]> Atheist Alliance -- News http://www.atheistalliance.org/ AAI is an international organization of religion-free groups and individuals. Its primary goals are to help atheistic societies establish, grow and work in coalition with like-minded groups to advance rational thinking through educational processes. Atheist Alliance -- News http://www.atheistalliance.org/images/aai_logos/AAI_rss-88x31.gif http://www.atheistalliance.org/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss en-us Nigerian Humanist Movement receives the 2008 Community Cooperation Award. http://atheistalliance.org/library/news_120708.php The Nigerian Humanist Movement was the winner of the AAI 2008 Community Cooperation Award. The photo shows NHM members in Owerri being presented with the Plaque.... 2008-12-07T12:00:00Z Atheist Alliance Int'l Welcomes Stuart Bechman As New President http://atheistalliance.org/library/news_100608.php Stuart Bechman, president of Atheists United of Los Angeles, California, was unanimously elected as the next president of the Atheist Alliance International at the annual board meeting held on Friday, September 26, 2008 in Long Beach, California. His term begins immediately... 2008-10-06T12:00:00Z 2008 AAI Convention Internet Streaming http://atheistalliance.org/library/news_082308.php AAI is offering live Internet streaming video of the 2008 AAI "Unsinkable Atheism" convention.... 2008-08-23T12:00:00Z Atheist Alliance International (AAI) is pleased to announce that the 2008 Community Cooperation Award has increased!! http://atheistalliance.org/library/news_081408.php The Community Cooperation Award (CCA) will increase to a first prize of $600 and a runner-up prize of $300...deadline August 31, 2008 2008-08-14T12:00:00Z National Day of Reason is May 1, 2008 http://atheistalliance.org/library/news_042608.php Affiliate groups of the Atheist Alliance International (AAI) will be organizing blood drives the first week in May to commemorate the annual National Day of Reason, held on the first Thursday of May each year.... 2008-04-26T12:00:00Z The Golden Compass Points in the Correct Direction http://atheistalliance.org/library/news_112807.php Atheist Alliance International battles church censorship of ground breaking movie.... 2007-11-28T12:00:00Z 2007 Crystal Clear Atheism DVD collection Now Available http://atheistalliance.org/library/news_111907.php AAI is pleased to offer for sale a beautiful 2007 Crystal Clear Atheism DVD collection. The full set consists of eight individual DVDs which include workshop presentations and a convention highlights disk. Those additional disks can NOT BE FOUND ANYWHERE OTHER than through this exclusive AAI offer! The DVD collection is presented in a keepsake binder with original Gary Smith artwork on the cover. The cost of the full eight DVD set is $80.... 2007-11-19T12:00:00Z AAI 2007 Convention Collectibles http://atheistalliance.org/library/news_110407.php Now Available! 2007 Convention Collectibles...including 12 page speakers booklet, and an original Gary Smith cartoon (11" X 14") created to include caricatures of the honored speakers hosted by AAI at the 2007 Crystal Clear Atheism Convention. 2007-11-04T12:00:00Z AAI Website now available in multiple languages http://atheistalliance.org/library/news_103007.php The AAI website is now available in English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Chinese and Russian... 2007-10-30T12:00:00Z AAI 2007 Convention DVD's Available Soon http://atheistalliance.org/library/news_101907.php Atheist Alliance International's "Crystal Clear Atheism" 2007 Convention DVDs coming soon! Please visit this site in November 2007 to find ordering information for DVDs of individual presentations and/or an entire convention collection. Prices to be announced. 2007-10-19T12:00:00Z Video stream purchase deadline extrended http://atheistalliance.org/library/news_092407.php Video stream purchase deadline extrended for 2007 AAI convention. 2007-09-24T12:00:00Z 2007 AAI Convention - Video feed/book sales http://atheistalliance.org/library/news_090307.php The Atheist Alliance International's "Crystal Clear Atheism" 2007 convention is completely sold out. However, AAI is pleased to offer the opportunity to view all or part of the convention as a live Internet video stream. 2007-09-03T12:00:00Z Atheism Made "Crystal Clear" - 2007 AAI Convention http://atheistalliance.org/library/news_082007.php 2007 Atheist Alliance International Convention tackles the social and political issues surrounding the nontheist community. 