Recognition of Juneteenth

Aissia Richardson, Director of Outreach and Community Development Office of State Senator Sharif Street, and Ethical Society Member Aissia will talk about the successful campaign to have Juneteenth recognized as a statewide holiday and the ongoing effort to make it a paid day off of work. This Zoom (only) program will be at:   www.tiny.cc/phillyethics

Deep Convos: Mortality, Love, and Purpose

Philadelphia Ethical Society 1906 Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Christian Hayden will lead this three-part, deep-sharing exercise that explores 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. Subsequent sessions are  scheduled, tentatively, for July 6 and August 19, at 7 PM. Attending all three sessions is [...]

Introduction to Ethical Humanism

Philadelphia Ethical Society 1906 Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Christian Hayden conducts this class, in-person and on Zoom. A second session will be on August 7. Join online at the scheduled time: CLICK HERE

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 States

Book 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 States

Christian 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 States

Join 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.