New Orleans Secular Humanist Association (NOSHA)

Meet other atheists, freethinkers, secular humanists and non-believers in the greater New Orleans area. Meetings and events are free and open to the public. Our annual membership is $25 for an individual and $40 for a household (2 or more) which helps us to keep activities ongoing in the New Orleans area. All donations are…

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New teams join Volunteers Beyond Belief

Volunteers Beyond BeliefThis November, as the Volunteers Beyond Belief program enters its second year, the next incarnation of the program begins to take shape with the addition of five new teams. We are proud to introduce three of our new teams, two of which move VBB into new communities—New Orleans and Sioux Falls, SD. The third new team is our second in North Carolina and first team with a U.S. military influence. These three new teams bring along with them an experienced volunteer crew of 700 members and join an already strong 2,000 volunteers across the country.

We look forward to the new additions spreading the values and positivity of secular humanism and joining the many Volunteers Beyond Belief teams already doing good in their community.

Welcome to these new VBB teams:
 
Siouxland FreethinkersSiouxland Freethinkers is a community of freethinkers, atheists, agnostics, humanists, and skeptics. We encourage and support critical thinking skills and science-based methods of inquiry, unfettered by supernatural beliefs or dogma. We also support our secular form of government as a necessary condition for the interdependent rights of freedom of religion and freedom from religion. We conduct a variety of formal meetings, outreach, and social gatherings to foster relationships with like-minded people. SLFT also puts a special emphasis on volunteer and philanthropic events, striving to give back to our community and put a positive face on atheism and skepticism.

NOSHAThe New Orleans Secular Humanist Association (NOSHA)/NOSHA Social Aid and Pleasure Club
is a new volunteer initiative to support local charities and service organizations in the greater New Orleans area. The effort aims to increase the visibility of secular humanists in our community and exemplify how to “do good without gods.” Recent volunteer activities include working with the Save Our Cemeteries historic preservation society to restore the tomb of local historic figure Marie Laveau, staffing the local LGBT pride festival, and participating in the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Light the Night Walk as part of the Foundation Beyond Belief team.

M*A*S*H Fort BraggM*A*S*H–Fort Bragg is an apolitical social organization for atheists, agnostics, secular humanist, and freethinkers in the Fort Bragg/Fayetteville, NC, area that is open to military members, veterans, and civilians. We are building an inclusive, nontheist community to end the isolation many nontheists experience. We promote the rights of our military personnel to exercise the freedom from religion that they defend, striving to foster a positive view of atheists in our community. The goals of MASH include:

  • To serve the vastly underrepresented nontheist military population on post. Additionally, we aim to be officially recognized and listed on the Fort Bragg Chaplain’s schedule of services that currently caters to Christians, Muslims, Buddhists, and even Pagans.
  • Provide a safe and fun environment for community-oriented meetings, such as Book Club, Game/Movie Night, 5K Fun Runs, Family Activities, and other social gatherings.
  • Encourage the building of a strong activist framework to work together toward the various issues that face being a nonbeliever in the military, or in a military town. Together we can really make a difference. We can coordinate and network to effect a real change.
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May Beyond Belief Network Roundup!

We just finished rounding up reports from BBN volunteer teams for the month of May — including what teams reported for Secular Week of Action! Let’s check it out…

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Monthly BBN Roundup

Foundation Beyond Belief’s Beyond Belief Network is a network of secular humanist groups volunteering in their communities and raising money for FBB’s featured charities and programs. Any group with a public secular humanist or atheist identity is welcome to join, regardless of experience or group size. Let’s check in and see what the Beyond Belief Network Teams are…

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October Beyond Belief Network Roundup (Plus Team and Photo of the Month)!

As the weather cools down, Beyond Belief Network teams are heating things up! We just finished compiling October’s volunteer reports. We’re pleased to say that teams are continuing to build momentum as they learn how to adapt to the global pandemic. Please join us celebrating what they did for their communities last month.

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September Beyond Belief Network Roundup!

Fall is the new spring for the Beyond Belief Network! After a pandemic-colored summer which forced many volunteer teams to lay low and retool their programs, we’re pleased to report September was a big month for teams poking their heads back out. Please join us in welcoming back several dedicated teams as we celebrate what…

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November BBN roundup

We’re thankful for our Beyond Belief Network Teams and the work they do in their local communities! Let's see what everyone got up to during gratitude month.

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October BBN roundup

October may be a very spooky month, but BBN teams ain't afraid of no service! Pikes Peak Atheists & Pikes Peak Atheist Families in Colorado Springs, Colorado participated in Creek Week, the largest Waterway cleanup event in Colorado. PPA had thirteen volunteers who cleaned trash and debris from a one mile stretch of their adopted…

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September BBN roundup

Autumn has begun, and you're gonna "fall" for what our BBN teams have been up to! The Atheist Community of Polk County, in Polk County, Florida held their biweekly cleanups of their adopted stretch of highway this month. At the second cleanup, the deep ditches along the roadway finally dried out and the team was…

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