Kelley is a recent graduate of the University of South Carolina. She is a former president of the Secular Student Alliance at the University of South Carolina and a former intern for both SSA and Foundation Beyond Belief. Kelley is also a board member for both Camp Quest South Carolina and the Carolinas Secular Association, a Volunteer Network Coordinator for the southeastern region for the SSA, runs a vlog series called Secular Start Up, sometimes does stand up comedy and can crochet like a fiend. She's on her way to becoming a Jane of All Trades. Follow her on twitter @ramenneedles
There’s a new Secular Student Alliance affiliate starting at Auburn University — Montgomery and, like many new affiliates, they’re having some problems keeping flyers up. Sometimes they come down entirely. Other times, people just add their own commentary: Secretary Shane Williamson videotaped some of the carnage in one of the buildings on campus: Do you have any suggestions on what they could do to keep flyers up in the halls? On the brighter side, at least they seem to be… Read more
After the upheaval in the Muslim world over the (terribly put together) “Innocence of Muslims” video, it looks like there will be a strong push in the United Nations to criminalize blasphemy (in case you didn’t have enough of a reason to celebrate for International Blasphemy Rights’ Day next Sunday). Protesters have ignored the United States government’s denunciation of the video and Pakistan actually declared Friday as the “Day of Love” for the Prophet Muhammad. Certain Muslim leaders are now pushing… Read more
Voting starts today for the Chase Community Giving Program. What is that, exactly? It’s a giving program that gives out five million dollars in grants to different non-profit organizations based on how many votes they have — you get to choose what you think are the worthiest causes to donate to. They make sure that all the charities are eligible nominees before voting starts. Voting runs until September 19th. After that, grants will be awarded by Chase in the following manner:… Read more
Normally I do my best to ignore what is going on in the world of Clemson University athletics at least until November (go Gamecocks!), but this article managed to catch my eye yesterday. One of their football players, junior DeAndre Hopkins, was baptized in front of his teammates recently after practice. Their wide receivers’ coach and recruiting coordinator, Jeff Scott, tweeted this picture of the event: Everyone in the photo, including Hopkins, appears to still be in uniform. The article mentions that this… Read more
Max Nielson has made sure that the lawsuit he’s filed against Lexington/Richland School District 5 will live on even though he graduated at the end of May. He now has two co-plaintiffs who have signed on (PDF): Dakota McMillan (class of 2014) and Jacob Zupan (class of 2013). Both “reasonably anticipate constitutional injury” similar to Nielson’s due to prayer at their upcoming graduations. That means that, despite Max graduating, the lawsuit will still be able to move forward. Hooray! (It’s also proof… Read more
