Humanism is a progressive philosophy of life that, without supernaturalism, affirms our ability and responsibility to lead ethical lives of personal fulfillment that aspire to the greater good of humanity.
Humanism and Its Aspirations
Upcoming Events
Humanist Explorations - She Loves Me
Saturday, May 4, 2024, 2:30PM
This event was rescheduled from April.
“She Loves Me” is based on the 1938 play “Parfumerie.” A tale of two people who work in a small shop and are constantly at odds with one another, are unaware that they are romantically involved via a lonely-hearts club, writing to each other as “Dear Freind.” Several film incarnations of this story are well known (“The Shop Around the Corner” and in the nineties, Nora Ephron’s “You’ve Got Mail”). This version, the Broadway Musical from 1963, is not well known but achieved the status of a “cult” show following its short original run. This production from 1978 by the BBC is stunning and charming and perfect for an early spring afternoon when love is in bloom.
Social Dinner
Monday, May 6, 2024, 7:00PM
Join us for our monthly Social Dinner, and discuss a wide range of topics with like-minded people.
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Board Meeting
Sunday, May 19, 2024, 7:00PM
All members of the Humanist Association of Connecticut are welcome to attend. If you have something to bring to the board or wish …
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Monthly Meeting
Monday, May 20, 2024, 6:30PM
This is our monthly meeting, held on the third Monday of the month. The main program is announced closer to the date of the…
Northern Social Dinner
Tuesday, May 28, 2024, 7:00PM
Join us at Butterfly Chinese Restaurant on Farmington Avenue in West Hartford for some friendly and interesting…
Book Discussions
"American Midnight" by Adam Hochschild
Saturday, May 18, 2024, 2:30PM
Our book for May is American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy’s Forgotten Crisis by Adam Hichschild.
From Amazon: The nation was on the brink. Mobs burned Black churches to the ground. Courts threw thousands of people into prison for opinions they voiced. Self-appointed vigilantes executed tens of thousands of citizens’ arrests. Some seventy-five newspapers and magazines were banned from the mail and forced to close. When the government stepped in, it was often to fan the flames.
This was America during and after the Great War: a brief but appalling era blighted by lynchings, censorship, and the sadistic, sometimes fatal abuse of conscientious objectors in military prisons – a time whose toxic currents of racism, nativism, red-baiting, and contempt for the rule of law then flowed directly through the intervening decades to poison our own.
“A harrowing portrait of America in 1917–21, rife with racist violence, xenophobia and political repression abetted by the federal government. The book serves as a cautionary tale and a provocative counterpoint to our own era.” – New York Times Book Review, Editors’ Choice
"Survival of the Friendliest" by Brian Hare & Vanessa Woods
Saturday, June 15, 2024, 2:30PM
Our book for June is Survival of the Friendliest: Understanding Our Origins and Rediscovering Our Common Humanity by researchers…
You can download the New Haven Free Public Library’s flyer for the 2024 book discussions at the Wilson Branch.
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Titles selected for our book discussions can be found in most local libraries or ordered from bookstores such as Barnes and Noble.
HAC is a chapter of the American Humanist Association, a member of the Connecticut Coalition of Reason, and a UU Humanists local group.