2009 Best New Affiliate

Submitted by august on Thu, 2008-03-06 13:46.

Is your new group the best?

Whereas SSA grants assist affiliates with projects that will take place in the future, the "Best New Affiliate Award" is a lot like the "Best Affiliate Award." However, only groups started after July 1st, 2008 all eligible for this award. Just as with the "Best Affiliate Award," this award is intended to recognize the Secular Student Alliance affiliate group that has done the most to create a welcoming secular community on their campus, done the most to raise awareness about secularists and their values, and been the most effective at educating their community about our shared values.

Best awards cover an entire academic year and will be given at our annual conference in June. Applications for awards are due by May 31st, 2009. The winning group will get $300.00 as part of the award.

This application is for the Best New Affiliate award.
Criteria include: How visible is your group on campus? How visible is your group in the media? How many people regularly participate in your group's operations? How often and what ways does your group meet? Have you changed any policies at your school or in your community? What have you done to educate your community about naturalism, critical and scientific inquiry, democracy, secularism and human based ethics? What have you done to promote naturalism, critical and scientific inquiry, democracy, secularism and human based ethics in your community?  Most importantly: was your group founded after July 1st, 2008? This is for new groups only.

There are some basic requirements for all award applicants:

  • Your group must be an affiliate of the SSA.

  • Your group must have a constitution or charter.

  • Unless you are at a parochial school, your group must have official recognition by your school.

  • Your group must have a bank account in your group's name so that we can write the award check to your group.

If you do not meet one or more of these requirements, please tell us and we will be delighted to assist you and work with you.

Please Note! This application does not currently support Apple's Safari web browser. Applications submitted in Safari will not be received. If you are on a Mac, please use Mozilla's Firefox to submit your application. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Name of Organization:
Campus:
Name of Filer:

Contact information for discussing this application:
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Web site of organization:
Date organization was founded:

Constitution - either cut and paste it into the text block, or give us the URL of your constitution on your web site.

Your activities:
A summary of your major actiivites over this school year. Do not exceed 1000 words.

Impact of your activities:
What effect did all of your work have? Include links to any media coverage. Do not exceed 1000 words.
Prove you are a human: What is two plus three?

Please Note! If you are using Apple's Safari web browser, your application will not be submitted! Please use Mozilla's Firefox or another brower to submit this application.

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