{"id":13,"date":"2012-08-23T01:02:19","date_gmt":"2012-08-23T05:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.skepticblogs.com\/justinvacula\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2013-05-07T13:14:35","modified_gmt":"2013-05-07T13:14:35","slug":"about-justin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/justinvacula\/about-justin\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/justinvacula\/files\/2012\/08\/543943_10151227566759327_1909992686_n1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2603\" alt=\"543943_10151227566759327_1909992686_n\" src=\"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/justinvacula\/files\/2012\/08\/543943_10151227566759327_1909992686_n1-300x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/justinvacula\/files\/2012\/08\/543943_10151227566759327_1909992686_n1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/skepticink.com\/justinvacula\/files\/2012\/08\/543943_10151227566759327_1909992686_n1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/skepticink.com\/justinvacula\/files\/2012\/08\/543943_10151227566759327_1909992686_n1.jpg 453w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Justin Vacula &#8212; writer for the Skeptic Ink network (SIN) &#8212; is a public speaker, debater, outspoken atheist activist, and an activist for the separation of religion and government who hosts the NEPA Freethought Society Podcast and Brave Hero Radio.<\/p>\n<p>He has appeared on various radio shows, local television networks, and podcasts; participated in formal debates; was a special guest speaker for a college-level philosophy course at an evangelical Christian college; and has been invited to speak at various conferences and events.<\/p>\n<p>Vacula\u00a0received\u00a0bachelor&#8217;s degrees in Philosophy and Psychology, a minor in Professional Writing, and the distinguished W.A. Kilburn Memorial Award for Philosophy from King&#8217;s College. He is currently enrolled in Marywood University&#8217;s graduate-level Mental Health Counseling program\u00a0and works for a non-profit organization as a Program Assistant with adult students who have intellectual and developmental disabilities.<\/p>\n<p>Justin holds leadership roles as the co-organizer, spokesperson, and a board member of the\u00a0NEPA Freethought Society\u00a0&#8211; a social, educational, activist, and philosophical group of freethinkers in Northeastern Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogtalkradio.com\/bravehero\/2013\/05\/05\/who-is-justin-vacula\">Brave Hero Radio &#8211; &#8220;Who is Justin Vacula?&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Justin Vacula &#8212; writer for the Skeptic Ink network (SIN) &#8212; is a public speaker, debater, outspoken atheist activist, and an activist for the separation of religion and government who hosts the NEPA Freethought Society Podcast and Brave Hero Radio. He has appeared on various radio shows, local television networks, and podcasts; participated in formal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/justinvacula\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/justinvacula\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/justinvacula\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/justinvacula\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/justinvacula\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/justinvacula\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/justinvacula\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}