Member Organizations

The members of the Secular Coalition for America are national organizations cooperating within the Coalition for the greater good of all nontheistic citizens.

[Founding members in red]

American Atheists

American Atheists is the premier organization laboring for the civil liberties of Atheists and the total, absolute separation of government and religion.

American Ethical Union

The American Ethical Union is a humanistic religious and educational movement inspired by the ideal that the supreme aim of human life is working to create a more humane society.

American Humanist Association

The American Humanist Association is the nation's largest and oldest association serving individual humanists and local humanist societies, and publisher of The Humanist magazine.

Atheist Alliance International

The Atheist Alliance International is a democratic alliance of local and regional freethought groups, and publisher of Secular Nation magazine.

Camp Quest

Camp Quest is a network of residential secular summer camps for the children of freethinking parents.

Council for Secular Humanism

The Council for Secular Humanism supports a wide range of activities to meet the needs of people who find meaning and value in life without looking to a religion. Its activities range from magazine publishing (Free Inquiry) and campaigning on ethical issues to holding conferences and supporting a network of autonomous local groups.

Institute for Humanist Studies

The Institute for Humanist Studies, formerly the producer of Humanist Network News, manager of the Humanists.net web hosting program, and humanist lobby in New York, is now reorganizing as a humanist think tank.

Military Association of Atheists and Freethinkers

The Military Association of Atheists and Freethinkers is a community support network that connects military members from around the world with each other and with local organizations. In addition to community services, MAAF takes action to educate and train both the military and civilian community about nontheism in the military. Where necessary, MAAF identifies, examines, and responds to insensitive practices that illegally promote religion over non-religion within the military or unethically discriminate against minority religions or differing beliefs.

Secular Student Alliance

The Secular Student Alliance organizes, unites, educates, and serves students and student communities that promote the ideals of scientific and critical inquiry, democracy, secularism, and human based ethics.

Society for Humanistic Judaism

The Society for Humanistic Judaism offers a nontheistic alternative within Judaism. Embracing a human-centered philosophy of life that combines the celebration of Jewish culture and identity with an adherence to humanistic values and ideas, the Society organizes and supports inclusive, nurturing congregations and communities, creates celebrations for Shabbat, Jewish holidays and life cycles, publishes resources and educational materials, offers adult and children's programs in communities and on campuses (see http://www.hujews.org), and supports the training of rabbis and leaders for Humanistic communities.

Historical Note: In January 2009, the Internet Infidels, a founding organization, submitted a "friendly" resignation citing their Board's decision to focus exclusively on their primary mission as an Internet library. They continue to link to the Coalition on the front page of their heavily-trafficked Web site, and the Coalition remains indebted to the Infidels for donating our domain name, www.secular.org.