Has your group ever cooperated on events or fundraisers with the other Secular Student Alliance affiliate groups in Virginia?  

We have not cooperated in any events or fund raisers with any other groups yet.  But we are very interested!  

 

 

The Secular Coalition for America is based in DC, not too far from you guys.  Have you ever gone lobbying with Lori Lipman Brown? If not, is this something that you are interested in doing this year?

We would definitely be interested in lobbying efforts with Lori Lipman Brown.  

Tell me about the best event that you've held to date.

We've had two major events.  First was a screening of Jesus Camp, where over 100 people showed up.  We had a very lively debate afterwards.

We also screened The God Who Wasn't There and had about 35 people show up (not bad for a Friday!). We had a debate afterwards and we were joined live via Stickam by Rook Hawkins of the Rational Response Squad.  Unfortunately we had some very bad technical difficulties which resulted in people being bored and leaving.  Either way it was good.  A reporter for the school paper was there, and I'm happy to say she was very objective regarding our event and our organization.  She is also sympathetic to our cause and is interested in covering more stories.

Where does your group get its funding?  From fundraisers?  From the university?

Right now we are in the process of getting funded.  As of now all of our events have been funded from our own pockets.  And I do want to thank all of the officers for pitching in and being very good about money.  Fundraising, we feel, would be hard for a secular organization in a religious part of the country.  Let me know if you have any ideas, otherwise we are working on the school giving us money.