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…