About AHA

The Atheists, Humanists, & Agnostics at UW-Madison is a registered student organization at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Our members are undergraduate students, grad students, and anyone else that happens to walk through the door. We meet every week during the academic year to discuss issues relevant to non-religious people, plan events, and socialize.

AHA's purpose is:

• To create a community for humanist, irreligious or skeptical students and others interested in discussing secularist issues
• To foster dialog on campus about truth, ethics and public policy
• To defend First Amendment rights to free exercise of religion and the separation of church and state.

AHA is really cool because it has a constitution.

Many organizations (particularly those that are faith-based) have rules about who can be a member and who can join. AHA does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, sexual orientation, political affiliation, or religious persuasion. There's no statement of faith or oath to be sworn to anyone or anything, but we might ask your name if you come to one of our meetings!

AHA is affiliated with a number of groups. Some of these groups have their own rules about membership, such as non-discrimination, and economic neutrality. AHA follows these guidelines where applicable.

These are the groups that AHA is affiliated with:
Secular Student Alliance - and their Misson and Minimum Statements. RichardDawkins.net - listed as a Local Freethought Group.

AHA also supports the efforts of the following groups:

• Center for Inquiry
• Americans United for the Separation of Church and State
• Richard Dawkins Foundation - a new secular charity - Mission Statement
• Freedom From Religion Foundation - based here in Madison!
• Secular Coalition for America