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Women of Color Beyond Belief 2022 Disrupting Religious Fascism and Respectability
During a virtual union meeting I attended as a shop steward in the spring, one of the facilitators launched into a prayer midway through the session, spewing “Father God” this and “Father God” that in full... Read More
Conquering Secular and Skeptical White Supremacy in America Disrupting Religious Fascism and Respectability
“If you are a white person, and you are not willing to interrogate your white privilege, your white entitlement, and your investments in legacies of white apartheid and white supremacy, you cannot rightfully claim to be... Read More
Why We Need More Black Humanists in Academia Disrupting Religious Fascism and Respectability
THE NUMBER OF AMERICANS who identify as nonreligious has been steadily growing over the last decade. The Gen Z demographic, in particular, is more willing to identify as humanist and atheist than past generations. Greater numbers... Read More
Humanists in the Hood Disrupting Religious Fascism and Respectability
BY SIKIVU HUTCHINSON PITCHSTONE PUBLISHING, 2020 While growing up as a precocious young girl in South Los Angeles, Sikivu Hutchinson observed startling misogyny, racism, religious bigotry, economic injustice, housing inequality, and other forms of injustice in... Read More
Commentary from Nicole Carr, AHA Development Director Disrupting Religious Fascism and Respectability
It’s a summer of reopening. More and more Americans are getting vaccinated and cases of COVID-19 in the US are down to numbers not seen since the beginning of the pandemic. As I write this in... Read More
Walking by Sight, Not Faith Disrupting Religious Fascism and Respectability
Coming from historically religious African American communities, Black atheists are routinely marginalized and stigmatized. Although the number of Black religious “nones” is growing, self-identified Black atheists are approximately three percent of the atheist population. This reality... Read More
Women’s History Month at the Center for Education Disrupting Religious Fascism and Respectability
This article is one in a series of articles in March in honor of Women’s History Month. The American Humanist Association’s (AHA) Center for Education provides educational opportunities for humanist and secular communities. Programs take an... Read More
What’s Coming Up from the Education Center Disrupting Religious Fascism and Respectability
The American Humanist Association's Center for Education has been churning out relevant, engrossing online programming since the beginning of the pandemic. In the past year, the Center has brought important topics to the forefront, introduced new... Read More
Fighting for Mubarak Bala’s Rights Disrupting Religious Fascism and Respectability
Today is May 12, a full two weeks since Mubarak Bala, president of the Nigerian Humanist Association, was arrested and detained in Kano State in northern Nigeria because he exercised his freedom of expression. For readers... Read More
Missing: Humanist Women Disrupting Religious Fascism and Respectability
Who’s the first person who comes to mind when you think of humanism or atheism? A follow-up question: Did you just think of a man? When followers of the American Humanist Association’s Facebook page were asked... Read More