Massachusetts

Welcome to the State Page for Massachusetts. We've got a thriving network of secular activism and community activity here in the Commonwealth, and this page will be a point of access for you to learn about events of interest, group activities, and issues in need of an active response. Please bookmark this url and check back in coming weeks as we develop the content further.

Campus groups:

• Bentley Secular Student Alliance (secular)
• Boston University Atheists and Secular Humanists (atheist)
• Brandeis Humanists (humanist)
• Harvard Atheists, Skeptics, and Humanists (atheist/skeptics/humanist)
• Harvard Humanist Alumni (humanist)
• Harvard Humanist Chaplaincy (humanist)
• Harvard Secular Society (secular)
• Humanist Graduate Community at Harvard (humanist)
• Humanists of Boston University (humanist)
• MIT Atheists, Agnostics, and Humanists (atheist/humanist)
• Northeastern Freethought Society (freethinker)
• Secular Wellesley (secular)
• Tufts Freethought Society (freethinker)
• UMass-Boston Skeptics (skeptics)
• Williams Secular Community (secular)

Community/Congregational groups:

• Concord Area Humanists (humanist)
• Ethical Society of Boston (ethical)
• Greater Boston Humanists / Mass Humanists (humanist)
• Greater Worcester Humanists (humanist)
• Humanists of First Parish and Cape Cod (humanist)
• Kahal B'raira (secular)

Regional/Umbrella organizations:

• Boston Coalition of Reason (secular)
• Metro-Boston Intercollegiate Secular Coalition (secular)
• National Atheist Party of Massachusetts (atheist)
• Secular Massachusetts (secular)

Social groups:

• Atheist-Humanist Society of Connecticut and Rhode Island (atheist/humanist)
• Pioneer Valley Freethinkers (skeptics)
• Atheists of Greater Lowell (atheist)
• Boston Atheists (atheist)
• Boston Skeptics (skeptics)
• Brockton, MA Area Atheists (atheist)
• Cambridge Brights (brights)
• Connecticut Valley Atheists (atheist)
• Downeast Humanists and Freethinkers (humanist/freethinker)
• Granite State Skeptics (skeptics)
• Greater Lowell Area Skeptics Society (skeptics)
• Humanist Affinity Group (humanist)
• Humanist Association of Connecticut (humanist)
• Humanists of Rhode Island (humanist)
• Rhode Island Atheists (atheist)
• Rhode Island Skeptics Society (skeptics)

Special Interest groups:

• Cambridge Secular Buddhist Meditation Groupp (secular)
• Center for Naturalism (naturalist)
• Disproof Atheism Society (atheist)
• Harvard Contemplative Group (secular)
• Humanist Small Group (humanist)
• Humanist Study Group of the UU Church of Worcester (humanist)
• Positive Atheism / Apex Naturalism (atheist/naturalist)

Local informational and advocacy links:

• American Humanist Association Directory of Local Groups
• Atheist Alliance of America Directory of Freethought Groups in MA
• Directory of skeptic societies in Massachusetts
• SMART Recovery
• Americans United for Separation of Church and State, MA Chapter
• Children's Healthcare is a Legal Duty, Inc.