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Chapter 15: Resources This Is by No Means an Exhaustive List. It's Just Chapter 15: Resources This is by no means an exhaustive list. It's just meant to get you started. ORGANIZATIONS African Americans for Humanism Supports skeptics, doubters, humanists, and atheists in the African American community, provides forums for communication and education, and facilitates coordinated action to achieve shared objectives. <a href="http://aahumanism.net">aahumanism.net</a> American Atheists The premier organization laboring for the civil liberties of atheists and the total, absolute separation of government and religion. <a href="http://atheists.org">atheists.org</a> American Humanist Association Advocating progressive values and equality for humanists, atheists, and freethinkers. <a href="http://americanhumanist.org">americanhumanist.org</a> Americans United for Separation of Church and State A nonpartisan organization dedicated to preserving church-state separation to ensure religious freedom for all Americans. <a href="http://au.org">au.org</a> Atheist Alliance International A global federation of atheist and freethought groups and individuals, committed to educating its members and the public about atheism, secularism and related issues. <a href="http://atheistalliance.org">atheistalliance.org</a> Atheist Alliance of America The umbrella organization of atheist groups and individuals around the world committed to promoting and defending reason and the atheist worldview. <a href="http://atheistallianceamerica.org">atheistallianceamerica.org< /a> Atheist Ireland Building a rational, ethical and secular society free from superstition and supernaturalism. <a href="http://atheist.ie">atheist.ie</a> Black Atheists of America Dedicated to bridging the gap between atheism and the black community. <a href="http://blackatheistsofamerica.org">blackatheistsofamerica.org </a> The Brights' Net A bright is a person who has a naturalistic worldview. A bright's worldview is free of supernatural and mystical elements. The ethics and actions of a bright are based on a naturalistic worldview. <a href="http://the-brights.net">the-brights.net</a> Camp Quest Residential summer camps for the children of atheists, freethinkers, secular humanists, and humanists. <a href="http://campquest.org">campquest.org</a> Center for Inquiry Their mission is to foster a secular society based on science, reason, freedom of inquiry, and humanist values. They have many local branches with regular meetings. <a href="http://centerforinquiry.net">centerforinquiry.net</a> Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster A satirical church created to make fun of religion and point out the absurdity of teaching creationism in public schools. They hold that an invisible and undetectable Flying Spaghetti Monster created the universe after drinking heavily. Praise his Noodly Appendage! <a href="http://venganza.org">venganza.org</a> Committee for Skeptical Inquiry Their mission is to promote scientific inquiry, critical investigation, and the use of reason in examining controversial and extraordinary claims. <a href="http://csicop.org">csicop.org</a> Council for Secular Humanism Their mission is to advocate and defend a nonreligious lifestance rooted in science, naturalistic philosophy, and humanist ethics and to serve and support adherents of that lifestance. <a href="http://secularhumanism.org">secularhumanism.org</a> Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain Non-believers, atheists, and ex-Muslims, are establishing or joining the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain to insist that no one be pigeonholed as Muslims with culturally relative rights nor deemed to be represented by regressive Islamic organisations and "Muslim community leaders." <a href="http://ex-muslim.org.uk">ex-muslim.org.uk</a> Equal Rights Now - Organisation against Women's Discrimination in Iran Established to promote women's freedom, emancipation and equality between women and men in the social, economic and political arenas as well as to strive for an end to sexual discrimination. <a href="http://equalrightsnow-iran.com">equalrightsnow- iran.com</a> First Church of Liberty Anti-faith based ministry for people on their quest to understanding life, the universe and everything. <a href="http://churchofliberty.org">churchofliberty.org</a> Foundation Beyond Belief A charitable foundation created to focus, encourage and demonstrate humanist generosity and compassion. <a href="http://foundationbeyondbelief.org">foundationbeyondbelief. org</a> Freedom From Religion Foundation Works to educate the public on matters relating to nontheism, and to promote the constitutional principle of separation between church and state. The Foundation is the nation's largest association of freethinkers (atheists, agnostics and skeptics) with over 17,000 