Connecticut Coalition of Reason Elects New Officers for 2019

At the Connecticut Coalition of Reason’s (CT CoR) annual meeting on January 27th Carol Siddall, President of the Humanist Association of Connecticut (HAC) and resident of Southbury was re-elected co-chair; Ken Spencer, President of the Atheist Humanist Society of Connecticut and Rhode Island (AHSCTRI) and resident of Baltic was elected co-chair, and Chris Kullstroem, member …

Dan Blinn Receives the 2018 President’s Award from the American Humanist Association

If you live in Connecticut and are an atheist, humanist, freethinker, secularist, or any other non-believer label but don’t know Dan Blinn, you should. Dan is a tireless activist for humanism and the separation of state and church in Connecticut. Among Dan’s many accomplishments are: Founder, and current President, of the Hartford Area Humanists Founding …

Pat McCann named the 2017 American Atheists’ Connecticut Activist of the Year

In a series of surprises Pat McCann was named the 2017 American Atheists’ Connecticut Activist of the Year. In addition to Dennis Paul Himes surprising Pat at his home during the Hartford Area Humanists Winter Solstice/HumanLight Celebration with the award, Jase Heap stealthily asked Pat’s friends to provide input for an article on the work …

Fans of “The Man Who Can”: Honoring Pat McCann in Connecticut

by Susann National Coordinator and Education Officer–United Coalition of Reason On the morning of December 10th, UnitedCoR’s Twitter (@UnitedCoR) was buzzing with news that Pat McCann—former Co-Coordinator for the Connecticut Coalition of Reason—had been awarded the 2017 Activist of the Year from American Atheists’ State Director, Dennis Paul Himes. (Dennis was also recently named the …

Generous to the CoRe! Detroit and Connecticut

Below are updates from Connecticut and Detroit CoRs doing good without a god in their communities! Pat McCannConnecticut Coalition of Reason The table you see here is part of the Hartford Area Humanists’ holiday tradition. Every year for the past 4 years, Elisabeth Brown and I (CT CoR Co-chair and Hartford Area Humanist President) open …

CT Humanists Bring Death to Life With a Cup of Joe

This October and through March 2017 Humanist organizations will be raising the living to talk about death, dying and the meaning of life at Death Cafes throughout Connecticut. Humanist Celebrants Dan Blinn, Anita Peters and Yale Humanist Chaplain Chris Stedman are inviting the public to engage in friendly conversation, eat cake, drink a cup o’joe, …

Connecticut CoR Shows Its Pride

by Dan Blinn Vice-President–Hartford Area Humanists and Former Co-Chair–Connecticut Coalition of Reason Members of several Connecticut secular organizations participated in the Second Annual Hartford Pride event in Bushnell Park. Two of the groups, Connecticut Valley Atheists (CVA) and Hartford Area Humanists (HAH), co-sponsored a booth at the Hartford Pride. Secular and LGBTQ communities have many shared …

Mark Twain House Hosts Nontheist Conference

by UnitedCoR’s Executive Director Executive Director—UnitedCoR It was certainly a pleasure for UnitedCoR to help the folks in Connecticut CoR with the CARE (Connecticut Assembly for Reason and Ethics) conference this past weekend, held at the famous Mark Twain House and museum in beautiful Hartford, CT. Around 125 people braved the rain (and snow later …

Generous to the CoR(e)!

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 …