Welcome!

This website was created in an effort to bring politically and socially active atheists together in the Southwest United States. If you live within a 6-hour radius of Las Vegas, NV please join. Those outside the area who would like to share ideas for activism are also encouraged to join. This is a planning, then organizing, then accomplishing group. Travelling is not always required for participation. Much of our planning will be done via the website forum, free telephone conference calling, or email. If you’ve been looking for a group of like-minded activists to connect with and complete shared goals, this is for you.

Goals

• To bring atheist activists together to accomplish mutual goals
• To have an impact on local, regional and national politics
• To stand up and speak out against injustices and civil rights violations
• To take a stand against and work toward prohibition of childhood religious indoctrination
• To establish and amend group goals as determined by the group as a whole
• To connect with other like-minded people who share our concerns

Membership

Membership in S.W.A.A.N. is always free. While non-members are welcome to browse our news and other public areas, registered members will have access to the following benefits:

• Posting issues of concern
• Posting your current projects and seeing/joining others’ projects
• Reading and posting project success stories
• Submitting your favorite web links
• Accessing and posting calendar items
• Access to the forum
• Participation in conference calls

Why Join?

Imagine
by John Lennon

Imagine there’s no heaven
It’s easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today…

Imagine there’s no countries
It isn’t hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace…

You may say I’m a dreamer
But I’m not the only one
I hope someday you’ll join us
And the world will be as one

Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world…

You may say I’m a dreamer
But I’m not the only one
I hope someday you’ll join us
And the world will live as one

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