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Conference Schedule

Saturday, November 20th, 2004
1:00pm	SepCon2004 Begins! Tom Moore, Master of Ceremonies #161 Welcome to SepCon Marshall Fritz #161 Introduction of Round Table Leaders Marshall Fritz How Can America Ever Get to "Honest Education"? Marshall Fritz #161
2:00pm	Does a Century Without Honest Education Explain the Decline of American Culture? Alan Schaeffer, Ed Hurlbutt #162
3:15pm	Break
3:45pm	Keynote Address--The Homeschool Revolution: Prelude to Taking America Back Joseph Farah #163
5:00pm	Affinity Groups Discussion (maybe dine together at a nearby restaurant) Blacks and Honest Edu., Rev. Steven Craft Assemblies of God and Honest Edu., available Catholics and Honest Edu., available Christian Schools and Honest Edu., Max Lyons Hispanics and Honest Edu., available Homeschoolers & Honest Edu., Denise Kanter Jews and Honest Edu., Bob Burg L.D.S. and Honest Edu., available Libertarians and Honest Edu., Vicki Pate Lutherans and Honest Edu., available Muslims and Honest Edu., Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad Presbyterians and Honest Edu., available Southern Baptists and Honest Edu., Bruce Shortt Unitarians and Honest Education, Jonathan Black (Notify Bea Knaapen if you want another affinity group offered or can lead one that is available by clicking here)
5:30pm	Dinner Break
7:30pm	The Paradox of Extended Childhood John Taylor Gatto #164
8:45pm	Monster Cookie Reception
Sunday, November 21st, 2004
	Room A	Room B
7:00am	Protestant Worship Service Led by Grady Arnold & E. Ray Moore	Catholic Mass
8:00am	Research Shows Government Schooling is Hazardous to Christians Daniel Smithwick, E. Ray Moore, Brian Ray #165	Grilling by Adversaries Panel: Marshall Fritz, Jonathan Black, Jim Taylor, and Cathy Duffy answer Ron Brandt and other opponents of separating schooling from government. #166
9:00am	Hot on Missions vs. Hot on Worldview Integrating Matthew 28:18 with 1 Peter 3:15 Grady Arnold #167 --&-- How to Help Pastors Grasp Worldview Thinking David Noebel #167	Cut to the Chase: Separation is a Civil Liberty Jonathan Black and Ron Brandt #168
10:15am	-- Break --
10:45am	Sharing Threatening Ideas Without Offense Bob Burg #170 --&-- Building a Volunteer Culture of Courtesy, Encouragement & Truth Marshall Fritz #170	"Get the Kids Out" Strategy for Evangelicals Grady Arnold, T.C. Pinckney, Bruce Shortt, Ed Gamble #169
12:00pm	Lunch (On Your Own) Private Luncheon for Major Donors, Board Members and Team Captains
2:00pm	Danger! You are Being Protected! Joseph Sobran #171
3:15pm	-- Break --
3:45pm	What Might Education Look Like When the Government Isn't Involved? James Taylor, Brian Ray and Cathy Duffy #172
5:00pm	Pre-Banquet Break
6:00pm	Students Pizza, Movie and Discussion Papa Joe's Pizza; Movie TBA; Discussion leaders are Joseph Sobran and TBA
7:00pm	10th Anniversary Gala Banquet Choice of Filet Mignon, Swordfish or Vegetarian Wilberforce Awards to Exemplary Volunteers "Deep Digger" Award to Surprise Recipient 2004 Alexis de Tocqueville Award for Excellence in Advancing Educational Freedom presented by Tim & Beverly LaHaye to Michael Farris 2004 Tocqueville Address Judging the Fruits of Secular Statist Education Michael Farris #173
Monday, November 22nd, 2004
8:15am	Volunteer Action Round Tables (Click Here for More Info) ConsideringHomeschooling.org, Denise Kanter Exodus Mandate: Leadership, E. Ray Moore GetTheKidsOut.org, Grady Arnold Honest Edu. - Become a Co-Editor of an Online Newspaper, Cathy Cuthbert Honest Edu. Exhibition Booths, Vicki Pate Honest Edu. Internet Marketing, available Honest Edu. Public Speakers, available Honest Edu. Teleconferencing, Sharon Karraker Honest Edu. VIP Research, Bob Dolbow Honest Edu. Web Development, Greg Dirasian Honest Edu. Writers, James McDonald How to Earn a Living in Homeschooling, Pat Marcum More on The Harsh Truth About Public Schools, Bruce Shortt Starting an E-Newsletter Without Losing Your Shirt, James Boyes What is Serious Christian Schooling: The Principle Approach, Art Ricciardi
9:15am	Issues Round Tables (Click Here for More Info) Attachment Parenting: A Natural Entrée for Honest Education, Julie Bunn Baccalaureate Schools --- Threat to America?, Tom DeWeese Behavioral Psychology in the Schools, Sam Blumenfeld Black Hole of Special Ed., Linda Schrock Taylor Building Church by Building School, TBA Compulsory Vaccination: Danger to Children, Danger to Liberty, James Turner Educational Neutrality: An Oxymoron, William "Wally" Cox Lies in the Textbooks (on Evolution), Gary Kanter Psychographics: How Schools Pry into Family History, Beverly Eakman Running a Charter School Showed Me They Don't Work, Michael Strong Salt & Light: Prudence vs. Plunging, Grady Arnold St. Placid Academy and Poetic Knowledge, James Taylor Undoing Dewey, Daniel Smithwick Universal Mental Screening, Another Disaster, Karen Effrem ADULTS ONLY Kinsey: The Movie, the Man, the Fraud, Robert Knight What do "Chicken Hawks" do in the Schools?, Earle Fox
10:15am	-- Break --
10:45am	John Taylor Gatto Shows a Clip From His Provocative Upcoming Feature Film and Asks for Feedback
12:00pm	Thanks for the Memories An "Open Microphone" where guests give a 30-second highlight of what they'll take home from SepCon2004
12:30pm	Adjourn
2:00pm	Optional: Join the SepCon staff in an open evaluation of SepCon2004 and what to do better next year