Thanks to a generous donation from the James Hervey Johnson Foundation, we have established a grant fund to help offset the travel costs incurred by students who attend the conference. Travel grants of $100 are available on a first-come, first-serve basis.

To qualify for grant consideration, you must be a student member of the SSA (join now). Grant recipients will receive their grant check at the summit (bring a photo ID!).

Don't forget to register for the New England Leadership Summit! SSA student member registration is only $25. You can register online.

Remember that many schools offer travel grants for students to attend conferences like this one. Be sure to explore the possiblity of getting funding from your school!

Students who receive an SSA travel grant to attend this conference are required to provide a 500-word essay explaining what they learned or found useful about the leadership summit. These essays are due on 5/18/2010 and may be published in or electronic newsletter or our website.

Applications are accepted on a rolling basis and we will let applicants know if they receive a grant as soon as possible.

If you wish to be considered for a $100 travel grant, please fill out the following application.

The Secular Student Alliance is proud to announce its first-ever Regional Leadership Summit, to be held Feb. 12-14, 2010.  The summit will be hosted by the Atheists, Humanists and Agnostics (AHA!) at Stanford University in Stanford, CA.  This weekend session is a great opportunity for student leaders to fine-tune their group-running skills, meet other leaders from the area, network with local off-campus organizations, and have a great time!

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On August 7th, 2009, over 300 atheists, agnostics, humanists, and freethinkers participated in the Secular Student Alliance's group trip to the Creation Museum with science blogger PZ Myers.  Around the Secular Student Alliance office, our favorite part so far is that Ken Ham (founder of Answers in Genesis, the organization behind the museum) actually wrote on his official blog that our own Lyz Liddell "she was a pleasure to deal with—always courteous and polite—what one would expect from a professional organizer."  The event has was also covered by both the ABC and USA Today news blogs and Science + Religion Today.

Independent video producer Paige E. Malott came with us that day and she made her own 30-minute video about our trip titled Skeptics Among Us: Atheists Visit the Creation Museum.  Enjoy!

Great news!  Because of the recent surge in new events and conference information, we've extended the early registration rates for the SSA's 2009 Conference until Friday, July 10!  If you haven't registered yet, you can still take advantage of early registration rates.

Register today for the Secular Student Alliance 2009 Conference!

• Happy Hour and keynote speech with PZ Myers.
• "How to Debate" with Dan Barker.
• Meet the new Executive Director for the Secular Coalition for America.
• Hemant Mehta, the Friendly Atheist, talks about his new summer project.
• Solve your group's problems with advice from your peers.
• Meet and network with secular student group leaders from all over the country.
• And much more!

Sound like a great opportunity? It's the Secular Student Alliance's 2009 Conference! Events run from August 7 - 9, 2009 at the Ohio State University in Columbus, OH.

REGISTER NOW!

For information about our current conference go to www.secularstudents.org/conference.

2009
Thanks to everyone who participated in the 2009 conference.  It was our best yet!  We'll be posting videos from the sessions on YouTube, and here's a short review.

• Our keynote speaker at this year's conference was renowned blogger PZ Myers!
• We offered a once-in-a-lifetime chance to visit the Creation Museum with 300 atheists!  Read more about the trip!
  
• We also featured a full series of activist training, workshops on group-running, and presentations from national organizations, published authors and more.
• Download the complete schedule!
• Download the 2009 Conference Proceedings!

2008
The 2008 SSA conference was part of the American Humanist Association/International Humanist and Ethical Union conference "E Pluribus Unum: Reclaiming Humanist Values" in Washington, DC.  Our events ran June 6-8 2008.