SSA: Eager to help you out!  (Hope you’re sitting near a computer!)

Keep in contact with the SSA Campus Organizer. The Campus Organizer is employed solely to aid potential student leaders and existing groups.  You can always reach this person by sending an email to organizer@secularstudents.org.

Stay informed by subscribing to electronic newsletters such as the SSA eMpirical: http://www.secularstudents.org/enews.
    
The SSA provides a considerable number of services to its affiliates. Indeed, providing these services is the primary work of our staff.  We encourage you to look over this list from time to time to make sure your group is taking advantage of everything we offer.  If your group is not yet affiliated with the SSA, feel free to use our joining form (http://www.secularstudents.org/node/114).  If you're interested in taking advantage of any of these services, send us an email at ssa@secularstudents.org, or call us at 1-518-632-4139.

Speakers Bureau
The SSA has a speakers bureau.  We will arrange the details of bringing a member of our speakers bureau to your campus, and will pay up to $300.00 (available on a first-come, first-serve basis) toward the cost of travel and lodging.

Grants
The SSA can give your group money! Every semester there is at least $1,500 available to help students offset the costs of operation, projects, bringing in speakers, and more. Please take advantage of this! Need some ideas? Here are just a few examples of groups who received grants from the SSA last year:

• The Society of Open-Minded Atheists and Agnostics (SOMA) received $250 from the SSA to bring in speaker Clark Adams to speak on the campus of the University of Kansas. Mr. Adams spoke on atheist and humanist ideas in mass media.
• The SSA gave $105 to the Secular Student Alliance at the University of Delaware to produce T-shirts for members of the group. The T-shirts had the slogan "Freedom of Religion, Freedom from Religion" and were produced to help advertise the club, help them stand out at events, and unify members.
• Student for Freethought at The Ohio State University received $200 from the SSA for a debate (between Peter Payne, Intervarsity staff worker at the University of Michigan, and Doug Krueger, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Arkansas on) on "Does Ethics Need a Foundation in God?"
• Students without Religious Dogma at Illinois University at Chicago received $200 in order to bring in pledge plaintiff Michael Newdow to speak to their campus at large.

Apply for an SSA project grant today!

Media Relations
The SSA has access to a frequently updated database of media contact information.  We are more than happy to send out press releases on your behalf to local media that might be interested in your events.  We're also happy to help you develop press releases.  Read more about how to work with the media.

Business Cards
We are happy to print and send business cards with your group's name and contact information on them at no cost to you. The SSA now is accepting requests online. If you're interested, visit http://www.secularstudents.org/node/2028.

Flyer Exchange
The SSA currently hosts flyers and promotional materials used by our affiliate groups on our Flyer Exchange program. If you need ideas or flyers, or would like to submit your own group's design to the Flyer Exchange, please visit the site at www.secularstudents.org/exchange.

Tabling Supplies
In addition to the Flyer Exchange and the Business Cards services, the SSA can also arrange to send your group supplies for tabling.  Usually these items include brochures, stickers, and literature from the freethought movement, such as the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s “non-tracts.”  These supplies can be requested by contacting the Campus Organizer, organizer@secularstudents.org.

Service Trip Planning
The SSA has a resource to help groups plan service trips.  Whether you’re planning a project for a group of three or thirty, this packet can help you from the initial planning stages through the trip itself and taking care of business afterwards.  You can find the Service Trip Activity Packet at http://www.secularstudents.org/service_trip.

National Conference
The SSA holds an annual national conference to help inform and inspire secular students. The Campus Organizer will send out notices reminding students to register when the time comes. You can read more about the past SSA conferences and learn about the next SSA conference at www.secularstudents.org/conference.

Audio Archives
The SSA archives speakers' lectures from our conferences on our website. All of the topics are of great interest and much can be learned from these veterans of humanism. Check out the audio archives at www.secularstudents.org/node/102.

Newsletter
The SSA produces an electronic newsletter.  It often has lots of ideas you can use in running your group.  You can also write about your group’s successful events and share them with others.  Check out the previous issues of our newsletter at www.secularstudents.org/enews.

Community
One of the most crucial aspects of our work is fostering a network for secular groups across the nation. We all know too well that like-minded people are often few and far between. This is probably one of the main reasons that you have come together and it is why we offer tools for existing groups to keep in touch and learn from one another.

You can develop relationships with other secular groups.  Check out our listing, by state, of existing secular student groups across the world (www.secularstudents.org/affiliates). Here you will find group contact information and their website link.

Let us know if there are other services you would like.  We're always looking to serve our affiliates better.

There is a whole world of experienced secular activists who will go out of their way to help the next generation of freethinkers. Learn about the colorful secular movement at large and don’t be afraid to reach out!