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by Pat McCann Co-Chair, Connecticut Coalition of Reason Every year for the past eight years, Connecticut has celebrated the birth of Charles Darwin in a big way. This year was no different except for a very special guest: Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) attended the 8th Annual Darwin Day dinner in Norwalk. What makes Sen. Blumenthal’s visit so …
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UnitedCoR’s Education Officer and National Coordinator Education Officer and National Coordinator On our way back from an event with Boston Oasis, we stopped in to visit Connecticut CoR for a 2016-planning meeting. Although we’ve had a lot of communication with Connecticut CoR and its coordinator, Pat McCann, this was our first time to meet him …
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by UnitedCoR’s Education Officer and National Coordinator I had the privilege of hearing Gary Alexander speak at this year’s Sacramento Freethought Day leadership event. Gary’s training session was well received, and as it is something new to some nontheistic communities, people were continuing to talk about his session even until the late hours of the …
UnitedCoR’s Executive Director Executive DirectorUnited Coalition of Reason With the phrase, “Freethought is the first step of a growing mind,” UnitedCoR’s Education Officer and National Coordinatorestablished her first meme during her first public address in America at the Sacramento Freethought Day on Sunday, October 11, 2015. On a beautiful morning, the Sunday Assembly—Sacramento gathered …
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by UnitedCoR’s Executive Director Executive Director—United Coalition of Reason UnitedCoR wishes to acknowledge a generous gift received from Pat McCann—Coordinator of the Connecticut Coalition of Reason. Pat was able to secure a matching gift from his work at Pfizer, thereby increasing the amount UnitedCoR received. Pat McCann is a life-long Atheist and Humanist who …
It started to look like the National Day of Reason was going to be a big disappointment in Connecticut. Governor Dannel P. Malloy had not responded to the Connecticut Coalition of Reason’s (CT CoR) National Day of Reason proclamation request submitted in mid-February. In early March, CT CoR co-chair Pat McCann followed up with a letter to …
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News Item from The Connecticut Coalition of Reason Congressman Jim Himes was honored on May 15 for his intellectual integrity and political courage in co-sponsoring House Bill 467: Expressing support for the designation of February 12, 2014 as “Darwin Day” and recognizing the importance of science in the betterment of humanity. Representatives of the Humanists …
What could make the week at UConn where the men’s and women’s basketball teams both won their NCAA Division I national championships even better? The 2500 people that attended Professor Richard Dawkins’ appearance at the Jorgensen Center for Performing Arts on the Storrs’ Campus of the University of Connecticut on his latest US tour and …
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(New Haven, Connecticut, October 15, 2013) “Are you good without God? You aren’t alone.” These words, superimposed over an image of a blue sky with clouds, now appear on two prominent 14 x 48’ digital billboards on Interstate 91 South. One is in Hartford south of exit 34, facing north. The other is in New …
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