All Society Platform – Summer 2022
AEU Assembly Platform: All Hands on Deck! (The Importance of the Work of the Many Volunteers Across the Ethical Movement) To celebrate the importance of volunteerism to the Ethical Culture movement, Leader Jone Johnson Lewis will discuss the work of Anna Garlin Spencer and how her work for social justice in the early years of [...]
How We Live Our Values
Living our values means “talking the talk” and “walking the talk.” In that regard, Society member Nick Sanders will say a bit about his values and how he tries to manifest them beyond the Ethical Society in his immediate neighborhood and in the wider world … with a little existentialism and values clarification orientation as [...]
Book Discussion
Philadelphia Ethical Society 1906 Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesBook Discussion: How to Be Animal, a New History of What It Means to be Human by Melanie Challenger Challenger, a chronicler of natural and environmental history, tackles deep questions about what life is and why it matters. At the heart of our psychology, she argues, is a profound struggle with being animal. Christian Hayden [...]
Crucial Conversations
Ruth Dubinsky, PES Member Crucial Conversations – Tools for Talking when the Stakes are High is a go-to resource for navigating the tough conversations that occur in every aspect of life. Ruth will offer a summary of this step-by-step path to more productive dialog. This Zoom (only) program will be at: www.tiny.cc/phillyethics
Introduction to Ethical Humanism
Philadelphia Ethical Society 1906 Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesChristian Hayden conducts this class, in-person and on Zoom. Join online at the scheduled time: CLICK HERE
A Quick Gandhi Refresher: A colloquy
Ken Greiff, PES Member In these days of struggle, it is fitting and proper that we remind ourselves of hopeful strategies, strategies for (as Martin Luther King would put it) the creation of the Beloved Community. The reading for this colloquy will be from a Gandhian website called Soulforce. The readings are: (1) A Credo [...]
Deep Convos: Mortality, Love, and Purpose
Philadelphia Ethical Society 1906 Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesJoin us for the last session "Purpose" in this deep-sharing exercise, exploring both deep questions and the difficulty of dealing with them. Guided conversations will take place in large and small groups. The goals are experimentation and community-building. This will be in-person and on Zoom.
WOKE: A Call for Social Justice
Erik Younge and ERTF members Please join us for an exciting, inspiring, informative program of poetry and discussion on what it means to be Woke...how to ask the hard questions. How to stand up for what is right - even when it is difficult and scary. Ending Racism Task Force members recite poems written from [...]
The Timeless Lessons of Toni Morrison
Christian Hayden In a strange turn of events, Toni Morrison's Pulitzer Prize winning Beloved became fodder for a political ad in the gubernatorial race of Virginia in 2021. Though it is somewhat unsurprising that targeting literature crafted by a Black woman could score easy political points, nevertheless it is unsettling that one of the greatest [...]
John Lovejoy Elliott and a Ministry to Man (And Woman)
Hugh Taft-Morales Leader, Philadelphia Ethical Society This week we return to the archives with a platform, on Zoom, first presented on September 4, 2016. Felix Adler, the founder of Ethical Culture, chose as his first lieutenant John Lovejoy Elliott: a man best known for building caring relationships and friendships that served the marginalized of New [...]