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The Secular Student Alliance Is Sending PZ Myers to the Creation MuseumSubmitted by Lyz on Tue, 2009-06-30 16:17.
 Anyone who follows PZ Myers' blog Pharyngula knows that he has long mocked and ridiculed Ken Ham's infamous, biblically-literal Creation Museum. However, due to neither being in the right place nor wanting to provide the "museum" with more funding, his mocking has been from afar.But this August, in conjunction with the 2009 SSA Conference, the Secular Student Alliance will be sponsoring PZ Myers to take a one day, in-person tour of the Creation Museum! We've even invited Ken Ham himself to give PZ a tour of the place. Conference Early Registration Rates Extended!Submitted by Lyz on Tue, 2009-06-30 09:59.
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. If you haven't registered yet, you can still take advantage of early registration rates. Help 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. Travel Grants Now Available for the SSA 2009 ConferenceSubmitted by Lyz on Sat, 2009-06-06 15:35.
 After much ado, the Secular Student Alliance is pleased to announce that Travel Grants are now available for the 2009 Conference! Come visit us in Columbus, OH from August 7-9 to hear from national freethought leaders and network with students from all over the country.Travel grants are available in amounts of $100 or $200. Applications will be evaluated on a rolling basis through July 26, but it's possible that we will run out of grant funding before that deadline, so apply now! ( categories: )
Congratulations to the 2009 SSA Best Award Winners!Submitted by Lyz on Sat, 2009-06-27 11:50.
Congratulations to the winners of the Secular Student Alliance 2009 Best Awards! We had several competitors in each category, and making the final decisions was a tough call. Our affiliates have done great work, put on awesome projects, had significant impact in their communities, been all over the media, and more. But when push comes to shove, we could only pick one from each category. Winners of the Best Awards will receive a handsomely engraved plaque, as well as a cash award to fund future projects for their group. In addition, winners will be invited to receive their awards in person at the 2009 SSA Conference, and will be invited to speak on how they have led their groups to excel. 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. SSA eMpirical No. 37 - Gearing Up for the ConferenceSubmitted by Lyz on Fri, 2009-06-05 23:39.
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Student Perspective on 2009 American Humanist Association ConferenceSubmitted by august on Sat, 2009-05-30 17:42.
Last weekend, over three hundred people gathered in Tempe, AZ for the 68th annual American Humanist Association conference. Speakers included Dr. PZ Myers, Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson, and Dr. Donald Johanson (discoverer of "Lucy"). August Brunsman, SSA's executive director, and Lyz Liddell, SSA's campus organizer, presented a session at the conference about making local American Humanist Association chapters welcoming to recent graduates. Leslie Zukor, leader of the Reed Secular Alliance, blogged about her experiences in four parts. She took some really good photos! Part One The conference also attracted some media attention of both a serious (Phoenix Metro News and AZ Central) and whimsical nature (Phoenix New Times). 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. Students for Freethought at OSU: Spring Break in New OrleansSubmitted by Lyz on Wed, 2009-05-27 09:53.
Article by Ashley Paramore, 08-09 chair of Students for Freethought at the Ohio State University.  I've always been one to get involved in some type of community service projects, AIDS or MS walks, or collecting canned goods. When I went to the American Humanist Association's conference with the Secular Student Alliance last year, I heard Ashley Carter from the University of Illinois Atheists, Agnostics, and Freethinkers give a talk about her group's service trip to New Orleans with Campus Crusade for Christ. After listening for a while, I couldn't help but think to myself, “Why haven't we thought of that?' |
IT'S THAT TIME AGAIN! The 2009 Secular Student Alliance Conference August 7 - 9 @ Ohio State (Columbus)  Happy Hour with keynote speaker PZ Myers, the famed Pharyngula blogger * Meet leaders of Freedom From Religion Foundation, Secular Coalition for America, more * Network with other secular students * Group-running tips and LOTS MORE  Membership StatusYou are not logged in, so you might be a member or you might not.
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