About Us

This is your chance to finally be heard. This is our chance to stand up, speak out, and be counted. We want to provide a platform for atheists around the globe to see that they are not alone. Atheists come in all shapes, sizes, ages, and backgrounds. The only thing that we all have in common is that we don’t see any credible evidence to believe  in a god. It’s ok to be an atheist, and we want the world to know.

WeAreAtheism.com will:

• Provide an outlet for atheists to feel comfortable to come out of the closet.
• Always let visitors know there are other people out there that are non-believers just like them.
• Help people find other atheists in their state, city, and even neighborhood.
• Give access to local, national, and international organizations to become involved in the secular community.
• Empower people to start their own organizations in areas that do not already have them.

We are not just here to let you watch movies; these are real people living real lives as atheists. We want
the world to know we exist and we will not be ignored. We will stand up, speak out, and be counted.

Who are the We Are Atheism Team?

Amanda Brown

Amanda Brown, Co-Founder of We Are Atheism

This entire idea and website was Amanda’s idea.  It dawned on her at the Secular Student Alliance Conference in 2011 that is was time to “Stand up, Speak out, and Be Counted” and she knew that there was this need for a place or website like this in the secular community after hearing Jessica Albeit’s plight in her community and feeling alone in her area.  So after talking to a lot of people at the conference about this idea she knew she had to find a way to make it a reality.  She came home and immediately went to work with Kyle and Adam to make this idea become a reality.  She knows this website and its resources will help build a united community that will be able to support each other.

Amanda is a 25-year-old Psychology major with an emphasis in human sexuality undergrad at the University of Kansas (KU). She is the Director of Recruitment for the student campus organization Society of Open-Minded Atheists and agnostics (SOMA) and the Director of Philanthropy for the Kansas City Atheist Coalition. She was also the co-researcher for the Sex and Secularism survey with Dr. Darrel Ray, author of “The God Virus”. She plans to use this research and her education in order to become a sex therapist who is centered on the atheist community and alternative lifestyles.

Amanda is more than just her involvement in the atheist movement. She has a 3-year-old daughter, Lily, who has been the biggest motivating factor in her life to create change and be an example of how someone can truly be “good” without god. Through the philanthropic efforts with KCAC and her drive to build community with SOMA, along with living life as openly and honestly as possible she feels she I now setting the best example possible of what it means to be an atheist. Which to her is as simple as saying the words “I don’t know”. She understand that she doesn’t know everything and will never profess to, but with the ability to think critically, reason out what is the most probable answer, and see if that answer is supported by evidence that people who are experts in that field and have scientifically and methodically proven. Then she can come to a good conclusion about what is and isn’t. So… God/Allah/Yahweh/Thor/Zeus/Aphrodite/etc. have no evidence or proof of their existence therefore the default says, There is no god. And that is why she’s an atheist.

 

Adam Brown 

Adam is the marketing and graphic design genius of this website.  He is the Co-Owner and Creative Director for Voss Visuals, who are THE Marekting, graphic design, printing, and web designers for secular organizations/groups and small businesses.  He makes people want to come to your events and websites by making them look professional and imaginatively designed.  He takes pride in philanthropic and activist activities which is why he is also the Director of Fundraising for the Kansas City Atheist Coalition.

He is also the partner of Amanda Brown and the two of them have an intelligent daughter, Lily, who is the main reason they do what they do in the secular community.  They are both dedicated to making a difference in this world through creating change and living by example.  His passion and drive in this community has been unparalleled.  He edits the videos into the wee hours of the night because he believes in this project and knows that it will help build community and allow for a place to help “new” atheists come out and help us to connect and become a united movement that will help religion die a quick and painless (well maybe not painless…) death.