Mandisa Thomas

UMandisa Lateefah Thomas (owazalwa ngo-1976)ungumsunguli nomongameli we-Black Nonbelievers Inc. Uke wakhuluma ezingqungqutheleni nasemicimbini yezwe, futhi wakhuthaza i-ajenda yeqembu emithonjeni yezindaba.

Mandisa Thomas
Ubezalwa	UMandisa Lateefah Thomas 1976 (age 44–45) Jamaica, Queens, New York
Ubuzwe	Umumelika
Occupation	umshokobezi
Years active	2011 – okwamanje

Impilo yokuqala nemvelaphi

Ukukhuliswa kukaThomas bekusemkhayeni ongahlangene nenkolo, onomzali oyedwa, kepha uchaza ugogo wakhe njengomuntu “okholwayo okholwayo”.Ngesikhathi eneminyaka engamashumi amabili nanye, uThomas wathuthela e- Atlanta nomyeni wakhe, lapho amasiko enza ukuthi kube nzima ukuphila impilo yezwe.Lesi sehlakalo samholela ekutholeni Abangakholwa Abamnyama.

Ubheka inkolo, futhi ubuKristu ikakhulukazi, ukuthi buye bangena ebuntwini base-Afrika-baseMelika ngenkani.

Ubushoshovu

UThomas ukhulume eMhlanganweni Kazwelonke Wama-American Atheists ka-2013 .Ngawo lowo nyaka wahlela iBlackout Secular Rally eNew York, umcimbi wokuqala ongaphandle wase-United States owawuholwa ngabangabonakali ngokwebala, kanye nomhlangano wokuqala wezwe owawugubha ukwehluka ngokobuhlanga. Ubonga u-Ayanna Watson ngokusiza ekuthuthukiseni umqondo ngemuva kokuphumelela kweReason Rally ka-2012.

Ku-2017, uThomas waziwa ngegama kumthethosivivinywa (i-SCR-79) owethulwe yiSenator kahulumeni uRichard Pan, futhi wamukelwa yiCalifornia State Senate, ememezela u-Okthoba 15, 2017 njengomgubho waminyaka yonke we-16 weCalifornia Freethought Day.

UThomas wenze ukubonakala kwezingxoxo emithonjeni yezindaba kubandakanya i- CBS News, i -Closer Look [14] WABE FM 90.1, i -Code Switch podcast ye-NPR kanye nohlelo lwe- Freedom From Religion Foundation lwe- Freethought Radio . Uboniswe ezincwadini ezibandakanya <i id="mwSw">umagazini iJet</i> ne- Playboy , futhi ubhale izingcezu zemibono yezitolo ezibandakanya i- CNN . Amakhredithi akhe okulingisa afaka phakathi i-Mythicist Milwaukee Show, kanye nama-documentary Contradiction (2013), [16] Racial Taboo (2013),kanye ne- My Week in Atheism (2014).

Abangakholwa Abamnyama

UThomas wasungula iBlack Nonbelievers, Inc. e2011, njengenhlangano engenzi nzuzo, ubudlelwano bezwe.Izinhloso zayo zifaka phakathi ukuqeda ukucwaswa, ukwandisa ukubonakala, nokunikeza ukwesekwa kanye namathuba okuxhumana nabantu ngokungekholelwa emphakathini wase-Afrika-waseMelika. Ubuholi benhlangano ikakhulu ngabesifazane, futhi buhlanganisa ukumelwa kwe- LGBTQ futhi inezahluko emadolobheni ayishumi ase-US.Isebenzisana nezinye izinhlangano zezwe ezibandakanya i- African American for Humanism, Openly Secular kanye neFreedom From Religion Foundation .