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ArticlesAtheist Students and Leaders Participate in White House BriefingSubmitted by Jesse Galef on Mon, 2010-02-08 02:38.
This story originally appeared on Unreasonable Faith on March 1, 2010. Used here with permission. By Jesse Galef The atheist movement made a big step last Friday when the Secular Coalition for America arranged a policy briefing with White House officials. A delegation of about 60 nontheists convened in the nation's capital to engage with the administration. I can't repeat what the administration said – these meetings are held off the record – but I can say that I've never felt more proud and optimistic about the political status of atheists. A Polite Response to an Impolite ArticleSubmitted by Jesse Galef on Fri, 2010-01-29 22:53.
Lucy Gubbins is the president of the Alliance of Happy Atheists, a secular student group at the University of Oregon. In January, their campus newspaper made the strange decision to reprint an anti-atheist screed which had first been published at Portland State University three months earlier. Lucy mobilized her group to respond with polite letters to the editor. Here's the letter she got printed:
So Help Us God In The CourthouseSubmitted by Luis on Thu, 2010-01-07 19:04.
by Sarah Silverman In December, I traveled to Washington, DC, where I stopped at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit. On that day, atheist lawyer and physician Dr. Michael Newdow was scheduled to present his oral argument in his appeal of Newdow v. Roberts, a religious liberty case against Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and others responsible for the inauguration ceremony of President Barack Obama. There were 252 additional plaintiffs who joined Newdow in the suit, including myself and my father. Shelley Mountjoy Wins American Atheists ScholarshipSubmitted by SSASamantha on Thu, 2009-11-19 16:22.
by Leslie A. Zukor Congratulations to Shelley Mountjoy, a telecommunications graduate student at George Mason University in Fairfax County, Virginia, the second-place recipient of the 2009 American Atheists scholarship. Each year, American Atheists awards three scholarships to outstanding student activists, including a $2,000 first-place award, a $1,000 second-place prize, and a third $1,000 award for an LGBT atheist student activist. Check out past issues of the eMpirical for our articles on the other 2009 scholarship recipients, Andrew Cederdahl and Jon Adams. ( categories: Articles )
Release: Secular Student Alliance Reports Record Numbers of Atheist, Agnostic Students Organizing on CampusSubmitted by Lyz on Wed, 2009-09-02 21:23.
 Columbus, OH - College students who consider themselves non-religious or doubting will return to campus this fall with a better chance than ever of finding or starting groups of like-minded young people, according to the Secular Student Alliance (SSA), the national umbrella organization for the secular student movement. The SSA's Labor Day 2009 count of campus affiliate groups is 159, up from 100 in 2008 and 80 in 2007.
“It’s been a challenge to keep up with the demand for services, especially group-starting packets and follow-up,” said Lyz Liddell, senior campus organizer. “That’s a nice problem to have.” New Resources for your Secular Student GroupSubmitted by Lyz on Fri, 2009-08-21 15:33.
The Secular Student Alliance has been hard at work over the summer, creating new resources to help you run your group! We're excited to announce our new line of Activity Packets, designed to help you get a snapshot view as well as step-by-step instructions for holding events and activities with your group. Whether it's organizing activist training, sponsoring a blood drive, bringing in a speaker, or giving your group mohawks, we have a packet for you. Head over to www.secularstudents.org/activitypackets and see what we can help you with! University of Melbourne Secular Society Challenges Prayer in ParliamentSubmitted by Lyz on Thu, 2009-08-20 03:41.
This story originally appeared on the University of Melbourne Secular Society website on 7/22/09, and is reprinted with permission. 
Military Association of Atheists & Freethinkers Leadership Grant OpportunitySubmitted by Lyz on Tue, 2009-08-18 15:15.
$500 educational grant for military & nontheist leadership and activism!www.maaf.info/leadergrant.html
Secular Student Alliance Creation Museum Trip Highlighted on ABC NewsSubmitted by august on Sun, 2009-08-02 22:02.
Research Opportunity: "Out" Atheists among a Family of BelieversSubmitted by Lyz on Fri, 2009-07-10 10:13.
The Process and Experience of Deciding to Live Openly as an Atheist in a Family of Believers: A Qualitative Study
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Lucy Gubbins, President of the UO Alliance of Happy Atheists
The military has always been a source of leaders in the United States. The 