Find Like-Minded Orgs

Detroit is just one of many Sunday Assemblies around the globe! If you aren’t living in Detroit or are traveling around, be sure to see if there is a chapter near you that you can be a part of or visit.

To learn more, visit: https://www.sundayassembly.org/

The CHJ is the founding congregation of the movement for Secular Humanistic Judaism. Through celebration, education, mutual support, and community action they provide experiences and activities that are consistent with the non-theistic philosophy of the Secular Humanistic Jewish movement. They are a welcoming, inclusive and intellectually inspiring community for people seeking such expressions of Jewish identity and culture.

They also kindly host SA Detroit every month for our monthly Assemblies.

To learn about the organization visit: https://www.chj-detroit.org/

MI Humanists is a new group organized by founding members and past leaders of the West Michigan Freethought Association and Center For Inquiry Michigan. They invite you to join them in advancing and supporting Michigan’s secular community.

To learn more visit: https://www.michiganhumanists.org/

BN is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to providing an informative, caring, festive and friendly community. They connect with other Blacks (and allies) who are living free of religion and irrational beliefs who might otherwise be shunned by family and friends. Instead of accepting dogma, they determine truth and morality through reason and evidence.

To learn about upcoming events visit: https://www.meetup.com/black-nonbelievers-of-metro-detroit/

To learn about the national organization visit: https://blacknonbelievers.org/

The mission of SAM is to support and cultivate organizations serving Michigan residents with a naturalistic worldview, establish social, civic, and charitable support networks for secular people, advance evidence-based laws and secular morality, promote a naturalistic worldview, partner with religious institutions for shared goals, and engage in community outreach efforts.

To learn more visit: https://secularalliance.org/

Michigan Skeptics is a gathering place for critical thinkers, Humanists and skeptics to discuss, debate and to meet casually. They meet in Southeast Michigan monthly. They welcome discussion and debate from all points of view that ban be presented with proper evidence. They feel that greater knowledge is attained and shared in that manner.

To learn more, visit: https://www.meetup.com/miskeptics/

National Orgs

The American Humanist Association was founded in 1941 and currently provides legal assistance to defend the constitutional rights of secular and religious minorities, lobbies Congress on church-state separation and other issues, and maintains a grassroots network of 250 local affiliates and chapters that engage in social activism and community-building events.

Sunday Assembly Detroit is officially an affiliate of AHA!

To learn more, visit: https://americanhumanist.org/

Like Sunday Assembly, Oasis is a place for the non-religious to come together and celebrate the human experience.

They understand that vibrant communities are central to human happiness and well-being. Oasis provides a place for like-minded individuals and families to connect, be inspired and feel empowered. Evert Sunday morning, they offer the chance to get together to discuss real-world principles supported by evidence and free-thought.

To learn more, visit: https://www.oasisnetwork.com/

The American Ethical Union creates, nurtures, and inspires ethical humanist communities to foster a world that is democratic, compassionate, just, and sustainable.

Ethical Humanism/Ethical Culture is a humanist Movement focusing on human goodness and building ethical relationships with each other and the Earth. As a non-theistic organization we do not concern ourselves with the existence or non-existence of a deity but instead embrace the diversity of our membership.

To learn more, visit: https://aeu.org/

The Secular Student Alliance is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and the only national organization dedicated to atheist, humanist, and other non-theist students.

he Secular Student Alliance empowers secular students to proudly express their identity, build welcoming communities, promote secular values, and set a course for lifelong activism.

To learn more, visit: https://secularstudents.org/

The Center For Inquiry (CFI) is a 501(c)(3) charitable nonprofit organization dedicated to defending science and critical thinking in examining religion. CFI’s vision is a worls in which evidence, science, and compassion – rather than superstition, pseudoscience, or prejudice – guide public policy

They have many resources on their website found below: https://centerforinquiry.org/

The Freedom From Religion Foundation works as an umbrella for those who are free from religion and are committed to the cherished principle of separation of state and church. As FFRF’s principal founder Anne Gaylor noted, “To be free from religion is an advantage for individuals; it is a necessity for government.”

The purposes of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc. are to promote the constitutional principle of separation of state and church, and to educate the public on matters relating to nontheism.

To learn more, visit: https://ffrf.org/

Since 1963, American Atheists has been the premier organization fighting for the civil liberties of atheists and the total, absolute separation of government and religion. American Atheists was born out of a court case begun in 1959 by the Murray family which challenged prayer recitation in the public schools.

American Atheists is dedicated to advancing the civil rights of atheists, promoting separation of religion from government, and providing information about atheism. Over the last fifty years, American Atheists has fought to defend the separation of religion from government with legal actions, lobbying the federal and state government, and engaging in protests and other public actions to ensure that the rights of atheists are protected.

To learn more, visit: https://www.atheists.org/