Announcements

Day of Solidarity for Black Non‑Believers

Day of Solidarity for Black Non‑Believers

on February 6, 2013

Celebrated nationwide on the last Sunday of Black History Month (Feb. 24 this year), the Day of Solidarity for Black Non-Believers (DoS) is held to promote community and solidarity among blacks in America who identify as non-believers: atheists, agnostics, skeptics, freethinkers, etc. The DoS was organized as a way to counter the religious voice that all too often serves as the lone voice of black consciousness and experience.

Black Atheists Step Up: Contribute to the “First in the Family Humanist Scholarship”

on January 24, 2013

What are mainstream secular, humanist, atheist and freethought “human rights” organizations doing to actively fight for social and racial justice in American communities of color? AAH Advisor Sikivu Hutchinson invites humanists to step up and support a new humanist scholarship fund.

AAH Update

on May 11, 2012

The last few months have been very exciting for African Americans for Humanism. We launched a new website, garnered six new local affiliate groups across the country, sponsored and promoted the Day of Solidarity for Black Non-Believers, and put up billboards and transit shelter ads in seven cities nationwide in the largest simultaneous ad campaign ever executed by a secular organization!

Announcing the We Are AAH Campaign

on January 31, 2012

Black Nonbelievers Speak Out: New AAH ad campaign highlights religious skepticism among African Americans

Day of Solidarity for Black Non‑Believers

on January 26, 2012

Celebrated nationwide on the last Sunday of Black History Month (Feb. 26 this year), the Day of Solidarity for Black Non-Believers (DoS) is held to promote community and solidarity among blacks in America who identify as non-believers: atheists, agnostics, skeptics, freethinkers, etc. The DoS was organized as a way to counter the religious voice that all too often serves as the lone voice of black consciousness and experience.

The Root’s “On Black Atheism” Series Features AAH Advisory Committee Members

on December 7, 2011

In the wake of increased media interest in black atheists following The New York Times' article, "The Unbelievers," The Root profiled six African American nonbelievers including AAH Advisory Committee members Anthony B. Pinn, Jamila Bey, and Mark D. Hatcher.