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On CampusHelp Ashley Help StudentsSubmitted by Lyz on Mon, 2009-06-15 21:32.
Help Ashley Help Students! Ashley Paramore is a member of the Secular Student Alliance Board of Directors. She's asking for your help in supporting the great work the SSA does for student groups. Why now? Because right now, your gift to the SSA is matched by a generous offer from the Vital Spark Foundation. If you donate $1, the SSA receives $2. If 5,000 people donate $1 each, then the SSA will have $10,000 to help provide the great support and resources we offer to our affiliate student groups. Why the Secular Student Alliance MattersSubmitted by august on Mon, 2009-06-08 14:37.
Hi! My name is Lyz Liddell, and I'm the new campus organizer at the Secular Student Alliance. This spring, I’ve been meeting with Secular Student Alliance affiliates all over the U.S. I’ve been amazed and delighted by the creativity, enthusiasm, and dedication of the students and leaders I’ve met. They organize ambitious projects, come up with new ideas, and have the youthful energy to pull it all off. RELEASE: Proselytizing Public School Teacher is at it Again!Submitted by august on Wed, 2009-05-27 15:19.
Contact: Matthew LaClair (matthew(AT)secularstudents(DOT)org) Proselytizing Public School Teacher Leads Field Trip to Creation Museum KEARNY, N.J. – The teacher who made headlines in 2007 over his classroom proselytizing is again trying to use taxpayer dollars to promote his religious agenda. According to Secular Student Alliance board member Matthew LaClair, Mr. David Paszkiewicz attempted to utilize school funds and equipment to promote a student group field trip to the Creation Museum in Petersburg, KY. The trip is scheduled to take place June 5- 7. If not for LaClair's whistle-blowing, school funds and equipment would have been used for the trip. Paszkiewicz was the center of a 2007 legal case over his use of public school classroom time to proselytize students and endorse Biblical creationism. It was LaClair who, as a student, exposed this illegal action by recording the lectures and informing the media. The case received world-wide media attention, including coverage by The New York Times. This latest turn of events occurred “after the training was conducted for the teachers by the Anti-Defamation League and after the speakers came to our school. It is clear he did not learn anything,” said LaClair. Atheists Hit with Death ThreatsSubmitted by Lyz on Mon, 2009-05-25 22:31.
The National Student has discovered that a death threat made during an atheist event in Leeds is the latest example of ongoing opposition and alleged prejudice towards atheist societies on campus. Secular Student Alliance 2009 Conference Registration Now Open!Submitted by Lyz on Sat, 2009-05-09 07:37.
Register today for the Secular Student Alliance 2009 Conference!
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. Atheist Appeal: University of Oregon's Alliance of Happy AtheistsSubmitted by Lyz on Sun, 2009-05-03 09:20.
Standing outside the EMU Amphitheatre, University freshman Greg Kirby holds a white sign. It reads, "Ask an Atheist Anything." Kirby, the vice president of the recently formed Alliance of Happy Atheists student group, discusses religion with people as they pass by, while promoting the group's weekly Thursday meetings. A group of eight organizers has been meeting since January, but has only hosted public meetings since April. On April 10, 90 students gathered for AHA's first meeting. Iowa State's Atheist & Agnostic Society: Don't Tolerate IntoleranceSubmitted by Lyz on Fri, 2009-04-17 03:09.
Iowa State University's Atheist and Agnostic Society heard about an upcoming campus visit by a traveling Christian preacher of intolerant views. Rather than organize a loud, angry protest (or getting arrested!), they chose to organize a (Mostly) Silent Protest, inviting several other campus groups who support tolerance and diversity. Anastasia Bodnar, president of ISUAAS, wrote this article for the group's blog. Our (Mostly) Silent Protest Against Tom Short on Wednesday (15 April 2009) was a great success, thanks in part to the ISU LGBTA Alliance getting the message to their members. Campus Pastor Jim Shirbroun and Campus Minister Chris Hockley along with students from the Wesley Foundation of the Collegiate Methodist Church were also invited and attended the protest. Affiliation Renewal is UnderwaySubmitted by Lyz on Tue, 2009-04-14 11:09.
It’s Affiliation Renewal time! All groups which are currently affiliates of the Secular Student Alliance should have received an email with a link to their group’s Affiliation Renewal form. This is a short form that provides us with up-to-date information about your group and its activities. Secular Student Alliance giving the atheist movement momentum--says the New York TimesSubmitted by august on Sun, 2009-04-12 06:42.
We're actually growing so fast that we're up to 150 affiliate groups now (they interviewed us last week). The SSA does not charge any of our campus affiliates for the services we offer. So more groups doesn't mean we have more resources to support those groups. Individuals like you support the Secular Student Alliance and make it possible for us to help mobilize these campus leaders (of course, they do a lot of mobilizing on their own, too). We cannot do this without the help of our donors. Become one today! We are a 501(c)(3) educational non-profit and your contributions are fully tax deductible. You say you don't want to join? Well, you could also just ChipIn! Thanks! Bravo to the Pastafarians of the U of South Carolina and Andrew Cederdahl for their shout out in the story as well! Want to get involved? Check to see if there is an SSA Affiliate Group near you. You can look to see if someone on your campus is working to start a group. You can also request a Group Starting Packet if there isn't a group in your area and you'd like to get one going. Atheist student wants Johnsburg High School groupSubmitted by Lyz on Mon, 2009-03-30 02:51.
This story originally appeared in the Northwest Herald on 2/28/09, and is used by permission. JOHNSBURG – Savannah Lanz doesn’t believe in God, follow religion, or look to any higher powers, and she’s hoping to form a student group at Johnsburg High School that echoes those beliefs.  |
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Happy Hour and keynote speech with PZ Myers. 
"Part of what is giving the movement momentum is the proliferation of groups on college campuses. The Secular Student Alliance now has 146 chapters, up from 42 in 2003" wrote Laurie Goodstein in the 