Ebony Exodus

The Freedom From Religion Foundation’s “Freethought Matters” TV show this Sunday offers some answers on how nonreligious people should deal with death.

Candace R.M. Gorham is a former Christian minister who is now an atheist activist and author. Gorham has worked as a licensed mental health counselor for more than 10 years, focusing on at-risk youth and family therapy. She is a member of the Black Humanist Alliance of the American Humanist Association, the Secular Therapist Project, the Clergy Project and the Secular Student Alliance’s speakers bureau. Gorham is the author of "Ebony Exodus Project: Why Some Black Women Are Walking Out on Religion — and Others Should Too" and now has a new book out called "On Death, Dying, and Disbelief."

“In 2019, my high school sweetheart died tragically in a car accident,” she tells “Freethought Matters” co-hosts Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor about the genesis of the book, which contains 10 tips for nonreligious folks on how to grieve. “We had reconnected later in life, and we were much more than just high school sweethearts. And so mourning his death, I felt like I needed some way to sort of process that and deal with that.”

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