Secular Student meetings are great opportunities to build community with other secular students from across the country. This kickoff session is the biggest meeting of the semester, setting the stage for all our recurring meetups ahead. You’ll develop leadership skills, share ideas, connect and coordinate with peers, and engage with leaders from the broader secular…

This training focuses on simple ways SSA chapter leaders can use common Google tools to stay organized, communicate clearly, and reduce last minute stress. Participants will explore practical approaches for shared planning, event coordination, documenting decisions, and keeping chapter knowledge from getting lost when leadership changes.

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…

This training explores how SSA chapters can intentionally create a welcoming culture for a wide range of students, including students who may feel isolated or underrepresented on campus. It will introduce flexible ways to listen, build trust, reduce barriers to participation, and thoughtfully support affinity based space when students request it, while keeping the chapter…

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…

Monthly Secular Student Meetings are great opportunities to build community with other secular students from across the country. You’ll develop leadership skills, share ideas, connect and coordinate with peers, and engage with leaders from the broader secular movement. We’ll also cover updates on SSA resources and upcoming events. These meetings are open to current, prospective,…

This training helps SSA chapter leaders recognize common situations where a campus may be treating student groups unfairly, including problems with recognition, access to resources, or unequal rules. Participants will learn a general approach for documenting what is happening, communicating professionally, and identifying pathways for support, including when to involve SSA staff and when to…

This training explores flexible outreach strategies for chapters that cannot table or face restrictions on traditional visibility tactics. Participants will workshop creative, low barrier ways to help students discover the chapter, build relationships, and stay engaged over time, using approaches that can adapt to different campus rules and chapter capacity.

Monthly Secular Student Meetings are great opportunities to build community with other secular students from across the country. You’ll develop leadership skills, share ideas, connect and coordinate with peers, and engage with leaders from the broader secular movement. We’ll also cover updates on SSA resources and upcoming events. These meetings are open to current, prospective,…

Monthly Secular Student Meetings are great opportunities to build community with other secular students from across the country. You’ll develop leadership skills, share ideas, connect and coordinate with peers, and engage with leaders from the broader secular movement. We’ll also cover updates on SSA resources and upcoming events. These meetings are open to current, prospective,…