It's hard for us at Secular Student Alliance Headquarters to believe that it's been almost eleven months since we were at the New Humanism conference at Harvard.  In less than two months we're going be at E Pluribus Unum: Reclaiming Humanist Values.  This event will simultaneously be the 67th annual conference of the American Humanist Association, the 17th World Congress of the International Humanist and Ethical Union, and the 8th annual conference of the Secular Student Alliance.  The event will be June 5th through the 8th at the L'Enfant Plaza Hotel in Washington, DC.

Speakers for the event include Lori Lipman Brown of the Secular Coalition for America, Maryland State Senator Jamie Raskin, Rob Boston of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, and Feminist Majority Foundation President Eleanor Smeal. 

Accepting the Humanist of the Year award is U.S. Representative Pete Stark, the first openly nontheistic member in Congress.  Accepting the International Humanist Award is author Philip Pullman, author of the best-selling book The Golden Compass, now a major motion picture.

Student registration is only $40 and includes some meals (register today).  We are offering $100 and $200 travel grants.  The grants are awarded on a rolling basis and will go fast.  Apply today for your 2008 conference travel grant!  Information on affordable student housing can be found on the conference website.

At all of our conference, the Secular Student Alliance awards a handful of its affiliate groups for outstanding performance in various areas and we give one group the Best Affiliate award.  There are four awards for $300 each and the Best Affiliate award is $500.  All the awards come with a nice, shiny plaque.  May 1st 2008 is the deadline to apply.  Learn more about the awards and apply today.