Connecticut Coalition of Reason Elects New Officers for 2016

At the Connecticut Coalition of Reason’s annual meeting on January 31st Pat McCann, President of the Hartford Area Humanists (HAH) and resident of Durham, was re-elected as co-chair; Richard Siddall, past President of the Humanist Association of Connecticut (HAC) and resident of Southbury, was elected co-chair; and Shanna Bokoff, secretary of the Atheist Humanist Society …

Atheist Holiday Display Vandalized

For the past nine years, the Connecticut Valley Atheists (CVA) have created a display on the public town green in response to other religious holiday displays allowed by the town. Nearby residents had always enjoyed and respected all of the displays until this year when only the atheist display was vandalized. Dennis Paul Himes, Vernon …

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 …

Solstice Celebrations Expand Across Connecticut

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, December 15, 2015 A new movement is spreading across Connecticut to celebrate the winter solstice in a way that brings together people across ethnicities and ideological boundaries. The winter solstice, the time when the days of sunlight start lengthening, harkens to the pre-historic roots of humanity and its common urge for …

A Dialogue For Interfaith Dialogue

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 …