Dr. Jason D. Heap is the current applicant to become the first Humanist Chaplain in the history of the United States armed forces. After being away from America for nearly 15 years, he has recently returned to serve as the National Coordinator for the United Coalition of Reason, based in Washington, DC. Through his work with UnitedCoR, Jase nurtures almost 80 local Coalitions of Reason, in addition to supporting over 800 cooperating and affiliated groups within these local coalitions. 

This event is one of the launch events for the new Central New York Coalition of Reason, and is hosted by FUNY (the Freethinkers of Upstate New York).