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Gentle Hatha Yoga and Mindfulness Meditation Class
Gentle Hatha Yoga and Mindfulness Meditation Class
Join us for a 45 minute Gentle Hatha Yoga and Mindfulness Meditation class. Led by our Community Life Coordinator, Oliver Jane Jorgensen. This class is accessible for all ages and abilities. Please wear comfortable clothes and bring a Yoga mat if you have one. Optional: students can utilize a PES provided chair to support their […]
The Unrealized Egalitarian Vision of Felix Adler
The Unrealized Egalitarian Vision of Felix Adler
Sam Pizzigati Associate Fellow, Institute for Policy Studies Felix Adler promoted a more egalitarian America. An advocate for capping the income of the very wealthy, he hoped to tax away “pomp and pride and power.” Yet today we are more unequal than ever. Labor journalist Pizzigati will explore new approaches to reforming our economic and […]
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Gentle Hatha Yoga and Mindfulness Meditation Class
Gentle Hatha Yoga and Mindfulness Meditation Class
Join us for a 45 minute Gentle Hatha Yoga and Mindfulness Meditation class. Led by our Community Life Coordinator, Oliver Jane Jorgensen. This class is accessible for all ages and abilities. Please wear comfortable clothes and bring a Yoga mat if you have one. Optional: students can utilize a PES provided chair to support their […]
Indigenous Wisdom: Respect and Appropriation
Indigenous Wisdom: Respect and Appropriation
Hugh Taft-Morales Leader, Philadelphia Ethical Society Many of our harvest-season traditions have been crafted through selective appropriation of Native American culture. That culture informs how we frame our Thanksgiving holiday and the gratitude we profess—for nature’s gifts, in particular. Drawing on Robin Wall Kimmerer’s book Braiding Sweetgrass, Hugh will explore the potential for transcending superficial […]
Introduction to Ethical Humanism
Introduction to Ethical Humanism
Join Hugh in the Leader’s Office for an overview of our unique alternative to traditional religion. Ethical Society members are invited to attend and share their own experiences. In-person only.
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Game: Peeling the Onion
Game: Peeling the Onion
Join Hugh and facilitator Redwood Kardon in the Leader’s Office for this get-to- know-you activity. We’ll share some of the layers of experiences and stories that shape us. Have fun while getting to know others in our community. Space is limited. RSVP to Hugh: hughtm@gmail.com
Book Discussion Series: Humanly Possible (In-Person)
Book Discussion Series: Humanly Possible (In-Person)
We continue our discussion of Humanly Possible: Seven Hundred Years of Humanist Freethinking, Inquiry, and Hope, by Sarah Bakewell. Hugh will lead the discussion, on zoom, of chapters three, four, and five. In Humanly Possible: Seven Hundred Years of Humanist Freethinking, Inquiry, and Hope, author Sarah Bakewell explores both the philosophical foundation and personal experience […]
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Game: Peeling the Onion
Game: Peeling the Onion
Join Hugh and facilitator Redwood Kardon in the Leader’s Office for this get-to- know-you activity. We’ll share some of the layers of experiences and stories that shape us. Have fun while getting to know others in our community. Space is limited. RSVP to Hugh: hughtm@gmail.com
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Lunch with Hugh (zoom)
Lunch with Hugh (zoom)
Join us on zoom for casual conversation about life, ethics, whatever! Bring your lunch. Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3917679274
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Gentle Hatha Yoga and Mindfulness Meditation Class
Gentle Hatha Yoga and Mindfulness Meditation Class
Join us for a 45 minute Gentle Hatha Yoga and Mindfulness Meditation class. Led by our Community Life Coordinator, Oliver Jane Jorgensen. This class is accessible for all ages and abilities. Please wear comfortable clothes and bring a Yoga mat if you have one. Optional: students can utilize a PES provided chair to support their […]
Deception and Policing in a Post-Miranda Era
Deception and Policing in a Post-Miranda Era
