Yearly Archives: 2026

Black Skeptics’ Receives Community Grant from the Black Freedom Fund!

Excited to anounce that BSLA is among the 2026 Black Freedom Fund grant recipients! The BFF supports “organizations advancing work across advocacy, organizing, civic engagement, health equity, worker rights, criminal legal reform, healing, culture change, housing justice, immigration justice, and long-term movement infrastructure. This 2026 cohort reflects: $4.6 million invested in organizations building power across California and 119 organizations funded statewide.”

Congratulations to Our 2026 Lorraine Hansberry Humanist Scholarship Awardees!

Congratulations to our 2026 Lorraine Hansberry Humanist Scholarships awardees who have demonstrated outstanding leadership in gender and racial justice organizing, peer education, LGBTQ+ allyship and mentorship and Black feminist advocacy! We look forward to their #BlackExcellence as they start their college careers at UC Davis, UC Berkeley, UC Merced and Howard University!

LAUSD June School Board Action: Speak in Support of LGBTQ+ Youth

In June 2025, the LAUSD school board voted to allocate $2 million in funding to LGBTQ+ affirming educational programming, training and outreach for students, families, staff and community. To date, very little of the funding has been spent, and there is no formal mechanism or community oversight to ensure the district is accountable to school-communities for the proper expenditure of these funds.

Sikivu Hutchinson on “Humanists in the Hood”: May 31st Book Talk and Music

On Sunday, May 31st, Sikivu will be giving a talk at Lore Bookstore in Leimert Park on her 2020 book Humanist in the Hood: Unapologetically Black, Feminist and Heretical, which centers Black secular humanism and explores some of the following questions and themes: 

Future of Feminism Youth Leadership Conference 2026

The Women’s Leadership Project Future of Feminism conference will be held on Thursday, April 23rd from 9:30am-2:30pm at the Annenberg Community Beach House in Santa Monica.

BSLA 2026 First in the Family Humanist Scholarships: Applications Now Open!

In the midst of Trump administration backlash against and attacks on racial, social and educational justice in K-12 and higher education, support for African American students is paramount. Applications for our 2026 First in the Family Humanist $5000 scholarships are now available!

Black Skeptics Receives Culver City Council 2026 Performing Arts Grant Award

We’re pleased to announce that Black Skeptics L.A. is among 26 organizations that were awarded Performing Arts Grants this year! The Culver City City Council…

Black LGBTQIA+ Youth Institute 2025: Creating Safe Spaces for Queer Youth

By Brianna Simone Parnell This year’s Women’s Leadership Project (WLP)-sponsored Black LGBTQIA+ Institute was truly one to remember. Not only because it was made possible…

Alpha Centauri: Film Screening and Discussion Features Black Freethinker Protagonist

Written and directed by Sikivu Hutchinson, Alpha Centauri* is a prevention education film focusing on the disproportionate impact of grooming and sex trafficking on Black girls and…