I am a post-graduate college student, atheist and church/state separation activist from Northeastern Pennsylvania. I author a blog on the Skeptic Ink Network, speak as a volunteer at secular conferences, and host Brave Hero Radio on BlogTalkRadio. I am the co-organizer of the NEPA Freethought Society - an active community group of freethinkers. I seek to attend the Empowering Women Through Secularism conference in Dublin, Ireland from June 29-30 to provide independent reporting of the event to international atheist and skeptic communities from a gender egalitarian perspective.

I will report on the events of the conference via live-tweeting, my blog on the Skeptic Ink Network, live conference reporting on Brave Hero Radio, and in archived interviews with well-known international conference speakers.

Your donations will contribute toward my expenses including hotel, passport, airfare, transportation, food, and conference registration.

Donors -- starting at the $5 level -- will receive twitter shoutouts, denouncements, personalized postcards from the conference, commercials on Brave Hero Radio, and dedicated blog posts. My live tweeting will allow supporters to ‘tune in’ to the conference and chat!

All supporters will have the opportunity to reach out to me using Skype following the event. Episodes of Brave Hero Radio – broadcasting live from the conference – will provide supporters with exclusive radio reporting and encourage listeners to call in during live shows, and type in live chat.

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Funds raised above and beyond the goal will be used to cover monthly fees required to keep Brave Hero Radio active, more successful, and improve episode quality.

Thank you!