To Be Young, Gifted, Secular, and Black – Profiling Scholarship Winners
Article by Sikivu Hutchinson for The Humanist Black youth who reject organized religion don’t have the social and economic benefits of white privilege to blunt…
Women’s Leadership Project Alumni Achievements:2016
Coming into Consciousness http://www.thefeministwire.com/2012/03/coming-into-consciousness/ By Miani Giron “In the three years that I’ve been involved in the Women’s Leadership Project (WLP) my awareness and outlook…
Scholarship Recipient Update
We were so thrilled to hear from Mariana, one of our 2015 award recipients. “Since we last saw each other, I began my first year…
VIDEO: Check out highlights from our 2016 Secular Social Justice conference
Check out highlights from our 2016 Secular Social Justice conference which was held in Houston, TX. See interviews, talks and workshops excerpts with Donald Wright,…
10 Fierce Atheists: Unapologetically Black Women Beyond Belief by Sikivu Hutchinson
There’s a pivotal scene in freethinker Lorraine Hansberry’s 1959 play A Raisin in the Sun in which matriarch Lena Younger tries to put the fear…
Physicians and Social Justice by D. Frederick Sparks
The classic version of the Hippocratic Oath states that a physician should keep the sick from “harm and injustice”. A modern version of the oath…
BSLA Launches video of 2015 scholarship recipients
The scholarship provides resources to undocumented, foster care, homeless, LGBTQ and secular youth of color who will be the first in their families to go to…
Please donate to our First in the Family Humanist scholarship fund 2016
First In The Family Humanist Scholarship awardees receive up to $1,000 in scholarships to assist with their tuition, room and board, books, and other academic resources.…
2016 Secular Social Justice Conference features largest gathering of atheist of color activists
On January 29th and 30th, over one-hundred people gathered at Rice University in Houston, Texas for the first biannual Secular Social Justice conference featuring atheists,…
LAUSD needs to reverse its neglect of black students by Sikivu Hutchinson
“L.A.’s African American youth remain the most incarcerated, least college-ready population in the state. This is a travesty. As Superintendent Michelle King sets her priorities for…