members. <a href="http://ffrf.org">ffrf.org</a> Freethought Kampala A club that seeks to encourage dialogue between freethinkers in the Kampala area, and promote reason, logic, science and critical thinking in this highly superstitious society. <a href="http://freethoughtkampala.wordpress.com">freethoughtkam pala.wordpress.com</a> The Freethought Society Committed to education, investigation, and understanding. <a href="http://ftsociety.org">ftsociety.org</a> Humanist Chaplaincy at Harvard Dedicated to building, educating, and nurturing a diverse community of Humanists, atheists, agnostics, and the nonreligious at Harvard and beyond. <a href="http://harvardhumanist.org">harvardhumanist.org</a> Humanist Community Project This initiative, from the Humanist Chaplaincy at Harvard, is an attempt to research and provide resources to Humanist, skeptic, atheist and nonreligious communities around the country so they can build, grow and improve their local efforts. <a href="http://humanistcommunityproject.org">humanistcommunity project.org</a> Humanist Association of Ireland Promote the ideals and values of Humanism: an ethical philosophy of life, based on a concern for humanity in general, and for human individuals in particular. <a href="http://humanism.ie">humanism.ie</a> Institute for Humanist Studies A humanist think tank committed to information and practices meant to address the socio-political, economic and cultural challenges facing communities within the United States and within a global context. <a href="http://humaniststudies.org">humaniststudies.org</a> International Committee Against Stoning Preventing the implementation of stoning sentences; fighting to abolish stoning. <a href="http://stopstonningnow.com">stopstonningnow.com</a> The James Randi Educational Foundation An educational resource on the paranormal, pseudoscientific, and the supernatural. Their mission is to promote critical thinking by reaching out to the public and media with reliable information about paranormal and supernatural ideas so widespread in our society today. <a href="http://randi.org">randi.org</a> Kasese United Humanist Association Promoting humanism and Free thought in communities around the country, with special reference to the Western Uganda region. <a href="http://kaseseunitedhumanist.webs.com">kaseseunitedhumani st.webs.com</a> Military Association of Atheists and Freethinkers Their mission is to provide a supportive community for nontheistic service members, to educate military leaders about nontheism, and to resolve insensitive practices that illegally promote religion or unethically discriminate against nontheism. <a href="http://militaryatheists.org">militaryatheists.org</a> Military Religious Freedom Foundation Dedicated to ensuring that all members of the United States Armed Forces fully receive the Constitutional guarantees of religious freedom to which they and all Americans are entitled by virtue of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. <a href="http://militaryreligiousfreedom.org">militaryreligiousfreedo m.org</a> National Secular Society Britain's only organisation working exclusively towards a secular society. Founded in 1866, they campaign from a non-religious perspective for the separation of religion and state and promote secularism as the best means to create a society in which people of all religions or none can live together fairly and cohesively. <a href="http://www.secularism.org.uk/">www.secularism.org.uk</a > Pakistani Atheists and Agnostics PAA is about rational thought, compassion, science, freedom, and education. They provide a forum for freethinkers in Pakistan to get together, share ideas and strive for common ambitions. <a href="http://e-paa.org">e-paa.org</a> Recovering From Religion If you are one of the many people who have determined that religion no longer has a place in their life, but are still dealing with the after- effects in some way or another, Recovering From Religion may be the right spot for you. <a href="http://recoveringfromreligion.org">recoveringfromreligion.or g </a> Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science Their mission is to support scientific education, critical thinking and evidence-based understanding of the natural world in the quest to overcome religious fundamentalism, superstition, intolerance and suffering. <a href="http://richarddawkinsfoundation.org">richarddawkinsfound ation.org</a> Secular Coalition for America The national lobby representing the interests of atheists, humanists, agnostics, freethinkers and other nontheistic Americans. <a href="http://secular.org">secular.org</a> Secular Organizations for Sobriety An alternative recovery method for those alcoholics or drug addicts who are uncomfortable with the spiritual content of widely available 12-Step programs. SOS takes a reasonable, secular approach
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