamic Relief USA, J. Reuben Clark Law Society, Romney Law Firm, SMU, and Bill and Barbara Benac.

Many thanks to our partners: BronTech, Peter Harris, CW Post Video Production, and Events Made to Order.