Taking FFRF's Message to the Unmassed Masses!
How You Can Help Put Up FFRF's Billboards in Your Area
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We are delighted to work with FFRF members interested in placing billboards in their area. FFRF has a goal to place our billboards in every state (except Hawaii, where they are banned), especially in capital cities. How you can help:
1. When you're out and about, take note of promising billboard sites and locations. Contact the billboard company (whose name is on the bottom of the board) to ask about availability and costs. Most companies will shoot you an e-mail with a photograph, estimated daily traffic figures, and monthly costs. This information can be forwarded to Annie Laurie Gaylor.
If the board you're interested in isn't available, ask the company for suggestions of promising sites. FFRF relies on a local contact to scope out billboard locations and confirm they are in a good spot, that trees, etc., aren't obscuring their view, etc.
Once a location is agreed on, FFRF asks for a nonprofit rate (sometimes extended), and signs the contract directly.
What's a good site? As a nonprofit, FFRF has managed to find moderately priced billboards, but some have been less expensive in rural areas and a few flashy boards in urban areas far more expensive. A smaller "poster" billboard by the side of a downtown building in a nice area may actually be better than a high-priced billboard on a freeway. It's a bonus if the billboard location permits easy access for photographs by media (and souvenir photographs by members!).
Accessibility and visibility of a billboard site is probably more important than traffic estimates for FFRF purposes. Thousands may zoom past a billboard on the highway without heeding our sign. But a smaller billboard in a pleasant, well-known urban location (particularly by state capitols or courthouses, landmarks or tourist sites) may attract more media attention.
2. You may donate toward the billboard campaign. Some of the billboards placed in the past year by FFRF have been suggested and paid for entirely or partly by generous local members. Others have been paid for via the Billboard Fund, a pool of contributions collected for this purpose. (Just earmark your check or Paypal contribution for the "Billboard Fund.") All donations to the Foundation are deductible for income-tax purposes.
3. Once a Foundation billboard is up, use it as the device to write a positive letter to the editor or op-ed piece, such as this opinion piece by Foundation member Jan Brazill in Colorado. This continues to educate!
Help us counter all that religion on the roadside!
Thank you for your interest and help!
Also see FFRF's beautiful new bus signs.
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FFRF Bus Sign & Billboard Campaign
The Freedom From Religion Foundation placed its first billboard in Madison, Wis., in October 2007. Since that time, FFRF has placed more than 50 billboards in more than 30 cities in 21 states! Cities and states include:
| Alabama: Talladega | Arizona: Phoenix | Arkansas: Little Rock |
| California: Hollywood, Sacramento, San Francisco, Rancho Cucamonga (censored) |
Colorado: Colorado Springs, Denver, Grand Junction, Grand Junction (Defaced) | District of Columbia: mobile billboard on Inauguration Day |
| Georgia: Atlanta | Idaho: Boise | Indiana: Indianapolis |
| Iowa: Des Moines | Kansas: Wichita, Topeka | Michigan: Detroit |
| Minnesota: Minneapolis (Mobile) | Missouri: St. Louis | Nevada: Las Vegas |
| Ohio: Canton, Columbus, Whitehall | Oregon: Portland | Pennsylvania: Chambersburg, Dover, Harrisburg |
| Tennessee: Dayton | Texas: San Antonio | Washington: Olympia, Seattle, Seattle bus signs |
| Wisconsin: Madison |
See press releases below:
Freethinkers Takin' It to Seattle Streets for Solstice
http://ffrf.org/news/2009/seattlebus.php
November 2, 2009
FFRF's Colorado Billboard Defaced
http://ffrf.org/news/2009/gjbillboarddefaced.php
October 28, 2009
Ten Irreligious Billboards Up in Las Vegas Now!
http://ffrf.org/news/2009/lvbillboard.php
October 13, 2009
Message to City Hall: "Keep Religion OUT of Government" in Grand Junction, Colo.
http://ffrf.org/news/2009/grandjunctionbillboard.php
October 7, 2009
Irreligious Billboard Mini-Blitz Hits Detroit
http://ffrf.org/news/2009/detroitbillboards.php
September 22, 2009
Indianapolis Asked to "Imagine No Religion"
http://ffrf.org/news/2009/indianapolis.php
September 10, 2009
Freethought Gets Aboard 75+ San Francisco Buses
http://ffrf.org/news/2009/sanfran.php
September 7, 2009
"Imagine No Religion" in St. Louis!
http://ffrf.org/news/2009/stlouisbillboard.php
August 31, 2009
Irreverent Billboard Goes Up Near Talladega, Alabama
http://ffrf.org/news/2009/alaBB.php
June 25, 2009
FFRF Unveils New Bus Signs: Sleep in on Sundays
http://ffrf.org/news/2009/sleep_madison.php
March 26, 2009
Topekans Asked to "Imagine No Religion" While Wichita Gets Pro-Darwin Billboard
http://ffrf.org/news/2009/topekawichita.php
March 25, 2009
"Beware of Dogma" Billboard Goes Up in Boise
http://ffrf.org/news/2009/boise_dogma.php
March 6, 2009
FFRF's Provocative Bus Signs Now Up on 50 Buses in Madison. Wis.
