The Secular Student Alliance (SSA) was organized under the nonprofit corporation laws of the State of Ohio on November 21, 2001. The corporation's principal office is located in Columbus, Ohio.
The Secular Student Alliance is an independent, democratically structured organization in the U.S. that aims to serve the needs of freethinking high school and college students. The SSA was formed "to organize, unite, educate and serve students and student communities that promote the ideals of scientific and critical inquiry, democracy, secularism, and human based ethics".
The Secular Student Alliance is an educational nonprofit organization whose purpose is to educate high school and college students about the value of scientific reason and the intellectual basis of secularism in its atheistic and humanistic manifestations. The SSA also offers these students and their organizations a variety of resources, including but not limited to leadership training and support, guest speakers, discounted literature and conference tickets, and thought provoking online articles and opinions.
As of January 2012, the SSA has over 312 affiliates in North America and abroad, including groups in Africa, Europe, Asia and Australia.
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