For years I have been observing general US-based atheist organizations online, and have thought they are not doing the one thing I expected them to, which is to showcase a wide variety of atheist individuals, atheist organizations and atheist news. Instead they tend to be focused on separation of church and state issues, pushing ultra-progressive policies and demonizing Christianity. This led me to launch Atheists We Are, an organization that is actually focused on what is happening in the global atheist community.

Another experience that led me to launch Atheists We Are was witnessing my other organization, Republican Atheists, be routinely ignored by atheist organizations who claimed to be representing atheists. I was not expecting them to be enthralled by Republican Atheists since most US-atheists tend to be ultra-progressive, but I was surprised that they did not have the courtesy to inquire about the organization Republican Atheists or me, a person launching the first organization representing atheist Republicans in the United States. Atheists We Are will have an open-minded approach to showcasing atheist organizations (or at least try to as open-minded as we can!).

Finally, I would like to showcase more of what is going on in the atheist community, such as changes within atheist organizations, atheists being featured in media, etc. Information posted can be good and bad. I am not one to speak positively of atheists at all times.

Atheists We Are will be a unique atheist organization since it will be managed by a Republican. I am not sure how the organization will develop over time since it is a side project for me, but we’ll see where it goes!

You are welcome to send feedback and tips to info[at]atheistsweare.com.

Lauren Ell is President and Founder of Atheists We Are. She has launched various organizations geared towards the atheist community, politics and Scandinavia, such as Republican Atheists, Atheists United for Israel, Nordic Republicans and Americans Sweden. Connect with Ell on Facebook and Twitter.