Chris Stedman to Step Down as YHC’s Executive Director

The Connecticut Coalition of Reason is sincerely grateful to Chris for his service as part of our coalition. His leadership, insights, and personal touch in working with communities across the state will be sorely missed. We wish him success in Minnesota and also in all of his future endeavors. Chris’s announcement is below. Dear community …

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 …

Connecticut CoR Protests Franklin Graham Event and Promotes Inclusive Community Politics

by Jase, Executive Director, United Coalition of Reason As the rain poured on the night of Wednesday, August 31st, part of me thought that Franklin Graham’s Decision America 2016 stop in Hartford, Connecticut would be a wash-out. The Facebook event that was posted by the Connecticut Coalition of Reason provided information that they’d been informed Graham …

Interview: Humanist Chaplain Chris Stedman

UnitedCoR’s Education Officer and National Coordinator Education Officer and National Coordinator Chris Stedman is a Fellow of Davenport College at Yale University and Executive Director of the Yale Humanist Community. Previously a Humanist chaplain at Harvard University, he is the author of Faitheist: How an Atheist Found Common Ground with the Religious. A Contributing Editor at Religion …