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Secular Student Alliance eMpirical No. 42: Don't Panic! The SSA Breaks 200 Affiliates!Submitted by Luis on Thu, 2010-01-28 05:12.
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Secular Student Alliance Announces New England Leadership SummitSubmitted by Lyz on Wed, 2010-01-27 23:37.
The SSA Leadership Summits are a gathering of student leaders, active volunteers, and off-campus supporters from an entire region. Events include inspiring keynote presentations, training sessions from leaders of the freethought movement, how-to presentations from your fellow student leaders, and hands-on best practices from SSA staff. It's a great opportunity to network with student leaders in your area and get some face time with the SSA staff. This Week: The SSA Northern California Leadership SummitSubmitted by Lyz on Sat, 2010-01-23 23:15.
Winners of the Fall Student Membership DriveSubmitted by Lyz on Thu, 2010-01-21 04:05.
Last fall, we held the first-ever Secular Student Alliance Student Membership Drive. We had 28 groups participate, and we're excited to announce the groups who were able to recruit the most members!  We realized that there's no way a group on a 1,500-student campus could compete with groups on 50,000-student campuses - so we divided affiliates into two tiers: groups with less than 35 members and groups with more than 35. Each group will be receiving a $50 EvolveFISH gift certificate.This Week: Activism OpportunitiesSubmitted by Lyz on Thu, 2010-01-14 03:13.
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PZ Myers Northern California TourSubmitted by Lyz on Fri, 2010-01-08 23:28.
Check out the tour schedule below and mark the date on your calendar! January 20, Santa Barbara, CA January 21, Davis, CA Secular Charities for Haitian Relief EffortsSubmitted by Lyz on Fri, 2010-01-08 11:35.
On January 12, 2010, a catastrophic 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck the impoverished nation of Haiti less than 20 miles from the nation's capital. The disaster, combined with Haiti's high population density, crumbling architecture, and widespread poverty, has created a tragedy in which death tolls may top 100,000. Over three million people have been affected by the quake. The infrastructure of the area has been devastated, and many skilled workers (including health care providers) who could help with recovery are missing or dead. Haiti is in urgent need of assistance in this crisis. Many of us want to reach out to help those who are suffering in the wake of this disaster. But as secularists, we are wary of those organizations that would include proselytization in their relief efforts. The American Humanist Association's Humanist Charities has set up a fund specifically for Haitian disaster relief. Harvard University evolutionary biologist Sebastian Velez has been working with the Children of the Border project, which has been working to help Haitian immigrants since mid-2008, and is serving as the point-of-contact to help the Humanist Charities accomplish real results in Haiti. The Skeptics and Humanist Aid and Relief Effort (SHARE), a project under the CFI umbrella, has created a relief fund to benefit Doctors without Borders, which lost all three of its Haitian medical facilities in the earthquake. At this time, all donations to SHARE, 100% with no operating costs retained, will be sent directly to Doctors without Borders. The Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science has launched Non-Believers Giving Aid, a secular charitable organization. The Dawkins Foundation is covering all of the operating costs for this program, so everything you give will be passed on to direct relief organizations.  In addition, the Foundation Beyond Belief has recommended several organizations that have received high ratings from Charity Navigator and take a secular approach to their charitable work. We are reposting their list here so that Secular Student Alliance members, supporters and friends are able to find organizations through which they can support Haitian relief efforts. The links will take you to the Charity Navigator page for that organization, where you can find more information and make a donation.
Student Registration for American Atheists Convention Coming Soon(ish)Submitted by august on Mon, 2010-01-04 18:48.
The Secular Student Alliance will be running registration for the 2010 American Atheists Convention. The convention will be April 2nd-4th and be held at the Renaissance Newark Airport Hotel. The student registration page should go live by February.
Northern California Regional Leadership Summit ScheduleSubmitted by Lyz on Sun, 2010-01-03 23:32.
We are happy to announce the (tentative!) schedule for the 2010 Northern California Regional Leadership Summit! Learn more about the summit and register online here.
Call for Proposals: "Deconstructing the Gods: Towards a Post-Religious Criticism"Submitted by Lyz on Sun, 2010-01-03 23:15.
The Third Annual Brooklyn College Graduate English Conference will be held April 10, 2009, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY. The topic is "Deconstructing the Gods: Towards a Post-Religious Criticism," and proposals are being accepted now through January 31, 2010. Details about the conference, topics, and submission guidelines are below. If one were asked to provide a single explanation for the growth of English studies in the later nineteenth century, one could do worse than reply, 'the failure of religion.' -- Terry Eagleton |
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February 2, 2010 
The Secular Student Alliance is excited to announce the dates and location for the 2010 New England Leadership Summit! We'll be gathering for this three-day event at Harvard University from April 16-18, 2010!
The Secular Student Alliance is proud to announce the PZ Myers Northern California Tour from January 20-28, 2010. The infamous author of 
Haitian civilians receive assistance in a camp set up by the Brazilian Army in Port-au-Prince,