The Black Nonbelievers SeaCon 2025 is launching this November!  Now is registration time.  Check out the lineup below!   There will be many brave voices to hear.  As mentioned for the interview with Mandisa Thomas, willingly deciding to add membership in one of the most hated groups in America is a big decision (so consider helping them out – link here.  I just donated, it works).

But first, here’s a video from Bri the Womannequin – what an experience!  I was really surprised to hear how her story paralleled mine in places.  Such as at around 10:00 to 13:00, she has the same logical issues that initially were the first step in my escape as well.  And I thought that this was not usually the case – that humans worked mostly emotionally and that logical things like these weren’t usually the way that people started to see the way out (and then we have more logical issues brought up when she discusses her cousin, towards the end).  Then Cosmos at ~20:00!  Me too – well, sort of.  It was the original, 1980 Cosmos for me, not the new remake by Neil DeGrasse Tyson (which is also excellent of course).  I didn’t have nearly as bad an experience with Hell Terror, but it’s pretty standard in a lot of people, because of course that’s how it’s expected to work in the first place.  And, what bravery from Bri to put this out there – especially given her community.  How much of this was the same for you?

For those in the black community, here’s a chance to meet up with others who have had similar experiences.

BN SeaCon will be back aboard the Carnival Horizon in 2025! Join us for another round of activism, education and fun on the high seas.

The Horizon boasts an IMAX theater, a water park, a sky ride, and much more. You don’t want to miss this experience!

Featured speakers for BN SeaCon 2025 include:

– Jasmine Banks
– Jeremiah Camara
– Candace Gorham
– Leo Igwe
– Mandisa Thomas
– Deana Williams
– And MORE!!!

Ports of Call
– Miami, FL
– Ocho Rios, Jamaica
– Grand Cayman Island
– Cozumel, Mexico

Prices start at $750 per person, double occupancy. Registration includes cabin fare, port fees, taxes, onboard credits, a welcome amenity from BN, and much more. Initial deposits are due by January 25th, don’t delay!

Single cabin options are available, as well as cabinmate pairing assistance.

BN SeaCon 2025!

There are a lot of awesome speakers! Here’s a bio from just one of the speakers.

Candace R.M. Gorham (she/her/hers) is a licensed professional counselor with a background in middle and high school education. A former evangelical minister, she founded the Ebony Exodus Project to explore the reasons record numbers of black women were leaving the church and in 2013 published The Ebony Exodus Project: Why Some Black Women Are Walking Out on Religion and Others Should Too. She is on the advisory council of the Black Humanist Alliance of the American Humanist Association and is a member of the Secular Therapist Project and the Clergy Project. She currently lives in Durham, North Carolina, with her fourteen-year-old daughter.

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