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Upcoming Events
📦 Saturday, October 3rd, SNAP Back at Hunger Packing Party at 11 am at the Johns Island Library.
🎞️ Sunday, October 4th, Movie Club, going to the 3:40 showing of Verity at Citadel Mall Stadium 16 Theater.
🤔 Tuesday, October 6th, Freethinkers’ Forum at 6:30 pm at the Keith Summey Library in North Charleston, discussing the question, “What is a cultural treasure you would evangelize about?”
🩸 Saturday, October 10th, LC Period Pixies Packing Party at 12:30 pm at the Baxter-Patrick James Island Library.
📫 Sunday, October 11th, Postcard Party at noon at Saffron downtown.
🪧 Sunday, October 11th, Activist Sunday at 2 pm at Charleston City Hall.
🎭 Sunday, October 11th, Black Fedora's Newest Show: Fred Isn't Dead ... Yet! at 7 pm Downtown.
🧶 Monday, October 12th, SHL Craft and Chat Group at 5:30 pm at Edmund’s Oast on King Street.
🍎 Tuesday, October 13th, Volunteering at the Lowcountry Food Bank at 1 pm in North Charleston.
🥢 Tuesday, October 13th, Happy Humanist Hour at 7 pm at Old Li’s in North Charleston.
🥬 Saturday, October 17th, Food Distribution with Park Circle Cares at 8 am a North Charleston High School.
🌽 Sunday, October 18th, Fall Fun at the West Farm Corn Maze at 1:30 pm.
🍷 Monday, October 19th, SHL Sip and Mingle Group at 5:30 pm at Edmund’s Oast Brewing on King St.
❓ Wednesday, October 21st, Trivia at 6:30 pm at Mex 1 in West Ashley
🎃 Saturday, October 24th, Pumpkin Carving in West Ashley
🛣️ Sunday, October 25th, Adopt A Highway at 9:30 am at The Bend North Charleston
📚 Sunday, October 25th, Book Club at 4 pm at the We Are Family Community Center in North Charleston, discussing On Courage: How to Be a Dissident in an Age of Fear by Julia Angwin and Ami Fields-Meyer.
🌉 Wednesday, October 28th, Recovering From Religion at 6:30 pm at the We Are Family community center in North Charleston.
💀 Sunday, November 1st, Day of the Dead Celebration at 2 pm at Pine Trace Park in Ladson.
🎊 Wednesday, November 11th, Festival of Lights Fun Walk at 5:45 pm at James Island County Park.
📚 Sunday, November 22nd, Book Club at 4 pm at the We Are Family Community Center in North Charleston, discussing How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence by Michael Pollan.
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
1st Thursday: Freethinkers Forum
2nd Sunday: Secular Families Play Group
2nd Sunday: Activist Sunday
2nd Tuesday: Volunteering at Lowcountry Food Bank
2nd Tuesday: Happy Humanist Hour (Dinner Club)
3rd Saturday: Park Circle Cares
3rd Sunday: Member Gathering
3rd Wednesday: Trivia Night
4th Sunday: Secular Families Play Group
4th Sunday: Book Club
5th Sunday: 5th Sunday Brunch