To: AAI Affiliates

Campaign bids for 2020

Dear  
We are at that time of year when we need to put in place a program of work for 2020. Each year, we do our best to to allocate resources where it will have the most impact to help atheists, atheism and our affiliates.

We start our program planning by getting a long list of all the campaigns that board members and affiliates would like to see us work on during next year. A campaign can be anything you would like to do during 2020 to help atheists or atheism in your country, or to fight against a religious abuse of power.

We will collate all campaign proposals and evaluate them according to the benefits to atheists, to atheism and to your organization. We also take account of the risk (the likelihood that the campaign's objectives will be achieved) and the investment required.

AAI can help with your campaigns in various ways. For example, we can share experiences of other affiliates who have run similar campaigns in the past, we can provide an experienced board member to sit on your project board, we can give a wide range of advice, from media relations to security, we can publicize your campaign on our website, we can appeal for donations for you, and we can make a donation.

To give you just two examples:

Last year we supported our affiliate in Nigeria suing a state governor for using public funds to build a worship center.

We also supported our Greek affiliate in two campaigns that resulted in stopping the recording of religion in public schools and in a favourable judgement by the European Court of Human Rights.

I do urge you to give this some thought. If you miss the program planning phase that happens from now until the end of December 2019, it will be difficult for us to help you during 2020 as most of our resources are allocated during December each year.

To get involved, please discuss campaign opportunities with your team and complete the Attached AAI Outline Campaign Proposal form for each campaign (you can propose as many campaigns as you like).

Return the forms to me at:  campaigns.director@atheistalliance.org.

If you find difficulties completing the form, contact me and I will be more than happy to assist you.

You can submit proposals even if you pay no affiliate fees to AAI. However, if one of your proposals is successful, you would need to upgrade your membership to at least the $50 pa level in order to receive funds from us.

I will need to receive your proposals by 4 December AT THE LATEST to have them evaluated by our planning committee.

Campaigns are how we make a difference—let's work together to make the world a little bit better in 2020.

I am looking forward to hearing from you.

Best regards,

Fotis Frangopoulos

CAMPAIGNS DIRECTOR