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The Humanist Hour #184: White Nights, Black Paradise, with Dr. Sikivu Hutchinson
Click to download an audio file of this podcast. In this episode, Kim Ellington speaks with author and activist Dr. Sikivu Hutchinson about her latest book, White Nights, Black Paradise, and the state of race in... Read More
Sikivu Hutchinson
Sikivu Hutchinson is a writer, educator, and director. Her books include Humanists in the Hood: Unapologetically Black, Feminist, and Heretical, White Nights, Black Paradise and the novel Rock ‘n’ Roll Heretic: The Life and Times of Rory Tharpe. She is the... Read More
Ruminating on African American Humanism: My Experience and Skepticism
This article is part of a series of two from students in a course on humanism at Pitzer College taught by Sikivu Hutchinson. The other article is posted here. Both articles were previously posted on the... Read More
Intersecting Identities within African American Humanism
This article is part of a series of two from students in a course on humanism at Pitzer College taught by Sikivu Hutchinson. The other article is posted here. Both articles were previously posted on the... Read More
Sapphire Unbound: The Radical Imagination of bell hooks
“It is time for Sapphire to testify on her own behalf, in writing, complete with footnotes.” Regina Austin, “Sapphire Bound,” 1989. Driving L.A.’s cesspit 405 freeway one afternoon in the late eighties, a voice on the... Read More
2020 Harvard Humanist of the Year Award
The American Humanist Association (AHA) is honored to partner with the Humanist Chaplaincy at Harvard, one of our chapters, in presenting HCH’s 2020 Humanist of the Year Award to three extraordinarily dedicated social justice leaders: Ijeoma... Read More
The Black Humanist Heathen Gaze
On Wednesday, May 20, the American Humanist Association’s Center for Education presents its May Speaker Series event via Zoom (6:30-8:00pm ET) with Sikivu Hutchinson. The author will discuss her new book, Humanists in the Hood: Unapologetically... Read More
The Black Practice of Disbelief
The following excerpt is from a new book from Beacon Press, set to be published in May 2024. Introduction I have grown to like “nontheist” as a broad-spectrum term that carries less baggage than more commonly... Read More
Humanist Women of Color Gather
The Women of Color Beyond Belief (WOCBB) conference, presented by Black Nonbelievers, Black Skeptics Group, and the Women’s Leadership Project, was held in Chicago last week. Now in its third year, the conference was founded in 2019 by Bridgett “Bria”... Read More
GO Humanity’s Heart of Humanism Awards
At the heart of humanism is a simple idea: help others. Those who take this message to heart work every day to realize a world where all people—regardless of their identity or background—can lift themselves up... Read More