Atheists United is thrilled to host author, actor, and model Alice Greczyn as a pop-up speaker this month! Alice will be sharing stories from her recent memoir, Wayward: A Memoir on Spiritual Warfare and Sexual Purity.
Alice Greczyn is an actress, author, and founder of Dare to Doubt. Midwest-raised and LA-based, Alice’s nomadic childhood moved her around the United States until her modeling career as a teenager led to an acting career in Hollywood. Alice is fascinated by the subjective experience of life, which she explores through acting and storytelling. Her own story includes a painful but rewarding transition from evangelical Christianity to atheism, a journey that inspired her to found DaretoDoubt.org, a resource site for people detaching from belief systems they come to find harmful. Encouraging people to trust themselves and live courageously in their own truth is what gives Alice a sense of purpose. She lives in Los Angeles and loves hiking, traveling, and the relentless pursuit of knowledge.
There may never be a politically correct time to address the growing danger of certain religious beliefs in the United States. But in the wake of Trumpism and the Capitol Riots, Alice’s story is especially relevant. Her upbringing as a Christian Nationalist sheds light on how evangelicals are often indoctrinated from birth to forgo reason for what they believe to be divine calling. Alice can offer your viewers and listeners an insider’s perspective on why the religious right often cannot be reasoned with, and how the left might more effectively engage with them to get what they want—LGBTQ+ equality and the protection of women’s rights, among other humanist values that religious fundamentalism endangers. With so many evangelicals leaving the church since Trump’s election in 2016, a generation of Americans are now struggling to find their place in the world, unable to return to a belief system that goes against their conscience. Alice’s story offers them understanding, hope, and encouragement toward the freedom found in reason and embracing life here on earth.
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Atheists United’s Pop Up Speaker Series was launched in 2020 to serve our membership’s hunger for interaction with authors, activists, and speakers on the cutting edge of modern freethought.
Our events are free for our members. $10 suggested donation for all guests.
