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 …

Richard Dawkins Returns to the Land of “The Good Guys”

In 2014, Professor Richard Dawkins visited the University of Connecticut for a fireside chat with the dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Jeremy Teitelbaum. At one point during the discussion Professor Dawkins reached for a flyer; prepared by Connecticut Coalition of Reason, looked at it, held it up and said, “If you …

CooRdinator’s CoRner: Interview with Pat McCann

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 …