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Secular Sip & Mingle at The Dinghy (May 2026)
SHL members and friends gathered on Thursday, May 21, 2026 for another Secular Sip & Mingle,...
Spring 2026 Potluck Picnic
SHL’s 2026 Spring Potluck Picnic was a tremendous success, and we want to extend a heartfelt thank...
Park Circle Cares (May 2026)
Nine secular humanists joined other regular and new volunteers from the community to distribute...
Happy Humanist Hour at Taco Boy (May 2026)
It was Taco Tuesday for 19 Happy Humanists who gathered at Taco Boy downtown to enjoy good food...
Lowcountry Food Bank (May 2026)
Twelve secular humanists worked along side volunteers from Boeing and the community to bag sweet...
May 2026 SINO Protest
Eleven concerned citizens gathered on Sunday, May 10, 2026 for our monthly Silence Is Not an...
Do we have free will?
Are our choices genuinely ours, and are we morally responsible for them? Those are the central questions of free will, and the topic of discussion for our next Freethinkers’ Forum on Thursday, June 4, 2026. We will meet at 6:30 pm at the Keith Summey Library on Rivers Ave in North Charleston.
Animal Farm
We went to the dreadful “reimagining” of George Orwell’s Animal Farm for our May 3, 2026 movie club. The film won the vote on the strength of the source material, but the film makers strayed too far from the original and muddled the moral of the story. 14 less-than-happy humanists suffered through it, and we do not recommend this animated film.
Be an Election Hero!
In case you haven’t heard, there is a shortage in poll workers for the 2026 elections....
Upcoming Events
- Saturday, May 23rd, Board Game Day at 4 pm at The Green Dragon in West Ashley.
- Sunday, May 24th, Book Club at 3 pm at the Charleston Public Library discussing Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love by Dava Sobel.
- Tuesday, May 26th, Trivia Night at 6:30 pm at Mex 1 Coastal Cantina in West Ashley.
- Saturday, May 30th, Tabling at Feminist Magic Market in Park Circle.
- Sunday, May 31st, 5th Sunday Brunch at 11 am at The Tattooed Moose in Park Circle.
- Thursday, June 4th, Freethinkers Forum at 6:30 pm at the Keith Summey Library in North Charleston discussing the question, “Do we have free will?”
- Sunday, June 7th, Movie Club. Film, location and time TBD.
- Tuesday, June 9th, Volunteer at the Lowcountry Food Bank at 1 pm.
- Tuesday, June 9th, Happy Humanist Hour at 7 pm at 843 Korean in North Charleston.
- Sunday, June 14th, Secular Families Play Group at 11 am at Wannamaker County Park in North Charleston.
- Sunday, June 14th, Pop-Up Protest at 2 pm in front of Charleston City Hall.
- Saturday, June 20th, Food Distribution with Park Circle Cares at 8 am a North Charleston High School.
- Saturday, June 20th, Karaoke Night at 7 pm at Deb & Rob’s house.
- Sunday, June 28th, Secular Families Play Group at 11 am at Gahagan Park in Summerville.
- Sunday, June 28th, Book Club at 3 pm at the Charleston Public Library discussing Actress of a Certain Age: My Twenty-Year Trail to Overnight Success by Jeff Hiller.
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 Sunday: Member Gathering
3rd Saturday: Park Circle Cares
4th Sunday: Secular Families Play Group
4th Sunday: Book Club
4th Tuesday: Trivia Night
5th Sunday: 5th Sunday Brunch