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Issue 13 | October 11, 2019

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Hello

david P. silverman appointed

aai executive director

The AAI board has appointed our first Executive Director!

It’s firebrand atheist David P. Silverman!

David is appointed today, October 11 as AAI's Executive Director. I will interview David in the first AAI Podcast on the AAI Youtube channel in the next few days.

David will report to AAI President, Gail Miller. He will oversee campaigns and assume responsibility for growing AAI so the organization can do more to make the world a safer place for atheists.

David has 22 years’ experience as an atheist activist. He was awarded the Richard Dawkins Award in 2017 and created the phenomenally successful Reason Rally—the 2012 rally was the biggest gathering of atheists in world history. He is the author of Fighting God.

David has appeared on many U.S. TV shows, including The O’Reilly Factor when Bill O'Reilly famously explained God must exist because He makes the tides go in and out! David has debated leading religious apologists and has appeared in two Oxford Union debates.

Click below to find out more about David's appointment.

--John Richards, Publications Director
Email: secularworld@atheistalliance.org

president's message

A VERY WARM WELCOME DAVID!

David is a well-known public atheist, a powerful leader and a compelling public speaker. He has proven management and organizational skills including leadership of national & local organizations in the U.S. He is a personality who makes things happen.

He will grow public awareness of AAI and our campaigns, he will help the board develop strategy and he will help manage campaigns to ensure they deliver for atheists everywhere.

I’m thrilled to have him on the team.

-- Gail Miller, President

A message from our

executive director

LET'S GET STARTED!

I’m honored and humbled to have been selected to lead the wonderful activists of Atheist Alliance International. There is so much work to be done and so many lives that can be dramatically improved through the programs at AAI! I can’t wait to get started making the world a better place for atheists and the people who love them.

I am also thrilled that my new team includes amazing activists who are joining the AAI team with me:

Bridget Gaudette: Former Executive Director of Humanists of Florida and co-founder of Secular Woman.
Shirley Rivera: Former Puerto Rico State Director at American Atheists.
Thomas Sheedy: Former President of Long Island Secular Humanists.
Rosi Guastella: Former Vice President of Atheist Alliance of America.

The world lacks and needs an international Firebrand Atheist organization, speaking for atheists and against religious tyranny on a global level. The newly revamped Atheist Alliance International will take on that role with pride and gusto. It’s time to save the world from religion.

-- David P. Silverman, Executive Director

campaigns

The right to be secular

AAI’s Secretary has been in Geneva attending the UNHCR to promote our Right to be Secular campaign and talking to officials about the treatment of atheist refugees.

Secretary Dr. Howard Burman says, “Atheist Alliance International continues to monitor the work of the United Nations Refugee Agency as they deal with secular refugees. We are committed to helping those non-believers who feel they are not being treated in a manner similar to religious refugees. We receive regular complaints from refugees who feel they are being slighted or completely ignored by the UN. We will continue to address the UN when these cases come to our attention.”

Howard is pictured below standing next to the UN flag.

If you have not signed the Right to be Secular petition, please take a moment to do so, this is very important at this stage of the campaign. You can sign it here.

If you are a member of a secular organization, please download the Right to be Secular ENDORSED logo (pictured below) and display it on your Facebook Page, website and newsletter. Click below for more info.

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suing a state governor in nigeria

It's alway nice to know that our work is appreciated. Here is a letter we received recently from the Atheist Society of Nigeria thanking us for the support we gave them in suing the State Governor of Akwa Ibom State.

How did we help? We helped plan the campaign, provided project management support, gave media coaching and we assisted with writing press releases and other communications. We also funded legal costs and traveling expenses for ASN board members when flying from Lagos to Uyo to appear in court.

We lost the first round, which was not unexpected, but we can appeal to a second-level court and ultimately to the Supreme Court of Nigeria. We are working with our lawyers now and will decide what we will do in the next few days.

I can't preempt our decision but I can say, this is an important test case that could change the way states involve themselves in religious affairs across the entire country.

--Bill Flavell, Vice President

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Earlier in the year, we launched a competition for our supporters to come up with original atheist slogans. We pared down hundreds of entries to the very best three: One Winner and Two Runners-up.

Now we have created beautiful T-shirts sporting these slogans. Click below to view the T’s and a range of other atheist merchandise. Buy some for yourself, and remember, they make great gifts for your secular friends.

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