http://ffrf.org/news/2009/madison_busdebut.php
Feb. 25, 2009
FFRF's "Praise Darwin" Billboard Re-Posted in Columbus, Ohio
http://ffrf.org/news/2009/WhitehallDarwin_saga.php
Feb. 25, 2009
FFRF's "Praise Darwin" Billboard Stolen in Whitehall, Ohio, on Darwin Bicentennial
http://ffrf.org/news/2009/whitehall_stolen.php
Feb. 17, 2009
FFRF Debuts New Freethought Bus Sign Campaign
http://ffrf.org/news/2009/madison_buscampaign.php
Feb. 13, 2009
"Praise Darwin" Billboards Go Up in Dayton, Tenn., and Dover, Penn.
http://ffrf.org/news/2009/darwin_dover.php
Feb. 10, 2009
http://ffrf.org/news/2009/darwin_dayton.php
Feb. 2, 2009
Imagine No Religion" Message Billboard Goes Up in Sacramento
http://ffrf.org/news/2009/sacramento_imagine.php
Feb. 9, 2009
City of Whitehall, Ohio, Won't "Praise Darwin" So Billboard Will
http://ffrf.org/news/2009/darwin_whitehall.php
Feb. 9, 2009
Billboard Honoring Darwin, Urging "Evolve Beyond Belief," Posted in Grand Junction, Colo.
http://ffrf.org/news/2009/darwin_mesaco.php
Feb. 9, 2009
FFRF Erects Billboard to Honor Darwin, Not Dogma (in Madison, Wis.)
http://ffrf.org/news/2009/darwin.php
Jan. 28, 2009
Hooray for Freethought in Hollywood!
http://ffrf.org/news/2009/hollywoodbb.php
Jan. 15, 2009
"Imagine No Religion" Billboards Pop Up in Portland
http://ffrf.org/news/2009/portlandbb.php
Jan. 12, 2009
"Imagine No Religion" Billboards Go Up in San Francisco
http://ffrf.org/news/2009/sanfranbillboard.php
Jan. 4, 2009
"Beware of Dogma Billboard Message Comes to Little Rock
http://ffrf.org/news/2008/littlerock_pub.php
Dec. 23, 2008
"Imagine No Religion" Billboard Visits Canton, Ohio, This Month!
http://ffrf.org/news/2008/cantonbillboard.php
Dec. 8, 2008
"Imagine No Religion" Billboard go To Up in San Antonio in Honor of Catherine Fahringer
http://ffrf.org/news/2008/SanAntonioBillboard.php
Dec. 8, 2008
Freethinking Winter Solstice Sign & Billboard to Go Up in Olympia!
http://ffrf.org/news/2008/olympia.php
Nov. 26, 2008
FFRF Sues City of Rancho Cucamonga over Censorship of "Imagine No Religion" Billboard
http://ffrf.org/news/2008/rancho_complaint.php
Nov. 26, 2008
"Imagine No Religion" Billboard Comes Down in Rancho Cucamonga
http://ffrf.org/news/2008/censorship.php
Nov. 20, 2008
"Imagine No Religion" Billboard Comes to California for First Time
http://ffrf.org/news/2008/cali_billboard.php
Nov. 18, 2008
Atheists/Agnostics Post "Imagine No Religion" Billboard in Colorado Springs
http://ffrf.org/news/2008/CSbillboard_pub.php
Nov. 5, 2008
"Keep Religion OUT of Politics" Message Comes to Des Moines
http://ffrf.org/news/2008/desmoines_pub.php
Oct. 6, 2008
Billboard Imagining "No Religion" Visits Harrisburg
http://ffrf.org/news/2008/harrisburgbillboard_pub.php
Sept. 19, 2008
FFRF Takes "Keep Religion OUT of Politics" Sign to RNC
http://ffrf.org/news/2008/RNCbillboard.php
Sept. 1, 2008
FFRF Takes "Imagine No Religion" Media Blitz to Phoenix
http://ffrf.org/news/2008/phoenix_bill.php
Aug. 29, 2008
"Keep Religion Out of Politics" Billboard Goes Up in Denver Timed for DNC
http://ffrf.org/news/2008/denverpoliticsboard.php
Aug. 11, 2008
"Imagine No Religion" Billboard Comes to Seattle
http://ffrf.org/news/2008/seattlebillboard_pub.php
July 8, 2008
"Imagine No Religion" Billboard Visits Denver for Two Months
http://ffrf.org/news/2008/denver_billboard_pub.php
June 2, 2008
"Beware of Dogma" Billboard Design Wins Addy Award!
http://ffrf.org/news/2008/Addy_Award.php
Feb. 29, 2008
Hateful Response to 'Imagine no Religion' Billboard Shows Its Power
http://ffrf.org/news/2008/hatebillboard.php
Feb. 12, 2008
"Imagine No Religion" Billboard Debuts in Columbus, Ohio
http://ffrf.org/news/2008/ohio_billboard.php
Feb. 1, 2008
"Imagine No Religion" Billboard Debuts in Chambersburg, Penn.
http://ffrf.org/news/2007/pennbillboard.php
Dec. 5, 2007
"Imagine No Religion" Billboard Debuts in Atlanta Area Nov. 25!
http://ffrf.org/news/2007/atlantabillboardgeneral.php
Nov. 21, 2007
Nontheist Billboard Goes Up Tuesday! (Madison, Wis.)
http://ffrf.org/news/2007/billboard.php
Oct. 1, 2007
