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March 2026: Mother Emanuel by Kevin Sacks
Few people beyond South Carolina’s Lowcountry knew of Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston–Mother Emanuel–before the night of June 17, 2015, when a twenty-one-year-old white supremacist walked into Bible study and slaughtered the church’s charismatic pastor and eight other worshippers. Although the shooter had targeted Mother Emanuel–the first A.M.E. church in the South–to agitate racial strife, he did not anticipate the aftermath: an outpouring of forgiveness from the victims’ families and a reckoning with the divisions of caste that have afflicted Charleston and the South since the earliest days of European settlement.
Happy Humanist Hour at La Hacienda
For our Happy Humanist Hour on January 13, 2026 we ate at La Hacienda on International Blvd in...
Lowcountry Food Bank (January 2026)
We had 11 volunteers for our monthly shift at the Lowcountry Food Bank on January 13, 2026. Some...
January 2026 SINO Protest
We had at least 50 people spread across the four corners of the intersection of Broad and Meeting...
Are there ethical limits that should be imposed on the pursuit of science and technology?
Join the Freethinkers’ Forum on Thursday, February 5, 2026 at 6:30 pm at the Keith Summey Library in North Charleston. We will be discussing the question, “Are there ethical limits that should be imposed on the pursuit of science and technology?”
From the first stone tools to modern gene editing, human progress has always depended on science and technology — but not every advance leads to human flourishing. Emerging fields like artificial intelligence, genetic engineering, and neurotechnology raise profound ethical questions about privacy, inequality, and what it means to be human. Are there limits that should be placed on scientific pursuit, and who should decide them — scientists, policymakers, or society at large? How can secular humanists balance our commitment to knowledge with our responsibility to ensure it serves humanity wisely?
Song Sung Blue
Come see the film Song Sung Blue with your non-religious friends from the Secular Humanists of the Lowcountry (SHL)! We are going to the 3:30 pm showing at the Citadel Stadium 16 theater in West Ashley on Sunday, January 4, 2025.
After the movie those who wish will be going to dinner at Metro Diner, located at 1808 Sam Rittenberg Blvd in West Ashley for drinks, food and to discuss the film.
The January 2026 issue of The Separationist is out now!
We discuss the latest political outrage when Pete Hegseth moved to impose Christian nationalism on...
Q4 2025: The Sustainability Institute
We raised $900 for The Sustainability Institute, our Q4 2025 Charity of the Quarter. We believe...
Q1 2026: Transformation Table
At a time of deep polarization—marked by rising antisemitism, anti-Asian hate, attacks on LGBTQ...
Upcoming Events
- Sunday, January 25th, Adopt-A-Highway at 9:30 am on Azalea Dr in North Charleston.
- Sunday, January 25th, Coleman Watts: Confessions of a Former Conspiracy Theorist at 3 pm at the Charleston Public Library.
- Sunday, February 1st, Movie Club. Film, location and time TBD.
- Thursday, February 5th, Freethinkers Forum at 6:30 pm at the Keith Summey Library in North Charleston discussing the question, “Are there ethical limits that should be imposed on the pursuit of science and technology?”
- Sunday, February 8th, Pop-Up Protest at 2 pm in front of Charleston City Hall.
- Tuesday, February 10th, Volunteer at the Lowcountry Food Bank at 1 pm.
- Tuesday, February 10th, Happy Humanist Hour at 7 pm at Dragon Palace Bistro on Daniel Island.
- Wednesday, February 11th, SHL Kids Board Game Recess at 11:30 am at Hoodie Cat in Northwoods Mall.
- Saturday, February 21st, Food Distribution with Park Circle Cares at 8 am at North Charleston High School.
- Sunday, February 22nd, Book Club at 3 pm at the Charleston Public Library discussing Separation of Church and Hate: A Sane Person's Guide to Taking Back the Bible from Fundamentalists, Fascists, and Flock-Fleecing Frauds by John Fugelsang.
Sunday, March 22nd, Book Club at 3 pm at the Charleston Public Library discussing Mother Emanuel: Two Centuries of Race, Resistance, and Forgiveness in One Charleston Church by Kevin Sack.
Regular Monthly Schedule
Our normal schedule of events is as follows. Sometimes we deviate from our regular schedule for specific events and scheduling conflicts.
1st Sunday: Movie Club
2nd Sunday: Activist Sunday
2nd Tuesday: Happy Humanist Hour (Dinner Club)
3rd Sunday: Member Gathering
4th Sunday: Book Club
4th Week: Trivia Night (days and locations vary)
5th Sunday: 5th Sunday Brunch