AI is showing up everywhere at once, in classrooms, workplaces, hiring systems, policing, content feeds, and the tools students use to learn and organize. The speed is real, and so is the gap between what these systems can do and what our institutions are prepared to handle when things go wrong. In this webinar, Ai…

Reproductive rights webinar examining 2026 legal shifts, enforcement, and policy impacts—featuring experts in law, advocacy, and science.

How do people create meaning, ethics, and purpose in a world without easy answers—or divine guarantees? What role do creativity, culture, and lived experience play in how people understand themselves and one another? Join the Secular Student Alliance for a conversation with Anthony B. Pinn, scholar of religion, humanism, and African American religious thought, exploring…

In February 2024, unusual Facebook adverts in the UK triggered computational social scientist and open-source intelligence investigator Sohan Dsouza’s suspicions. He reached out to counter-disinformation researcher Dr. Marc Owen Jones, collaborating with him on a deep investigation into what turned out to be an immense covert influence operation. They discovered that the operation, which ran for months…

The development of the modern sciences often went together with a secular spirit of inquiry, reflecting growing relationships between humanist thought and empirical approaches to investigating the world. In the present, though, there are still challenges to face in pursuit of humanist aspirations to use science to serve the good of people and the planet.…

The IRS recently confirmed it will not investigate preachers who endorse political candidates from the pulpit—a major development in the Christian Right’s push to dismantle the wall between church and state. While intended to strengthen Christianity’s influence, this move may accelerate the very trend they hope to reverse: the steady growth of secularism in America.…

Why have so many Americans turned against democracy? Katherine Stewart explores the interlocking roles of religious nationalism, big-money donors, and the proliferation of conspiracism and propaganda in this compelling analysis of the authoritarian reaction in the United States. Her comprehensive political analysis reframes the conversation about the moral collapse of conservatism in America and points…

Matthew Facciani describes his new book, Misguided, which covers the social science that explains why we believe misinformation as well as strategies that can help us more critically evaluate information.   

With laws guaranteeing the right to abortion under attack at all levels, it’s time that we claim the power to determine our own reproductive destinies. Abortion pills are safe, effective, and used by people every day to end their own pregnancies. It’s necessary that accurate information and support are available. During this webinar, advocates will…

What adults do for children today is shaping how humanity will ultimately fare. People who care about truth, justice, equity, and science must contend with oppression, inequity, and unscientific propaganda. The outcomes of this face-off will determine the well-being of generations. How can parents and other adults leverage information and resources to oppose bigotry and…

Despite our religiously and racially diverse society, conversations about “religious liberty” in the U.S. are highly focused on the beliefs and practices of a small subset of believers–namely, white conservative Christians. Religious liberty disputes involving religious and racial minorities–such as mosques experiencing government surveillance, Rastafarians having their dreadlocks forcibly cut in prison, and pervasive discrimination…

In Tech Agnostic, humanist chaplain Greg Epstein explores how technology has overtaken religion as the chief influence on our lives and community. He shows why we must maintain a freethinking critical perspective toward innovation until it proves itself worthy of our faith or not and better serves humanity. Greg M. Epstein serves as the Humanist…

A behind-the-scenes account of the new stars of the far right–and how they’ve partnered with billionaire donors, idealogues, and political insiders to build the most powerful youth movement the American right has ever seen. Kyle Spencer discusses the people and organizations working to lure millions of unsuspecting young American voters into the far-right fold–revealing their…

An educational webinar hosted by SSA East Organizer Chase. This webinar will teach you how to be an effective fundraiser for your chapter and future SSA events.  

Ensuring Americans are aware of Project 2025 and the impact on their lives, if it is implemented, is vital leading up to the November election. Authors, Anne Nelson and Nancy MacLean have been talking with audiences across the county about Project 2025. Anne and Nancy will share tactics they found effective when talking with others.

Learn how to run a kick-ass campus voter registration event and lots of resources that are available to you. Register for an informational webinar with Jada McNeil and Sithara Menon to learn the ins and outs of how to properly register voters which is critical for this upcoming election. The Secular Student Alliance is proud…

3pm PT/6pm ET Over the past several decades, there has been increased attention to disbelief within African American communities.  The growth in the percentage of the African American population labeled “nones” made this attention unavoidable. However, while statistical information has made it easier to identify African American disbelief in general and African American humanism in…

4pm PT/7pm ET Passover is the Jewish celebration of deliverance from slavery in Egypt as described in the Book of Exodus, and you don’t need a god to celebrate that kind of human liberation. The seder, a traditional meal with foods symbolizing the struggle and joy of liberation, is a great way for us to…

4pm PT/7pm ET Join us for a thought-provoking webinar that delves into the critical topic of public education, with a focus on the constitutionality of school vouchers. Our esteemed panelists Rep. James Talarico, Jessica Piper, Leslie Briggs, and Prof. Caroline Mala Corbin will bring diverse perspectives and expertise to the table, discussing the implications of…

4pm PT/7pm ET Get ready for this important webinar as we dive into the topic of voting in the context of the upcoming 2024 presidential election! Join us for an insightful discussion featuring panelists Jada McNeill and Sithara Menon from Campus Takeover and Alyson Grigsby from Voters Not Politicians who will share their expertise and…

4pm PT/7pm ET Kate Cohen, Washington Post columnist and author of We of Little Faith: Why I Stopped Pretending to Believe (and Maybe You Should Too) talks about the urgent political moment, which demands that we all stand up for our secular democracy—and against the threat of right-wing Christian theocracy—and why being openly nonreligious is…

4pm PT/7pm ET “Fake news” is rampant in today’s information environment, with real-world implications for public health, democracy, and other important public issues. While other work has shown a relationship between various aspects of religious belief or practice and support for specific conspiracy theories, we do not yet have a sense of which Americans are…

4pm PT/7pm ET One year from launch, SSA brings you unprecedented access to NASA’s Europa Clipper Mission, live from JPL headquarters! Science Systems Engineer Jenny Kampmeier will tour us through the building of Earth’s first probe to Jupiter’s moon, where we hope to find out if life as we know it exists on other worlds.…

4pm PT/7pm ET Conservatives have engaged in a concerted effort to co-opt the language of “religious liberty” and turn it into a license to discriminate. But that liberty – freedom of and from religion – is a foundation of our secular community, and the foundation our progressive theistic allies use to defend their own work…