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A One-Day Event at the TAT Center, Saturday November 6, 2021

We initially planned to have an in-person gathering at the Hurdle Mills, NC TAT center on November 5-7, but we canceled it due to the resurgent COVID spread.

An informal day-long gathering on Saturday November 6, is planned for 9 am to 4 pm. The gathering is free. (You're always welcome to make a donation to help with the ongoing cost of the TAT center's operation.) There's no registration or fee for this informal one-day event, but if you think you'd like to attend this informal gathering, please send an email to so we have an idea of how many would like to come.

In keeping with NC regulations, vaccination is not required, and we'll follow other recommendations:

• masks will be required for all indoor gatherings
• maintain social distancing
• wash hands often
• If you are not vaccinated, you also should not travel

There are both large indoor spaces and outdoor seating for discussions. Participants in the informal gathering should bring their own lunch/snacks, though TAT will provide coffee, tea, water, and soda.

This gathering follows a Sunday to Friday retreat (not a TAT event) sponsored by Art Ticknor's Gainesville, FL self-inquiry group. Art and others from the retreat will be staying over for the Saturday gathering. A few of the past speakers and session leaders from previous TAT events will also be in attendance traveling from the Midwest and Eastern Seaboard.

If you're in the Raleigh area, or wish to travel to the TAT Center for this informal gathering, this is a great opportunity to meet informally and have the live, interactive discussions we have been missing.

If you are traveling and need to stay over to return on Sunday, please indicate that in your email as well. There may be room at the TAT center for overnight guests, again at no charge for TAT members. TAT will prioritize rooms for any retreat participants who wish to stay over and otherwise will respond to the room requests no later than two weeks before the meeting. If the TAT center is full, there are hotel and other accommodations in the area.

This informal gathering is in addition to the “Virtual TAT Spiritual Retreat Weekend” on November 20. See Virtual Retreat on November 20 to register.

What is the TAT Foundation?

A group encouraging people to think rather than believe. A group determined to help people find ways and means to answer their deepest philosophical questions. A gathering of friends who are not afraid to be honest with one another. An island of hope and sanity (or at least the hope for sanity!). Last, but not least, TAT is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit educational organization chartered in 1973.