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EventsThis Week: Spring 2010 Affiliation RenewalSubmitted by Lyz on Sat, 2010-02-27 15:30.
Secular Student Alliance Events CalendarSubmitted by august on Mon, 2008-09-29 01:54.
Our affiliate groups hold dozens – if not hundreds – of events every semester. Most of these events are open to the public, and often feature speakers, debates, or other fun and interesting material. We've created a special calendar to list those events that are especially exciting and interesting to the secular student. (If the embedded calendar doesn't appear, click here to visit our Google Calendar: http://www.google.com/calendar/hosted/secularstudents.org/render) ( categories: Events )
Review: SSA's 2010 Northern California Leadership SummitSubmitted by Lyz on Sat, 2010-02-27 12:26.
 Jason Cooperrider, president of SHIFT at the University of Utah by Jason Cooperrider This past February, I had the pleasure of attending the Secular Student Alliance's Northern California Leadership Summit at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. It was my honor to represent SHIFT (Secular Humanism, Inquiry and Freethought), the secular student group at the University of Utah, as its president and co-founder. Openings for the SSA Board of DirectorsSubmitted by Lyz on Sun, 2010-02-21 23:28.
 The Secular Student Alliance is looking for dedicated leaders who would like to run for positions on the SSA's Board of Directors! The SSA is a democratic organization and all SSA members are eligible to run for a position on the Board of Directors. Elections take place this May, and board terms are two years long. Board members are responsible for setting goals and policy for the organization, fundraising, reviewing progress, and promoting SSA. All Board members are expected to participate in fundraising. We are happy to train you to do this, but you must be willing. Secular Student Alliance New England Leadership SummitSubmitted by Lyz on Tue, 2010-02-02 00:07.
The Secular Student Alliance is proud to announce its New England Leadership Summit, to be held April 16-18, 2010. The summit will be hosted at Harvard University in Boston, MA. 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! We're excited to be holding this event in conjunction with the Harvard Humanist Chaplaincy's award ceremony for the Outstanding Lifetime Achievement Award in Cultural Humanism, being presented this year to the MythBusters. Get Information On:
Secular Student Alliance offers student registration & travel grants for 2010 American Atheists' conventionSubmitted by august on Sun, 2010-01-31 00:03.
Student registration is $75 for full-time students who are members of the Secular Student Alliance ($10/year). Join now! This is different from being a member of a Secular Student Alliance affiliate group. Register now! Secular Student Alliance Announces New England Leadership SummitSubmitted by Lyz on Wed, 2010-01-27 23:37.
The SSA Leadership Summits are a gathering of student leaders, active volunteers, and off-campus supporters from an entire region. Events include inspiring keynote presentations, training sessions from leaders of the freethought movement, how-to presentations from your fellow student leaders, and hands-on best practices from SSA staff. It's a great opportunity to network with student leaders in your area and get some face time with the SSA staff. Should Humanists Deliver Invocations? "Yes," says Andrew LovleySubmitted by Lyz on Wed, 2010-01-13 05:19.
Some secularists are calling for an end to the custom of having invocations delivered at the beginning of public meetings and ceremonies. An invocation is often understood to mean calling upon a higher power, and in the context of religion this involves soliciting the mercy and guidance of a deity. The main concern secularists have with invocations is that they are a violation of the separation of church and state, which is a worthy criticism when an invocation includes invoking a particular deity and a request for the audience to join in prayer. However, an invocation does not necessarily need to invoke a higher power in order to be effective and connective for those in attendance. PZ Myers Northern California TourSubmitted by Lyz on Fri, 2010-01-08 23:28.
Check out the tour schedule below and mark the date on your calendar! January 20, Santa Barbara, CA January 21, Davis, CA Secular Charities for Haitian Relief EffortsSubmitted by Lyz on Fri, 2010-01-08 11:35.
On January 12, 2010, a catastrophic 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck the impoverished nation of Haiti less than 20 miles from the nation's capital. The disaster, combined with Haiti's high population density, crumbling architecture, and widespread poverty, has created a tragedy in which death tolls may top 100,000. Over three million people have been affected by the quake. The infrastructure of the area has been devastated, and many skilled workers (including health care providers) who could help with recovery are missing or dead. Haiti is in urgent need of assistance in this crisis. Many of us want to reach out to help those who are suffering in the wake of this disaster. But as secularists, we are wary of those organizations that would include proselytization in their relief efforts. The American Humanist Association's Humanist Charities has set up a fund specifically for Haitian disaster relief. Harvard University evolutionary biologist Sebastian Velez has been working with the Children of the Border project, which has been working to help Haitian immigrants since mid-2008, and is serving as the point-of-contact to help the Humanist Charities accomplish real results in Haiti. The Skeptics and Humanist Aid and Relief Effort (SHARE), a project under the CFI umbrella, has created a relief fund to benefit Doctors without Borders, which lost all three of its Haitian medical facilities in the earthquake. At this time, all donations to SHARE, 100% with no operating costs retained, will be sent directly to Doctors without Borders. The Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science has launched Non-Believers Giving Aid, a secular charitable organization. The Dawkins Foundation is covering all of the operating costs for this program, so everything you give will be passed on to direct relief organizations.  In addition, the Foundation Beyond Belief has recommended several organizations that have received high ratings from Charity Navigator and take a secular approach to their charitable work. We are reposting their list here so that Secular Student Alliance members, supporters and friends are able to find organizations through which they can support Haitian relief efforts. The links will take you to the Charity Navigator page for that organization, where you can find more information and make a donation.
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Join us for the award ceremony at a special discounted rate of only $8 when you register through the New England Leadership Summit. 
The Secular Student Alliance is proud to be partnering with American Atheists by providing student registration for their 
The Secular Student Alliance is excited to announce the dates and location for the 2010 New England Leadership Summit! We'll be gathering for this three-day event at Harvard University from April 16-18, 2010!
by Andrew Lovley 
The Secular Student Alliance is proud to announce the PZ Myers Northern California Tour from January 20-28, 2010. The infamous author of 
Haitian civilians receive assistance in a camp set up by the Brazilian Army in Port-au-Prince,