2007-08-20T12:00:00Z Colorado group releases video about atheism directed at students http://atheistalliance.org/library/news_070807.php The Last Presentation is a 38-minute educational video that targets social science classes in diversity, sociology, and comparative religion...The video depicts a presenter addressing a comparative religion class of 35 students. She gives an atheist's point of view and answers questions from students... 2007-07-08T12:00:00Z The Colors of a Tragedy - Virgina Tech http://atheistalliance.org/library/news_042007.php To enable the atheist community to communicate and grieve together following the Virginia Tech tragedy, AAI has partnered with the Godless Grief website and discussion group. The Internet has become the place for the atheist community to meet, share sorrows and help each other through difficult times, the Godless Grief website provides a much needed link where atheists can communicate with others in times of need. 2007-04-20T12:00:00Z Margaret Downey appears on Dogma Free America podcast. http://atheistalliance.org/library/news_021707.php Margaret Downey's February 15, 2007 radio interview with Dogma Free America is available... 2007-02-17T12:00:00Z AAI 2007 Convention http://atheistalliance.org/library/news_102106.php Please mark your calendars now and plan to attend the AAI 2007 Convention which will take place on the east coast. Pre-convention activities will start on Thursday, September 27. The convention will end the afternoon of Sunday, September 30, 2007.... 2006-10-22T12:00:00Z Atheist Alliance International Elects New President http://atheistalliance.org/library/news_082806.php Atheist Alliance International (AAI), which has forty-four member societies in the United States and ten in other countries, announced on August 27, 2006 that its board has unanimously elected a new president, Margaret Downey, from Pocopson, Pennsylvania. She replaces Bobbie Kirkhart, who had served as president since 2002... 2006-08-28T12:00:00Z Sacramento's AOF Wins AAI's Community Cooperation Award! http://atheistalliance.org/library/news_082706.php AAI had a number of well-qualified entries for its 2006 award, the first ever given by the Alliance. Based on the group's activities during 2005, Atheists and Other Freethinkers of Sacramento (www.aofonline.org) was selected by the Awards Committee as having had a most impressive list of achievements accomplishments for the year... 2006-08-27T12:00:00Z Atheist, Student Groups Head to the Heartland http://atheistalliance.org/library/news_030106.php The nation's foremost monologist, the heartland's most controversial professor, Washington's only registered lobbyist for atheism, and the United Nations' first atheist President of the Committee for Freedom of Religion and Belief will convene in Kansas City, Missouri, April 14-16 for the first-ever joint convention of the Atheist Alliance International and the Secular Student Alliance... 2006-03-01T12:00:00Z Atheist Alliance Decries Capitulation to Islamic Violence http://atheistalliance.org/library/news_020606.php Atheist Alliance International calls on all governments that claim to value freedom of expression to stand up to the bullying tactics of Islamic militants, who are wreaking havoc around the world in response to the printing, in privately-run periodicals, of editorial cartoons depicting Mohammed... 2006-02-06T12:00:00Z Nigerian Humanist Movement Opposes Government Move to Ban Same-Sex Marriages http://atheistalliance.org/library/news_012806.php The Federal Executive Council approved a bill that prohibits same-sex marriages and relationships. The bill provides for a prison term of five years with no option of fine for anyone who contracts or has relationship with a person of the same sex... 2006-01-28T12:00:00Z AAI Community Cooperation Award http://atheistalliance.org/community/index.php See how your group could win $500... 2006-01-05T12:00:00Z AAI Regrets University of Kansas Decision http://atheistalliance.org/library/news_120305.php The Atheist Alliance International regrets the cancellation of the religious studies course originally titled "Intelligent Design, Creationism and Other Religious Mythologies"... 2005-12-03T12:00:00Z The Atheist Alliance 2005 Convention is now available on DVD! http://atheistalliance.org/conventions/2005/DVD/ If you missed the 2005 convention, or you are considering to attend the 2006 convention, but first want to know what it's like, then get the DVD... 2005-12-02T12:00:00Z Atheist Group Salutes Ruling as Upholding American Values http://atheistalliance.org/library/news_091505.php The Atheist Alliance International celebrates U.S. District Judge Lawrence Karlton's decision, which prohibits school districts from coercing children to recite the religious oath... 2005-09-15T12:00:00Z