User:Megalibrarygirl/Debbie Goddard (activist)

Debbie Goddard is an activist who has been involved with humanist and LGBT issues. Goddard works for the Center for Inquiry and is the director of African Americans for Humanism (AAH).

Biography
Goddard became interested in humanism when she was young. Her mother was Catholic and her father, Jewish.

While at Temple University, Goddard received push back from her friends who were involved in African American studies when she tried to start an atheist student club. She said her friends' criticism was that atheism and humanism were "harmful Eurocentric ideologies" and this response was "very upsetting" to Goddard.

Goddard became director of AAH June 1, 2010. As the director of AAH, Goddard sees her role as challenging various misconceptions about atheism, humanism and black identity.