Connecticut Coalition of Reason
Connecticut's Secular Community
On April 21st, CT Coalition of Reason co-chair Tanya Barrett and secretary Pat McCann along with Connecticut Valley Atheists’ president Adam Arrowsmith attended the UConn Freethinkers Monday meeting to discuss the possibility of joining the coalition. After a brief overveiw of the coalition, the UConn students called for a vote that passed unanimously. Then on …
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The first annual Connecticut Secular Leadership Summit held on Saturday September 20, 2014 was an overwhelming success thanks in no small part to Mike Werner and Tanya Barrett, who organized the event. Approximately 25 leaders and aspiring leaders from secular organizations across the state attended the event. Mike Werner gave an excellent presentation in the …
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Camp Quest New England launched in July of 2012 with a fun filled kickoff weekend at Connecticut College. Campers (age 8-17) and staff alike were captivated by mentally stimulating activities such as watching a genetically modified axolotl glow in the dark, viewed stars and nebula through a high powered telescope, launched bottle rockets, learned (and …
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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 …
Members of the Connecticut Coalition of reason met with Congressman Jim Himes (representing Connecticut’s fourth district) on Thursday, May 15th to present him with the coalition’s resolution recognizing and applauding him for his intellectual integrity and political courage in co-sponsoring H. Res. 467: Expressing support for the designation of February 12, 2014, as “Darwin Day”; …
David Niose, legal director of the Appignani Humanist Legal Center and past president of both the American Humanist Association and the Secular Coalition for America, visited with the Connecticut secular community yesterday attending the Hartford Area Humanists’ monthly meeting that was open to all our secular organizations as well as the public. He discussed the …
At the Connecticut Coalition of Reason’s annual meeting on January 29th Dan Blinn, President of the Hartford Area Humanists and resident of Glastonbury was relected as co-chair; Tanya Barrett, member of the Connecticut Valley Athesists and resident of Enfield was elected co-chair; and Patrick McCann, Vice President of the Hartford Area Humanists and resident of …
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Tanya Barrett was named 2013 American Atheists CT Activist of the Year for her hard work and dedication as secretary for the Connecticut Coalition of Reason and her amazing efforts in delivering the successful inaugural Secular Assembly for the North East (SANE) conference as project manager this past Saturday. The one day conference held at …
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