Debbie Allen: Secular Coalition For America

There’s a lobbying group just for secular-minded folks called the Secular Coalition for America. The coalition has offices in Washington, D.C., and represents the Freedom from Religion Foundation and 19 other national organizations, plus hundreds of smaller regional groups. Its executive director is Debbie Allen. Before becoming a secular activist, Allen was a psychotherapist in private practice and a research associate in neuropsychology at the University of California San Diego Medical Center.

“We’ll train people what to say and how to say it — and how to make their case,” Allen tells “Freethought Matters” co-hosts Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor about an annual Lobby Day put together by the coalition. “I don’t want to say it’s simple or too easy. But I do think that people can be trained in several hours to make a real impact on the hill and then go home with those skills to have those meetings at home in their own districts, with their representatives.”

Learn more about the Freedom From Religion Foundation at ffrf.org.