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Visit to Mother Emanuel AME Church

Visit to Mother Emanuel AME Church

On Saturday, April 11, 2026, 18 members of the SHL community made a visit to Mother Emanuel AME Church where church historian, Lee Bennett, talked to us about the history of the church.

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Project Hail Mary

Project Hail Mary

We went to see Project Hail Mary on opening night, Friday, March 20, 2026, as an ad hoc event. It was our largest turnout to date with 27 people at the movie and 20 attending the dinner after the film at Taste of India.

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Confessions of a Former Conspiracy Theorist

Confessions of a Former Conspiracy Theorist

On Sunday, March 15, 2026, the Secular Humanists of the Lowcountry held their monthly Member Gathering where featured speaker Coleman Watts gave an engaging talk on why people fall for cults, cons, and conspiracy theories, drawing on his own experience as a former conspiracy enthusiast who later became a skeptical commentator.

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Productive Dialogue in Polarized Times: Effective Persuasion

Productive Dialogue in Polarized Times: Effective Persuasion

For our February 15, 2026 member gathering, Dr. Bonnie Cleaveland led an excellent workshop. We had a huge turnout, with more than 45 participants filling the auditorium at the Main Public Library downtown.

Dr. Cleaveland’s presentation, Productive Dialogue in Polarized Times: Effective Persuasion, addressed a challenge many of us encounter regularly: how to have constructive conversations with people whose beliefs—about politics, media, or even basic facts—differ sharply from our own. Rather than offering platitudes, she grounded the discussion in psychological research and practical strategy.

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