Are you currently running an Atlas Shrugged reading group? Are you interested in starting one in your community? The Ayn Rand Institute invites you to join the “Read Atlas Shrugged Campaign.” Your group will be listed on this page.

The Ayn Rand Institute will provide you with free materials to help promote and enhance your reading group, e.g:

• Readers’ Guides
• Atlas Shrugged Posters

Additionally, all participating members of your reading group will be eligible to enter our “Former Participants” Essay Contest with a deadline of May 14th and a first prize of $2,000.

For more information or to add your group’s listing, please contact our Education Department

Please include the following:

• Contact Name
• Contact Email Address
• City and State

We look forward to your participation!

Atlas Shrugged Reading Groups

Alabama

Tuscaloosa, AL Caroline Cover

Arizona

Sahuarita, AZ Samara Whittaker

California

Orange, CA Janice Jackman

Los Angeles, CA Mike Rael

Newport Beach, CA Mark Nitikman

Pasadena, CA Joel Marquez

Roseville, CA Robert M. Ingram

Sunnyvale, CA (high school) Stefanie Durich

Turlock, CA Jamie Black

Colorado

Denver, CO Diana Hsieh

Denver, CO Chad Greenberg

Louisville, CO Brad Hughes

Parker, CO Darci Wert

Connecticut

New Haven, CT Don Boyce

Delaware

Dover, DE Kyle Henson

Florida

Celebration, FL David Masten

Crawfordville, FL (high school) Nancy Floyd Richardson

Gainesville, FL Jorgia McAfee

Ponte Vedra Beach, FL Brian Maughan

Tampa, FL George Alvarez

The Villages, FL Chuck Wildzunas

Georgia

Atlanta, GA Miranda Barzey

Loganville, GA Douglas Chatham

Idaho

Boise, ID Tim Scharff

Illinois

Chicago, IL Harsh Mulik

Dekalb, IL Dorrie Kasmar

Indiana

Bloomington, IN Robert Gresham

Iowa

Ankeny, IA Nicole Gade

Johnston, IA Rachel Garrett

Kentucky

London, KY Karlyle Young

Louisiana

Baton Rouge, LA Travis Johnson

New Orleans, LA Daniel Pounder

Maryland

Baltimore, MD William Green

Middletown, MD (high school) Heather Hunt

Massachusetts

Merrimack Valley, MA Bettina Romberg or Lynne Bourque

Michigan

Novi, MI Amy Nasir

Grand Rapids, MI Joe Stankowski

Minnesota

Minneapolis, MN Mary Anne Weninger

Chanhassen, MN Pooja Gupta

Missouri

Springfield, MO Austin Story

Nebraska

Omaha, NE Shellie Oglesby

New Hampshire

Keene, NH Eric Winn

New Jersey

Keene, NH Renee Kuker

New York

New York, NY Lakshmi Ashok

New York, NY Shrikant Rangnekar

New York, NY Armen Benlian

North Carolina

Cary, NC Patti Zordich

Hendersonville, NC Fred Hoffstadt

Oak Ridge, NC Ann Clippard

Washington, NC Austin Smigel

Ohio

North Canton, OH Jeremy Watts

Oregon

Grants Pass, OR Jon Hughes

Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh, PA Josh Wander

Tennessee

Chattanooga, TN Frank Cowan

Knoxville, TN Betty Clemens

Texas

Fort Worth, TX Chrissie Thornburg

Rockwall, TX Kristi Kneedler

San Angelo, TX Austin Hobbs

Waco, TX Angela Richter

Utah

Jordan, UT Curt Derby

Virginia

Richmond, VA Eriks & Klaus Goodwin-Pfister

Richmond, VA Melissa Ball

Washington

Seattle, WA Maryallene Otis

Wisconsin

Janesville, WI Chad Karl

Superior, WI Jennifer Patton Lawson

Outside the United States

Nanjing University, China Jane Zhao

Sohag, Egypt Maria Nazim Sife

Guatemala City, Guatemala Guillermo Pineda

Hyderabad, India Harsha Vardhan

Hyderabad & Andhra Pradesh, India M.Hemanth Sharma

Torino, Italy Giuliana Barbano

Kazakhstan Pavel Koktyshev

Mexico City, MexicoDaniela Becerra

Manila, Philippines John Sebastian Filler

Johannesburg, South Africa Derrick Tshivhase

Jönköping, Sweden Christoffer Nehm

Manchester, United Kingdom Madhav Rao Rangaraju

While we encourage and supply support for Ayn Rand reading groups, they are not affiliated with the Ayn Rand Institute. The appearance of a group on this list does not imply ARI’s endorsement.

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