Donald Tibbs Professor of Law, Drexel University Tibbs, an activist for racial and social justice, will discuss the fraught ethics of contemporary policing, the subject of his forthcoming book, Unapologetically Black: How Policing Has Reshaped the American Constitution…And Why It Matters to Black America. Tibbs also is the author of From Black Power to Prison […]
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Book Discussion Series: Humanly Possible (Zoom)
Book Discussion Series: Humanly Possible (Zoom)
We continue our discussion of Humanly Possible: Seven Hundred Years of Humanist Freethinking, Inquiry, and Hope, by Sarah Bakewell. Hugh will lead the discussion of chapters six, seven, and eight. In Humanly Possible: Seven Hundred Years of Humanist Freethinking, Inquiry, and Hope, author Sarah Bakewell explores both the philosophical foundation and personal experience of our […]
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Gentle Hatha Yoga and Mindfulness Meditation Class
Gentle Hatha Yoga and Mindfulness Meditation Class
Join us for a 45 minute Gentle Hatha Yoga and Mindfulness Meditation class. Led by our Community Life Coordinator, Oliver Jane Jorgensen. This class is accessible for all ages and abilities. Please wear comfortable clothes and bring a Yoga mat if you have one. Optional: students can utilize a PES provided chair to support their […]
Humanist Thanksgiving: Growing Gratitude
Humanist Thanksgiving: Growing Gratitude
Hugh Taft-Morales Leader, Philadelphia Ethical Society Come and share poetry, music, and gratitude during our season of Thanksgiving. We will pass our plate to collect donations for Pay It Forward Philly, a new project that encourages local restaurants to provide food in a dignified manner to those in need. For the in-person gathering, unlike the […]
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Book Discussion Series: Humanly Possible (In-Person)
Book Discussion Series: Humanly Possible (In-Person)
We continue our discussion of Humanly Possible: Seven Hundred Years of Humanist Freethinking, Inquiry, and Hope, by Sarah Bakewell. Hugh will lead the discussion of chapters six, seven, and eight. In Humanly Possible: Seven Hundred Years of Humanist Freethinking, Inquiry, and Hope, author Sarah Bakewell explores both the philosophical foundation and personal experience of our […]
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Lunch with Hugh (in-person)
Lunch with Hugh (in-person)
Come for casual conversation about life, ethics, whatever! Bring your lunch.
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Gentle Hatha Yoga and Mindfulness Meditation Class
Gentle Hatha Yoga and Mindfulness Meditation Class
Join us for a 45 minute Gentle Hatha Yoga and Mindfulness Meditation class. Led by our Community Life Coordinator, Oliver Jane Jorgensen. This class is accessible for all ages and abilities. Please wear comfortable clothes and bring a Yoga mat if you have one. Optional: students can utilize a PES provided chair to support their […]
From the Archives: The Ache for Home
From the Archives: The Ache for Home
Hugh Taft-Morales Leader, Philadelphia Ethical Society In this video of a platform from 2011, Hugh offers still timely and inspiring reflections on the meaning of home and homelessness.
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Annual Weird News Quiz (Zoom)
Annual Weird News Quiz (Zoom)
Join Leigh Buchanan and Hugh Taft-Morales on Zoom for our annual end-of-the-year “weird news” quiz and other fun! If you’ve been conscientiously keeping up with world events . . . it won’t do you one bit of good in this game, which highlights the strange stuff that goes on under the radar. Bring your friends, […]
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Book Discussion Series: Humanly Possible (Zoom)
Book Discussion Series: Humanly Possible (Zoom)
We continue our discussion of Humanly Possible: Seven Hundred Years of Humanist Freethinking, Inquiry, and Hope, by Sarah Bakewell. Hugh will lead the discussion of chapters nine and ten. In Humanly Possible: Seven Hundred Years of Humanist Freethinking, Inquiry, and Hope, author Sarah Bakewell explores both the philosophical foundation and personal experience of our movement. […]