The American Humanist Association (AHA) is a non-profit organization in the United States that advances secular humanism.

[3] The American Humanist Association was founded in 1941 and currently provides legal assistance to defend the constitutional rights of secular and religious minorities,[4] lobbies Congress on church-state separation and other issues,[5] and maintains a grassroots network of 250 local affiliates and chapters that engage in social activism and community-building events.

[6] The AHA has several publications, including The Humanist, Free Mind, peer-reviewed semi-annual scholastic journal Essays in the Philosophy of Humanism, and TheHumanist.com.

The AHA was originally headquartered in Yellow Springs, Ohio, then San Francisco, California, and, in 1978, Amherst, New York.

Around the same time, the AHA partnered with the American Ethical Union (AEU) to help establish the rights of non-theistic conscientious objectors to the Vietnam War.

[13] After this transfer, the AHA commenced the process of jettisoning its religious tax exemption and resumed its exclusively educational status.

Today the AHA is recognized by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service as a nonprofit, tax exempt, 501(c)(3), publicly supported educational organization.

[17] As stated on its website, the "refinement in vision" emphasized "FHA's more active partnership with outreach programs and social justice campaigns with distinctly inclusive feminist objectives.

"[21] Its current goal is to provide a "movement powered by and for women, transpeople, and genderqueer people to fight for social justice.

The alliance "seeks to cultivate safe and affirming communities, promote humanist values, and achieve full equality and social liberation of LGBTQ persons.

AHA's Executive Director Roy Speckhardt commented that, "This merger is a positive move that will grow the relief efforts of the humanist community.

The end result will be more money directed to charitable activities, dispelling the false claim that nonbelievers don't give to charity.

The Disaster Recovery program is sustained through the ongoing partnership between FBB and AHA, and ensures that our community's efforts are centralized and efficient.

[46] The campaign included bus advertising in Washington, DC, a billboard in Moscow, Idaho, and online ads on the family of websites run by Cheezburger and Pandora Radio, as well as Facebook, Reddit, Google, and YouTube.

[52] Additionally, many individuals affiliated with these atheistic groups choose to protest the official National Day of Prayer.

[53] In 2012, the American Humanist Association co-sponsored the Reason Rally, a national gathering of "humanists, atheists, freethinkers and nonbelievers from across the United States and abroad" in Washington, D.C.[54] The rally, held on the National Mall, had speakers such as Richard Dawkins, James Randi, Adam Savage, and student activist Jessica Ahlqvist.

[citation needed] In 2021, Richard Dawkins said on Twitter that "In 2015, Rachel Dolezal, a white chapter president of NAACP, was vilified for identifying as Black.