It is with mixed feelings that I have to tell you that I have decided to resign.

Regular readers will know that, during my Presidency, we’ve achieved worthy campaigns in several countries where, previously, we had little or no presence. We also have a growing list of affiliated organizations, more individual members and an improved funding stream. We now employ an Executive Director to manage our expanding day to day business of combating the attempts of the religious to assert their ‘godly’ control over the non-believing population.

I’m particularly proud of the fact that we are taking a State Governor to Nigeria’s Higher Court for the unconstitutional allocation of public funds to a religious purpose and that we are putting a proposal for consultation to the United Nations for a Right to be Secular Bill. Global attention-grabbing campaigns like these are long term ventures with their own dedicated leadership on our Board and will not be affected by my departure.

All in all, I’m confident that we are now back on a very sound footing with a well-planned strategy for continuing our mission to promote secularism and normalize atheism.

However, it has been an eventful and strenuous three years reviving AAI; indeed, it has become increasingly demanding as our organization has grown so, quite frankly, I need a rest!

I shall miss those convivial times we had in face to face meetings around meal tables, but I’m comforted by the knowledge that I leave AAI in good shape with a talented team well capable of continuing the progress towards our vision of a secular world.

President Gail Miller
president@atheistalliance.org