Student? Non-Student? Either way, join the SSA! Student membership is just $10/year and non-student membership is only $35/year.  Scroll down for a complete list of membership options.

If you prefer to donate without becoming a member, just visit this page.

To join or donate by mail, print our .pdf form. (our address is P.O. Box 2371 Columbus, OH 43216-2371)

To affiliate your student group, you can do that here at no charge.

The Secular Student Alliance(SSA) is a completely independent organization that relies entirely on the support of atheists, agnostics, humanists and other freethinkers. In order to meet the needs of a dramatically expanding base of campus affiliates, the SSA incurs many costs. Typical expenditures:

Group services: Starting a new campus group: $182-610 Recruiting a new affiliate: $85 Speaker bureau visit: $425 Activity packet mailing to all groups: $230 Tabling supplies: $85 Media assistance: $75 Business cards: $71

Grants and awards: Conference travel grants: $1200-$4250 Best Awards: $2475 Project grant: $325 Staff and office: Summer Intern: $3700 Part-time Intern: $1850 A run of brochures: $550

The Secular Student Alliance is a democratic membership organization. Anyone, student or non-student, is welcome and encouraged to join. Members of the SSA are eligible to vote in elections for the Secular Student Alliance Board of Directors and changes to our bylaws. Additionally, all members are eligible to run for the Board of Directors. In addition to joining for the first time, you can also extend or renew an existing membership on this page. Just use the e-mail address associated with your existing membership in the e-mail field below.

Because the Secular Student Alliance is a 501(c)(3) educational non-profit, all membership dues and donations are tax deductible in the U.S. Please read the SSA's Bylaws as they describe the terms of your membership.  Please note that all memberships dues are non-refundable.  We take your privacy seriously, please feel free to review our privacy policy.

Membership Details

Membership Level:
Student -- $10.00/yearNon-student -- $35.00/yearAcademic -- $25.00/yearJoint Student -- $15.00/yearJoint Non-student -- $50.00/yearSupporting -- $100.00/yearSustaining -- $250.00/yearSilver -- $500.00/yearGold -- $750.00/yearPlatinum -- $1000.00/yearLifetime -- $1000.00Low income -- $10.00/yearJoint Academic -- $40.00/yearJoint Lifetime -- $1000.00

Primary Account E-mail Address:*

your membership account information will be sent to this address -- if you already have an user acount, use the email address associated with that account

2nd E-mail for Joint Account:

joint accounts require a second e-mail address

Additional donation($):

if you would like to give more than the standard amount, please feel free to do so

Type "yes" (lowercase) to affirm that you understand that your membership is governed by the SSA's Bylaws:*

SSA memberships are nonrefundable

Optional Refferal Affiliate Group:
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[UNIVERSITY OF OREGON]Atheist & Agnostic Association [BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY]Atheist & Agnostic Society [IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY]Atheist - Humanist Alliance [COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON]Atheist and Agnostic Society of Cornell [CORNELL UNIVERSITY]Atheists & Agnostics Student Group [WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY]Atheists, Agnostics & Rationalists @ UCI [UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - IRVINE]Atheists, Agnostics and Freethinkers Alliance at S [SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY]Atheists, Agnostics, and Freethinkers (NYU) [NEW YORK UNIVERSITY]Atheists, Humanists & Agnostics [UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - MADISON]Atheists, Humanists and Agnostics [LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY - BATON ROUGE]Atheists, Humanists, and Agnostics at Stanford (AH [STANFORD UNIVERSITY]Atheists, Skeptics, and Humanists (ASH) [UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS - DALLAS]Atheos [UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH]Atheos - Ateistiteekkarit [AALTO UNIVERSITY]AU Rationalists and Atheists (AURA) [AMERICAN UNIVERSITY]Australian University Atheists [(no university affiliation)]Baylor Atheist/Agnostic Society (BAAS) [BAYLOR UNIVERSITY]Bradley Skeptic Society [BRADLEY UNIVERSITY]Brandeis Humanists [BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY]Brown Freethought [BROWN UNIVERSITY]Bruin Alliance of Skeptics & Secularists (BASS) [UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - LOS ANGELES]BU Atheists and Secular Humanists [BOSTON UNIVERSITY]Cal Poly Brights [CAL POLY - SAN LUIS OBISPO]Campus Atheists & Agnostics of IPFW [INDIANA UNIVERSITY - PURDUE UNIVERSITY - FORT WAYNE]Campus Atheists and Agnostics [MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY - MANKATO]Campus Atheists, Skeptics and Humanists - Twin Cit [UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA - TWIN CITIES]Campus Freethinkers Association [UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS]Campus Freethinkers At Georgia Tech. 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