Mandisa Thomas
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UMandisa Lateefah Thomas 1976 (age 44–45) Jamaica, Queens, New York |
| Ubuzwe | Umumelika |
| Occupation | umshokobezi |
| Years active | 2011 – okwamanje |
UMandisa Lateefah Thomas (owazalwa ngo-1976)ungumsunguli nomongameli we-Black Nonbelievers Inc. Uke wakhuluma ezingqungqutheleni nasemicimbini yezwe, futhi wakhuthaza i-ajenda yeqembu emithonjeni yezindaba.
Impilo yokuqala nemvelaphi
[hlela | Hlela umthombo]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
[hlela | Hlela umthombo]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
[hlela | Hlela umthombo]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 .