What's New?
Our May 2012 newsletter is now available for download on our newsletter page.
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Upcoming meetings (at USNH, 700 Hartford Turnpike, Hamden, 
unless otherwise noted)
| When | What |
|---|---|
| Friday, May 4th 6:30 PM pot-luck dinner 7:00 PM movie |
David and June Schafer will be showing Charles Fergusson's award-winning documentary on the 2008 financial crisis: “Inside Job.” This is a USNH event, HAC members are welcome to attend.
The movie will be preceded by a pot-luck dinner. |
| Saturday, May 5th 2:30 PM |
Humanist Conversations: “The Reason Rally” We'll do a retrospective on the March 24th Reason Rally in Washington, DC, including archival footage of coverage of the event. Refreshments will be served. |
| Sunday, May 6th | Join or sponsor our team in the Connecticut Food Bank's New Haven-area Walk Against Hunger at East Rock Park in New Haven. Registration begins at 1 PM and the walk starts at 2 PM. |
| Monday, May 7th 7:00 PM |
New Haven area social dinner at Turkish Kebab House, 1157 Campbell Ave., West Haven . |
| Saturday, May 12th 3:00 to 5:00 PM |
 Book discussion. We will discuss “The Road” by Cormac McCarthy. The book is available at many public libraries as well as at bookstores and online. |
| Sunday, May 20th 2:30 PM |
May board and standing committee meetings. All members are welcome to attend. (Note that the meeting has been moved one week earlier in the month to allow members to attend the cook-out.) |
| Monday, May 21st 7:30 PM |
Monthly Meeting: Doug Peary David & June Schafer, Humanist Heroes HAC vice-president Doug Peary will return with a very special addition to his “Humanist Heroes” series. This month his subject will be our very own Dr. David and June Schafer. We’ll start with half an hour of coffee and conversation at 7:30 PM, followed by Doug’s informative talk at 8:00 PM. |
| Tuesday, May 22nd 7:00 PM |
Hartford-area social dinner at Hanafins Pub, 21 Rankin Rd., Glastonbury. Our guest speaker will be author Larry Rifkin, who spoke for HAC in Hamden in November, 2010. Larry is a frequent contributor to Free Inquiry. His topic this time will be “What does humanism say about our place in the universe, and does it make any difference?” |
| Sunday, May 27th 12:00 noon to 4:00 PM |
HAC members are invited to a Memorial Day pot-luck cookout at Crystal Lake Park in Middletown. Please bring a dish to share. |
Notes
Dinners: If you're planning to attend one of our social dinners, please RSVP to editor@cthumanist.org, so we can give the restaurant a rough head count.
You can RSVP for the dinners and most HAC events via meetup.com.
Titles selected for our book discussions can be found in most local libraries or ordered from bookstores such as Barnes and Noble.