How the 9/11 Memorial moves us to confront our religious identity as Americans
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Richard Dawkins is the former Charles Simonyi Professor of the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University, a position he held from 1995-2008. Founder of the Richard Dawkins Foundation. The Wall Street Journal said his “passion is supported by an awe-inspiring literary craftsmanship.” The New York Times Book Review has hailed him as a writer who “understands the issues so clearly that he forces his reader to understand them too.” Among his books are The Ancestor’s Tale, The Selfish Gene, The Blind Watchmaker, Climbing Mount Improbable, Unweaving the Rainbow, A Devil’s Chaplain and The God Delusion.
U.S. Congressman Michael Grimm
Decorated ex-Marine, former FBI Special Agent, and 9/11 first responder who introduced a bill to make the cross a national monument
Daisy Khan is Executive Director of the American Society for Muslim Advancement (ASMA). Ms. Khan regularly appears on ABC, PBS, BBC World, CNN, Fox News. In the aftermath of 9/11, Ms. Khan created interfaith programs to emphasize commonalities among the Abrahamic faith traditions.
NY Times best-selling author and Director of the film ‘2016’. NY Times Magazine says Dinesh D’Souza is one of America’s most influential conservative thinkers, and author of ‘What’s So Great About Christianity’
President of American Atheists, the group that filed the lawsuit in opposition to the cross’s inclusion in the National September 11 Museum
Vice President of Operations for Karl Koch Steel Erecting (his family’s company that provided the steel for and oversaw the erection of the Twin Towers) and author of “Men of Steel : The Story of the Family That Built the World Trade Center”
Howard Bloom is a seminal thinker and author. He was also a publicist in the 1970s and 80s for singers and bands such as Prince, Billy Joel and Michael Jackson. He has published three books on human evolution and group behavior,The Genius of the Beast, The Global Brain and The Lucifer Principle.
National Legal Director American Atheists
Communications Director American Atheists
Georgetown University Adjunct Professor of Religious Art and Cultural History in the Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, author, and frequent media guest
Host of NYC Atheists’ Manhattan News Network cable program “This Week in Atheism”, plaintiff in the lawsuit
Cultural Anthropologist, Interfaith Center of New York
Reverend Chloe Breyer
Director of the Interfaith Center of NY, author, and Episcopal Priest in the Diocese of New York who founded and directed the Cathedral Forums on Religion and Public Life at The Cathedral of St. John the Divine.
Freelance Researcher, Author & Atheist
Michael and Francine lived next to Ground Zero on 9/11. The experiences and events that followed worked their way into their life, art and jewelry business. Check out DOPE NYC to see some their fine work.
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Mike and Pat Williams are the parents of 9-11 victim Kevin Williams. They placed 2 baseballs on the cross in memory of their son and they started The Kevin Williams Memorial Foundation.