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Jared Huffman is a member of the United States Congress, representing California's 2nd Congressional District, which stretches from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Oregon border. His book, No Prophets: The Fight to Save Democracy from Christian Nationalism, was published in August. With Rep. Jamie Raskin and a handful of others, Jared founded the Congressional Freethought Caucus to promote sound public policy based on reason, science, and moral values while protecting the secular character of government and championing the value of freedom of thought worldwide. First elected in 2012, Jared serves on the Natural Resources and the Transportation and Infrastructure Committees. Before serving in Congress, he represented the North Bay for six years in the California Assembly. Before that, he worked as a Senior Attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) after a successful stint as a public interest attorney. Jared graduated magna cum laude from U.C. Santa Barbara, where he was a three-time NCAA All-American volleyball player. He played for the USA Volleyball Team, ranked #1 in the world, before graduating cum laude from Boston College Law School. Jared lives in San Rafael with his wife, Susan, a teacher, and their two children, Abby and Nathan.

No Prophets: The Fight to Save Democracy from Christian Nationalism - https://ffrf.org/news/releases/no-prophets-an-exclusive-book-offer-and-conversation-between-rep-jared-huffman-and-ron-reagan/

MSNOW interview - https://youtu.be/qnqKQoMQAdw?si=c1INynU330-VwH9I

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Mike Shaffer has been a practicing Alaska attorney for more than 25 years and was a law clerk for the Honorable Morgan Christen at the Anchorage Superior Court from 2002-2003. After a short time working in general civil practice, he was a prosecutor for over 15 years, during which time he handled several thousand cases as the primary assigned prosecutor, including trying more than 100 cases to jury verdict. He also worked for three years at the Alaska Native Justice Center, where he represented indigent victims of domestic violence and sexual assault through grant funding provided through the federal Violence Against Women Act. Most recently, since coming to the Alaska Office of Victims Rights (OVR) in 2022, Mr. Shaffer has represented hundreds of crime victims across the State in numerous felony case matters, and has also presented on OVR's role in Alaska crime victims' rights advocacy to a variety of law enforcement, victim services, and other criminal justice-related agencies.

Slides - https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/6ldq6jskmnyrow28pv5sl/OVR_8-30-26_Unitarian_Fellowship.pdf?rlkey=fiuh786vu93qbu1bb5gegl2jc&dl=0

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Gene White is a 50-year-plus Alaska resident. He served in the Coast Guard in the 1960s and 70s, and upon release from Active Duty, he went on to Eastern Oregon State College (now Eastern Oregon University. After graduating in 1975, he came to Alaska and has been here ever since. After a relatively brief three-year stint as Community School Coordinator, he entered an apprenticeship in the IBEW. He retired from Alaska IBEW as an electrician, and then served as a Legislative Aide in the Alaska Legislature for 4 years. One of his many hobbies during retirement has been Coast Guard history, and especially Alaska Coast Guard history. 2017 was the sesquicentennial of the Coast Guard's presence in Alaska, coinciding with the Alaska Purchase. After not seeing any celebrations of this Coast Guard event, Gene developed a slide show to showcase the Coast Guard's long presence in Alaska.

Slides - https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/c4edi7t1atrg0git52lhm/UU_2026_CG_slideshow.pdf?rlkey=c2dp1ygj029ex7gxufs2cn36l&dl=0