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,…

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…

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,…

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

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 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.

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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 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.

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…

End the semester right with our monthly National Secular Leadership Meeting is a great opportunity to build community with other secular students from across the country. At these meetings, you will develop your leadership skills, connect and coordinate with other secular students, engage with leaders from the secular community and members of our speakers’ bureau,…

Kick off November right with our monthly National Secular Leadership Meeting is a great opportunity to build community with other secular students from across the country. At these meetings, you will develop your leadership skills, connect and coordinate with other secular students, engage with leaders from the secular community and members of our speakers’ bureau,…

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.…

What’s the biggest threat to the survival of a student group? It’s not lack of interest—it’s lack of leadership. This one-hour training helps you build the kind of leadership structure that sustains your SSA chapter through the school year and beyond. We’ll explore what effective leadership really looks like, including how to define clear officer…

Join our monthly National Secular Leadership Meeting! This meeting is a great opportunity to build community with other secular students from across the country. At these meetings, you will develop your leadership skills, connect and coordinate with other secular students, engage with leaders from the secular community and members of our speakers’ bureau, and discuss…

Your chapter has big ideas—but how will you pay for them? This one-hour training will give you the tools and confidence to fund your group’s mission through smart budgeting, campus resources, and creative fundraising. We’ll start with the basics: how to build a realistic budget each semester, covering everything from snacks and flyers to travel,…

Campus Takeover is a nonpartisan nationwide movement that transforms college campuses into hubs of power and celebration for the Civic Holidays: National Voter Registration Day, National Voter Education Week, Vote Early Day, and Election Hero Day! In this training, you’ll learn how to make the most of these national days of action, especially during a…

Want to build a thriving SSA chapter that doesn’t just exist, but grows, connects, and lasts? This one-hour training is all about mastering the twin pillars of chapter success: recruitment and retention. With over a third of U.S. college students identifying as nonreligious, there’s a huge audience out there, but many students still don’t know…

In this one-hour training, student leaders will learn how to craft a compelling narrative and deliver a concise, powerful elevator pitch to attract new members and build momentum for their SSA chapter. Through real examples, short writing exercises, and peer feedback, students will explore how to tell their personal story of secular identity and connect…

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…

Kick off the semester right with our monthly National Secular Leadership Meeting is a great opportunity to build community with other secular students from across the country. At these meetings, you will develop your leadership skills, connect and coordinate with other secular students, engage with leaders from the secular community and members of our speakers’…

Protest Safety & Know Your Rights Training Presented by Secular Student Alliance, American Atheists, and the American Humanist Association Whether you’re at a campus encampment, marching in the streets, or just trying to assess risk in a country that criminalizes dissent-this training is for you. Join us on May 15 at 7:00 PM Eastern Time…

Our monthly National Secular Leadership Meeting (NSLM) is a great opportunity to build community among secular students from across the country. At these meetings, you will: • Develop your leadership skills • Connect with other secular students • Engage with leaders from the secular community and members of our speakers’ bureau • Stay updated on…

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.   

Our monthly National Secular Leadership Meeting (NSLM) is a great opportunity to build community among secular students from across the country. At these meetings, you will: • Develop your leadership skills • Connect with other secular students • Engage with leaders from the secular community and members of our speakers’ bureau • Stay updated on…

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…

Our monthly National Secular Leadership Meeting (NSLM) is a great opportunity to build community among secular students from across the country. At these meetings, you will: • Develop your leadership skills • Connect with other secular students • Engage with leaders from the secular community and members of our speakers’ bureau • Stay updated on…

In a time when Christian nationalists feel emboldened and the separation of church and state faces increasing challenges, collaboration with like-minded groups on campus has never been more critical. This training empowers students to build effective coalitions with organizations that share our values of inclusivity, justice, and freedom of belief. Participants will learn strategies for…

Our monthly National Secular Leadership Meeting (NSLM) is a great opportunity to build community among secular students from across the country. At these meetings, you will: • Develop your leadership skills • Connect with other secular students • Engage with leaders from the secular community and members of our speakers’ bureau • Stay updated on…

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…

Our training on free speech and promotion on college campuses is designed to empower students and campus leaders to effectively engage their peers and build strong campus communities. Participants will learn best practices for tabling, including how to create an inviting presence, communicate key messages, and navigate conversations around secular values with confidence. The session…

The media plays a crucial role in modern democracy by informing the public, holding power to account, and facilitating the exchange of ideas necessary for informed civic participation. Join SSA Student Leaders + Activists in the opportunity to learn all the basics of working with the media. The training will be lead by SSA Board…

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…

Our monthly National Secular Leadership Meeting (NSLM) is a great opportunity to build community among secular students from across the country. At these meetings, you will: • Develop your leadership skills • Connect with other secular students • Engage with leaders from the secular community and members of our speakers’ bureau • Stay updated on…

Our monthly national member meeting is a place to build community among secular students across the country. At these meetings you will: – Grow your leadership skills – Connect with other secular students – Engage with leaders of the secular community and members of our speaker’s bureau – Stay up to date on SSA resources…

Our monthly national member meeting is a place to build community among secular students across the country. At these meetings you will: – Grow your leadership skills – Connect with other secular students – Engage with leaders of the secular community and members of our speakers bureau – Stay up to date on SSA resources…

Our monthly national member meeting is a place to build community among secular students across the country. At these meetings you will: – Grow your leadership skills – Connect with other secular students – Engage with leaders of the secular community and members of our speakers bureau – Stay up to date on SSA resources…

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.

