Congratulations to Our 2026 Black Skeptics First in the Family Humanist Forward Freethought Awardees!
This year’s cohort were engaged in LGBTQ+ advocacy, STEM advocacy, community service and social work. Awardees Heather Buckner (UC Berkeley), Blessings Coly (North Carolina A&T), Kelan Speed (UT @ San Antonio), Mariah Slade (North Carolina A&T), Daniel Sierra (UC Berkeley) and Kallyn DaCosta (UMass Boston) exemplified outstanding achievement, community service and dedication to humanist social justice practice in their high school careers. The awards were made possible by generous multi-year contributions from the late freethinker advocate Lance Bredvold via the Freedom From Religion Foundation.