Group Running Guide Cover

Is your group active in the summer? Do you want to be on the SSA's new Group Running Guide 2012 edition cover? We need your group photos! Get creative and have fun with it! One idea we came up with is a group photo with all the members of the group literally running. But you can also simply send us any and all the photos of your group where you will be imortalized in our publication.

All Group Running Guide photo inquiries should go to our design intern Ellen.

Humanist Press Researcher

Humanist Press, a subsidiary of the American Humanist Association is seeking a student interested in researching various holy books in a project similar to the creation of the Jefferson Bible, except with more holy books, which will be published and sent to members of Congress.

Applicants should be enthusiastic about this project and be willing to read and analyze large amounts of text critically. To apply email Luis Granados a brief summary of why this project is something of interest and demonstrate the reasons you can complete this project. The research needs to be complete by November (or earlier). This position is not paid per hour but the researcher will be credited and paid a percentage of profits from the book depending on the amount of work. For more information about this opportunity go to our jobs page.

How to Interact With Theists

Many SSA affiliates often encounter theists at their group's meetings and events. Some groups encourage such attendance and some don't. Often, theists who attend regularly can help make discussions more interesting and lively; however there are a few ways they can negatively impact the group. There are several different ways your group can handle theists in positive or negative ways. We created this article as a resource for our affiliates to use as a go to on how to interact with theists.

Group Photo of the Week

Members from East Carolina University Secular Student Alliance tabling at student orientation.

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Website Secure!

The This Weeks are back! We are sorry for the delay in getting some of our online services back and running. Due to the relentless attacks we had to take extra security measures to make our website secure. Functionality has been fully restored however and our website is now fully accessible.

Job and Internships

We have 2 internships and 1 job in the movement. The first comes from the Secular Coalition for Arizona. This is a part-time internship, it is also a paid position. To be considered for this position the applicant must be a student and resident of Arizona. To apply for the SC Arizona Fall 2012 Internship Program, please fill out the application and send all materials to [email protected]. Applications are due July 27th. For more information check their website.

Foundation Beyond Belief has four intern positions over the course of five-months beginning August 1st. All work is done virtually. This is not a paid position. To apply, send a CV, letter expressing interest, email references and any relevant work demonstrating skills to Noelle George, Intern Program Coordinator, by July 23, 2012. More information can be found on their website.

Atheist Alliance International is seeking a new editor for their flagship magazine Secular World. This is a contract, self-managed position that involves securing content for each issue, cover design and management of advertising and production. Application deadline is August 20th. For further information and application details please click here.

As always go to our jobs page to see all the latest news on secular jobs!

SSA Light the Night Participants

We have at least 22 affiliate groups participating in the Light the Night fundraising event. You can go here to see if our list is up to date. Don't hesitate to let us know if your group is not being represented or if anything is not accurate. The list is based off of SSA affiliate members being part of the Light the Night teams. Not all LTN team members are necessarily affiliate members of an SSA group.

We know of one Light the Night/Foundation Beyond Belief team which has one of our student members and another which is a group starting, but these people have yet to be a part of an affiliate group. Once they are affiliated we will add them to the list.

Group Photo of the Week

Members from the Secular Student Alliance at University of Central Florida at their T-shirt committee meeting.

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