The Stiefel Freethought Foundation was the primary sponsor of the Consider Humanism campaign with a $150,000 donation. Another $50,000 was raised from supporters of the American Humanist Association for the launch of this campaign, bringing the total ad buy to $200,000 so far.You can read more in the press release, watch the AHA's videos on vimeo, by visiting http://www.considerhumanism.org and by clicking the images below for higher resolution PDFs.
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Consider Humanism
Tuesday, November 9, 2010 at 8:31 PM
Labels: complimentary and alternative medicine, ethics, humanism
Labels: complimentary and alternative medicine, ethics, humanism
The American Humanist Association has launched a huge ad campaign today, which "will include a spot on NBC Dateline on Friday, November 12, as well as other television ads." Fund raising for the campaign is ongoing, and is up to $200K as of today.
Secular Student Alliance 2010 Annual Conference
A few thoughts from the 2010 Secular Student Alliance (SSA) annual conference that took place this weekend in Columbus, OH. All in all, a great conference from a top notch organization - one you should definitely have on your radar!
I first found out about the SSA last summer, when my wife and I joined 300+ attendees of the 2009 annual conference (including PZ Myers) on a tour of the Creation "Museum" in Kentucky (photos and commentary from that trip are in this series of posts). Though I couldn't make the actual conference last year, I was impressed with the organization and the work they do to meet the needs of Freethought, Rational Inquiry, Atheist, and Humanist student groups nationwide. This year, I decided to give up a few hours of thesis work and head to the conference -- here's a quick overview.
First, they had a great line up of speakers including well known bloggers like keynote speaker Greta Christina and the Friendly Atheist, Hemant Mehta. Also on the program were various student leaders from across the U.S. sharing lessons learned from successfully starting and growing their organizations. You can learn more about the speakers from the conference website (plus a few minutes chasing down names on the web). You can read more about the SSA, what they do, and check out their resources for students and for educators through the SSA website. Also, check out the SSA's Facebook Page, and look for videos of the talks and other conference events on the SSA's YouTube channel.
First, they had a great line up of speakers including well known bloggers like keynote speaker Greta Christina and the Friendly Atheist, Hemant Mehta. Also on the program were various student leaders from across the U.S. sharing lessons learned from successfully starting and growing their organizations. You can learn more about the speakers from the conference website (plus a few minutes chasing down names on the web). You can read more about the SSA, what they do, and check out their resources for students and for educators through the SSA website. Also, check out the SSA's Facebook Page, and look for videos of the talks and other conference events on the SSA's YouTube channel.
What is the Secular Student Alliance (SSA)?
According to the "About" page on their website the purpose of the SSA is
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