Atheists United will be tabling at South LA Pride!

Come swing by and say hi, volunteer at our table, and check out an amazing local pride event.

Event description cross-posted from South LA Pride eventbrite page:

Date and time

Saturday, July 13 · 12 - 8pm PDT

Location

MICHELLE AND BARACK OBAMA SPORT COMPLEX

5001 Obama Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90016

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About this event

• Event lasts 8 hours

Welcome to the 2024 South LA Pride event!

Come join us at the MICHELLE AND BARACK OBAMA SPORT COMPLEX for a day filled with celebration, love, and community. This in-person event is FREE and a chance to embrace our diversity, show our support, and have a blast together.

Get ready for live performances, our annual Outside Kiki Ball, delicious food, vendors, and a whole lot of fun.

We are thrilled to announce that the incredible JeRonelle will be headlining South LA Pride! Get ready to be blown away by his powerful voice and unforgettable performance. JeRonelle’s talent and energy are sure to make this year’s celebration one for the books! It’s giving…vocals!

JeRonelle will be joined by an incredible #lineup of talent right from our very own community!

Special appearance by Choklate

Arashi Supernova

Billy The Goat

Cristina Hron

boysloveflowers

Javi

Miss Heaven Lee

Luna Scar

Sasha Thickerfish

Sunday

Topaz Faerie

Sounds By:

DJ Dante Luv

DJ High Intentions

DJ HJC

The Hound

It’s giving…community!

🌟✨ Get Ready for the South LA Pride Outside Kiki Ball! ✨🌟

Calling all vogue enthusiasts, dancers, and everyone ready to slay the runway! Join us for the electrifying South LA Pride Outside Kiki Ball, where creativity, talent, and fierce competition take center stage. Come witness the magic, support your favorite houses, and celebrate in style!

Presented by the Los Angeles LGBT Center's Center South and hosted by Iconic LA Father Byron Juicy Couture.

It's giving...10s across the board!

Whether you're part of the LGBTQ+ community or an ally, everyone is welcome to come together and spread love and acceptance.

Mark your calendars for this unforgettable day of pride and unity. Let's make 2024 South LA Pride an event to remember!

EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO 2024. WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE INCONVENIENCE.

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Atheists United is thrilled to again host local author and activist, Sikivu Hutchinson!

Sikivu Hutchinson is an educator, author, playwright, and guitarist.

Her books include Humanists in the Hood: Unapologetically Black, Feminist, and Heretical (2020), Imagining Transit: Race, Gender, and Transportation Politics in Los Angeles (2003), Moral Combat: Black Atheists, Gender Politics, and the Values Wars (2011), and the novel White Nights, Black Paradise (2015), on Black women, Peoples Temple and the 1978 Jonestown massacre.

She also wrote, directed, and produced a short film and stage play of White Nights, Black Paradise and was awarded a “Humanities For All” grant from the California Humanities Foundation in 2019.

Her articles have been published in the Washington Post, the Huffington Post, Religion Dispatches, The Humanist Magazine and the L.A. Times. She is the founder of Black Skeptics Los Angeles and the Women’s Leadership Project (WLP), a Black feminist humanist mentoring and civic engagement program for girls of color in South L.A and co-facilitator of the Black LGBTQ+ Parent and Caregiver group. Her latest novel, Rock ‘n’ Roll Heretic: The Life and Times of Rory Tharpe (2021) debuted as a stage play with her original music at Hollywood Fringe in June 2022. She is also a recipient of the 2020 Harvard Humanist of the Year award and the 2021 Domestic Shelters "Outstanding Youth Leadership Initiative" award with the WLP. In her spare time, she enjoys playing guitar with her "garage band" Distant Engines.

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This event is free for all Atheists United paid members with a suggested donation of $10 for non-members.

To become a member visit www.atheistsunited.org.

The meeting will be hosted ONLINE for up to 100 guests.

Email evan@atheistsunited.org if you have any questions.

Queer Ecology Hiking Tour of Griffith Park

MUST HAVE TICKET FROM EVENTBRITE TO ATTEND

Our summer Science Sunday tour guide is Jason "journeyman" Wise, a certified California naturalist, professional outdoor environmental educator, prolific tree hugger, and a native plant daddy.

He'll be guiding us on a two hours hike where we'll stop a few times to discuss queer ecology!

What is queer ecology you ask?

Essentially, it's the study of everything in nature that subverts our Western cultural expectations about how the natural world *should* work. There are of course the more newsworthy examples like the gay penguins, but it goes much deeper. We'll explore the roles of males and females in the animal kingdom, the transitioning of animals, insects, and plants from one sex to another, and even why we gender anything at all.

Most of all, this tour is a discussion about how human society defines the natural world within its own cultural structures and limits, and how learning from nature can help free us from those unnatural rules.

Let's go explore nature together!

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Where: Exact location of our hike and where we're meeting to start will be emailed to all ticket holders in the days leading up to the event.

When: We recommend you arrive 20-30 minutes early to find proper parking and find the group. Cellphone signals can be bad in this section of the park. We're going to start our hike not long after 9AM

Parking: Parking can be extremely limited in Griffith Park on a Sunday morning. PLEASE arrive early and plan ahead. We highly recommend public transportation or ride-sharing.

What to bring: Hiking shoes, water, sunblock, and anything else you need to be comfortable for a 2-hour hike.

Finding the group: We'll meet right at the trailhead. Look for an Atheists United sign. Most cellphone networks struggle with reception in this section of the park. Please plan ahead.

Our Tour Guide: Learn more about Jason Wise here: http://jasonjourneyman.com