Black Skeptics Group

07/03/2026

Congratulations to our 2026 Lorraine Hansberry Humanist Scholarship 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 as they start their college careers at UC Davis, UC Berkeley, UC Merced and Howard University! Shout out of thanks to Freedom From Religion Foundation and Carrie Harrington Family Fund!
https://blackskepticsla.org/2026/07/03/congratulations-to-our-2026-lorraine-hansberry-humanist-scholarship-awardees/

06/27/2026

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."

Black Freedom Fund is investing in the leaders and organizations building power in communities – expanding resources at a moment when our dignity, fundamental rights, and the most vulnerable amongst us are under attack.

06/20/2026

Sikivu Hutchinson is the featured guest on the most recent episode of the Black Jonestown podcast hosted and executive produced by Jonestown survivor, author and activist Leslie Wagner-Wilson :
“In this episode, Leslie sits down with Sikivu Hutchinson to explore what drew so many Black families to the San Francisco area during the 1970s — and the deep sense of hope that the Peoples Temple represented for the Black community. Leslie and Sikivu unpack the social and political climate of the era: the search for racial equality, economic opportunity, and genuine community in a country that had so often denied all three. They examine why the Temple’s message of integration, dignity, and collective purpose resonated so powerfully with Black Americans — and how that hope was ultimately betrayed.” White Nights, Black Paradise Play at the Blue Door Theater

In this episode, host and Jonestown survivor Leslie Wagner Wilson s...

06/17/2026

On Saturday, June 20th, Women's Leadership Project youth and Project Director Jessica Robinson will be featured on a Youth activist panel at the Reimagining America Summit.

Timed to coincide with Juneteenth and the 250th anniversary of July 4th, Reimagining America invites participants to reflect on the nation’s founding promises as well as the ongoing work of true liberty for all.

This gathering brings together leaders, activists, scholars, and community members of all ages for thoughtful conversations about the future of our shared civic life. Through panels on education, local government, reflective activism, and religious pluralism, participants will explore how we can strengthen institutions, deepen participation, and build a more just and inclusive society.

On Saturday, June 20th, WLP youth and Project Director Jessica Robinson will be featured on a Youth activist panel at the Reimagining America Summit.

06/12/2026

Reminder that applications for our 2026 First in the Family Humanist $5000 scholarships are due June 19th! Six college scholarship awards are available for BIPOC secular youth of color with priority given to LGBTQ+, unhoused, undocumented, foster, disabled and/or justice-involved youth.

06/07/2026

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. The Rainbow Education Coalition of L.A. (RECLA) is mobilizing community members to speak and write in support of the creation of an LGBTQ+ steering committee that would include community members, students, families and other q***r and gender expansive stakeholder allies.

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....

05/12/2026

By Sikivu Hutchinson : "How are Black women, by virtue of having some of the highest rates of gender-based violence victimization globally, uniquely vulnerable to cult indoctrination? 'Nature Boy' and his enablers got off on demeaning, dehumanizing, brutalizing and sexually abusing his Black female followers, branding them as "b--es", "hos" and property that he could control and dispose of at will. Instituting a culture of militaristic obedience, Bishop’s abuse was steeped in the rhetoric of Black patriarchy, shallow Black nationalism and pathological narcissism. Any Black woman who challenged his rule undermined the dominance of Black men, reinforcing Black women’s “treasonous” attachment to white patriarchy."

By Sikivu Hutchinson

05/12/2026

Women's Leadership Project and Black Skeptics Music and Poetry concert festival will feature original multi-genre music and spoken word performances by Black female-identifying and q***r artists. Headlined by internationally acclaimed singer-songwriter-guitarist Malina Moye, the event will raise awareness about disproportionate gender-based violence experienced by Black women and girls in L.A. County and beyond, while providing powerful testimony to the lived experiences and creativity of local and national Black women artists, musicians, and BIPOC community allies. This event is sponsored by the Women's Leadership Project, a Black feminist mentoring, advocacy and civic engagement organization based in Los Angeles, in partnership with Black Skeptics Los Angeles. Musical performances by Mystical Joyride and more! Tickets This event is sponsored by the Women's Leadership Project, a Black feminist mentoring, advocacy and civic engagement organization based in Los Angeles, in partnership with Black Skeptics Los Angeles. Tickets: https://events.humanitix.com/standing4blackgirls-music-and-poetry-festival

Doors open at 3pm. This all ages event is free and open to the public. Suggested donations can be made via Humanitx or https://womensleadershipla.org/donate/

05/01/2026

On Sunday, May 31st, I'll be giving a talk at Lore Bookstore in Leimert Park on my 2020 book Humanist in the Hood: Unapologetically Black, Feminist and Heretical https://conta.cc/428CbM4

Email from Women's Leadership Project Books, Music & Community Humanists in the Hood: May 31, 2026 Book Talk and Music @ Lore Bookstore On Sunday, May 31st, I'll be giving a talk at Lore Bookstore in