Our monthly national member meeting is a place to build community among secular students across the country. At these meetings you will: – Grow your leadership skills – Connect with other secular students – Engage with leaders of the secular community and members of our speakers bureau – Stay up to date on SSA resources…

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…

1 pm PST/4 pm EST Our monthly national member meeting is a place to build community among secular students across the country. At these meetings you will: – Grow your leadership skills – Connect with other secular students – Engage with leaders of the secular community and members of our speakers bureau – Stay up…

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…

1pm PT/4pm ET Our monthly national member meeting is a place to build community among secular students across the country. At these meetings you will: – Grow your leadership skills – Connect with other secular students – Engage with leaders of the secular community and members of our speakers bureau – Stay up to date…

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…

1pm PT/4pm ET Our monthly national member meeting is a place to build community among secular students across the country. At these meetings you will: – Grow your leadership skills – Connect with other secular students – Engage with leaders of the secular community and members of our speakers bureau – Stay up to date…

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…

1pm PT/4pm ET Our monthly national member meeting is a place to build community among secular students across the country. At these meetings you will: – Grow your leadership skills – Connect with other secular students – Engage with leaders of the secular community and members of our speakers bureau – Stay up to date…

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 Are you planning to host your first public event soon? Are you a new chapter unsure of how to do it? Attend our Chapter Training: How to Plan Your First Event hosted by our organizer, Stephanie Torres! We will review everything from the early stages of planning such as brainstorming, funding, 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…

1pm PT/4pm ET Our monthly national member meeting is a place to build community among secular students across the country. At these meetings you will: Grow your leadership skills, connect with other secular students, and stay up to date on SSA resources and events! Our monthly NSLM is open to current, prospective, and alumni SSA…

4pm PT/7pm ET Chase Daseler, SSA Campus Organizer for the East, will be leading this virtual training designed to equip you with the skills you’ll need to successfully recruit fellow students and build a thriving secular student community on your campus. In this interactive session, Chase will share proven strategies, effective communication techniques, and innovative…

4pm PT/7pm ET Have you ever attended a meeting where nothing really got done? We all have, and in this training we will address ways to make sure your meeting is productive, engaging, and fun. Meetings are one of the most important ways to connect with the members of your chapter and to plan events,…

1pm PT/4pm ET Our monthly national member meeting is a place to build community among secular students across the country. At these meetings you will grow your leadership skills, connect with other secular students, engage with leaders of the secular community and stay up to date on SSA resources and events. Meetings are open to…

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…

1pm PT/4pm ET Our monthly national member meeting is a place to build community among secular students across the country. At these meetings you will grow your leadership skills, connect with other secular students, engage with leaders of the secular community and stay up to date on SSA resources and events. Meetings are open to…

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.…

3pm PT/6pm ET Evan Clark – SSA alumnus and Executive Director of Atheists United – will bring his years of expertise to give your chapter the tools to grow and successfully provide a home for non-religious students on your campus. Prepare for engaging, creative online workshops on all the nuts-and-bolts skills you need to build…

3pm PT/6pm ET Evan Clark – SSA alumnus and Executive Director of Atheists United – will bring his years of expertise to give your chapter the tools to grow and successfully provide a home for non-religious students on your campus. Prepare for engaging, creative online workshops on all the nuts-and-bolts skills you need to build…

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…

3pm PT/6pm ET Evan Clark – SSA alumnus and Executive Director of Atheists United – will bring his years of expertise to give your chapter the tools to grow and successfully provide a home for non-religious students on your campus. Prepare for engaging, creative online workshops on all the nuts-and-bolts skills you need to build…

3pm PT/6pm ET SSA’s Media Training Series brings expertise from our media consultants to our chapters so we can be better advocates for secular values. We’ll cover media literacy, talking to reporters, getting your message out and writing op-eds. The series is open to all SSA student members & advisors.

3pm PT/6pm ET SSA’s Media Training Series brings expertise from our media consultants to our chapters so we can be better advocates for secular values. We’ll cover media literacy, talking to reporters, getting your message out and writing op-eds. The series is open to all SSA student members & advisors.

Our monthly national member meeting is a place to build community among secular students across the country. At these meetings you will grow your leadership skills, connect with other secular students, engage with leaders of the secular community and stay up to date on SSA resources and events. Meetings are open to current, prospective, and…

3pm PT/6pm ET SSA’s Media Training Series brings expertise from our media consultants to our chapters so we can be better advocates for secular values. We’ll cover media literacy, talking to reporters, getting your message out and writing op-eds. The series is open to all SSA student members & advisors.