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What Makes Us Different
Atheist Alliance International has been serving the atheist community since 1991. We are the only specifically atheist organization to hold Special Consultative status at the United Nations Human Rights Council. The charity rating service GuideStar awarded AAI a Gold Rating “demonstrating our commitment to transparency.” The values we hold dear make us what we are. Please watch the vid...
Free Mubarak Bala!
Mubarak Bala, President of the Humanist Association of Nigeria has been arrested on a charge of blasphemy. He was arrested in Kaduna on Tuesday and held overnight. Yesterday, he was taken to Kano State which has Shariah courts. Kano has a history of religious mob violence and that move directly puts Mubarak’s life in danger. Will the police be able to protect him from the mob? Will they try? In 20...
Secular World – February 2020
In this issue: Editorial President’s Letter How Do I Change My Mind About Homosexuality Sponsored Items Sartre, God and Freedom Poetry Page Applying Logic to the God Proposition Is Humanism Entirely Negative Atheist Moms Versus Religious Moms I Love It When… AAI’s Free-thinking Hero VIEW / DOWNLOAD
Atheist Day 2020
There are more non-religious people in the world than there are Hindus. Today in the USA you will find atheists among the ranks of elite scientists (93% of them are atheists according to a 1996 study by Edward J. Larson & Larry Witham), the rich and famous, and in every walk of life. Yet there are great swathes of the world where admitting you are an atheist could lead to social ostracism, los...
Farewells
Goodbyes are always sad affairs, and we have four to report on this occasion. Our Interim Executive Directors, Bridget Gaudette and Courtney Heard have left to form their own organization for helping atheists, and we wish them all the best and every success in their new venture. We extend our heartfelt thanks for the skills and creative ideas that they provided over the recent weeks. The nature of...
Atheist Alliance International Adopts New Bylaws
On February 3rd of this year, Atheist Alliance International’s new bylaws officially took effect. We are pleased to announce that these new bylaws were necessary to reflect our growth. We believe that Atheist Alliance International’s new bylaws will facilitate new growth heading into the future as well. A message from our President, Gail Miller: Today AAI has new bylaws that give the o...
With Just A Door, Windows and Some Concrete, This New Humanist Classroom Will Be Ready
Over the past month, we’ve been raising money for the Kasese Humanist School in Uganda. All in all, we’ve raised just over $2000 so far. For the students at Kasese, this is enough money to make a massive difference in their lives. Your selflessness has paid for the tuition for many of these eager learners. You’ve bought them textbooks and science equipment and ensured they get access to the medica...
AAI Appoints Interim Executive Directors
Atheist Alliance International is delighted to announce the appointment of Bridget Gaudette and Courtney Heard (Godless mom) as Interim Co-Executive Directors. AAI is currently searching for a permanent Executive Director and the Board wished the role to be filled on an interim basis. AAI President, Gail Miller, said, “I’m so pleased Bridget and Courtney have taken on this role—the coo...
Orphaned By Outdated, Religious Attitudes Towards HIV, These Kids Need Your Help
Believers who say that atheists cannot have morality have clearly never met Bwambale Robert. Robert is as selfless as they come. Being an atheist in Uganda isn’t comfortable, to begin with, considering the country is 99% religious. Add to that, though, the fact that Robert has taken responsibility for the education of over 650 students at a humanist school that he started, and you can see wh...
This Ugandan School Dares To Offer Humanist, Evidence-Based Curriculum – Here’s How You Can Help
Last year, a Ugandan minister sought to reexamine a 2014 bill that, had it passed, would have introduced the death penalty for same-sex relationships. A similar bill did pass back in 2014, making homosexuality illegal and punishable by up to life in prison. Around the time the government of Uganda was discussing changing the punishment from life in prison to the death penalty, 16 activists were ar...
AAI Executive Director Resigns
At a Board Meeting on Sunday, David P. Silverman resigned as Executive Director. Accepting his resignation, AAI President, Gail Miller, thanked David for the contribution he had made in reorganizing the AAI board and its operations. This, together with a successful year-end fund-raising drive, will leave the alliance in a stronger position to take its campaigns forward in 2020 than in previous yea...
This Giving Tuesday, Let’s Show How Generous Atheists Can Be
Giving Tuesday was started in 2012 to counter the spotlight that Black Friday and Cyber Monday put on human consumption and materialism. The intent behind it is to remind consumers that the holidays are also about giving and generosity. As volunteers and leaders in international secular nonprofits, we would like to take part in Giving Tuesday by highlighting the generosity of nonbelievers. That...