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AEU’s All-Societies Platform: Gathering Light for Our Times
AEU’s All-Societies Platform: Gathering Light for Our Times
We acknowledge the dark. But in this heart-centered solstice ceremony, Ethical Culturists from around the country will celebrate the light by bringing out the best in others and in ourselves. Hugh Taft-Morales hosts this program of many voices. To attend, please register here.
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Annual Weird News Quiz
Annual Weird News Quiz
Join Leigh Buchanan and Hugh Taft-Morales for our annual end-of-the-year Weird News Quiz! What stories deservedly traveled beneath the radar in 2024? If you do well on this, you might want to reexamine your priorities. There will be other games as well. Pour yourself a drink (a clear head doesn’t help) and join the fun […]
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Memorial Sunday
Memorial Sunday
Hugh Taft-Morales, Leader Philadelphia Ethical Society On the first Sunday of each year, we gather to remember those who have died. All those attending are invited to share reflections about members of their family, friends, and famous luminaries who are no longer alive. What lessons or gifts did they leave us that help us lead […]
What Did the Stoics Say about Gender Equality?
What Did the Stoics Say about Gender Equality?
This series, in collaboration with Philadelphia Stoa, offers practical strategies for addressing life's challenges. In this session, we will focus on Musonius Rufus, a 1st century Roman Stoic philosopher who championed gender equality. Musonius argued that women, like men, are endowed with reason and virtue and, so, are equally capable of embodying justice, courage, and […]
Ethical Culture Happy Hour
Ethical Culture Happy Hour
Hugh Taft-Morales hosts this informal conversation about our alternative to traditional religion. After we get to know one other, attendees can pose questions about humanist history, values, and community. Snacks and beverages--alcoholic and non-alcoholic—are provided.
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Coffee with Hugh
Coffee with Hugh
Bring your cup o’ joe or other hot beverage to the Leader’s office for casual conversation. Hugh will provide the pastries. Share your hopes, fears, and resolutions for 2025.
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Colonialism, Citizenship, and Crisis in Puerto Rico
Colonialism, Citizenship, and Crisis in Puerto Rico
Lorrin Thomas, Professor of History Rutgers University, Camden In 2017, Puerto Ricans marked one hundred years as U.S. citizens. It was an anniversary complicated not just by two historic hurricanes but also by the burdens of a century of colonial rule. Thomas, whose research explores rights and equality in the 20th century Americas, will discuss […]
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Lunch with Hugh (on Zoom)
Lunch with Hugh (on Zoom)
Join Hugh and members of the Baltimore Ethical Society on Zoom for casual conversation. Bring your own real-life sandwich. Join the conversation here.
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Coretta Scott King: Activist, Not Symbol
Coretta Scott King: Activist, Not Symbol
Hugh Taft-Morales, Leader Philadelphia Ethical Society In the shadow of her famous husband’s life and death, Coretta Scott King often felt unseen and unheard. But as her daughter Dr. Bernice King pointed out, “Before she was a King, my mother was a civil rights activist, a member of the NAACP and the Race Relations and […]
Beyond Stoicism: A Guide to the Good Life—Ancient Philosophies for Modern Times
Beyond Stoicism: A Guide to the Good Life—Ancient Philosophies for Modern Times
This series, in collaboration with Philadelphia Stoa, offers practical strategies for addressing life's challenges. In this session, Dr. Amjol Shrestha, of Rowan University, leads an exploration of life's existential questions: fostering community while presenting compelling biographies and enduring insights. Discover how ancient wisdom remains profoundly relevant in the modern world. Copies of Beyond Stoicism: A […]
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Martin Luther King Day Volunteering
Martin Luther King Day Volunteering
Any early-morning busy bees out there? Join Hugh for volunteer work at the Community Education Center (3500 Lancaster Avenue). Among the ways we may contribute: picking up trash outside; organizing a supply closet; mopping; cleaning bathrooms; and cleaning and painting windowsills or gym risers. For the really early (and hungry) risers, we have reserved a […]
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Drawing the Living World: The Illustrated Books of Allen Crawford
Drawing the Living World: The Illustrated Books of Allen Crawford
Allen Crawford, Illustrator Crawford, winner of multiple awards for illustration, will share and discuss his two most recent books, both devotionals to the natural world. Whitman Illuminated: Song of Myself is an illustrated, hand-lettered edition of Walt Whitman’s landmark pantheistic poem, “Song of Myself.” A Wild Promise celebrates the Endangered Species Act. Crawford’s work is […]
Open Hearts Cafe Volunteering
Open Hearts Cafe Volunteering
Join Julia for an evening of volunteering at the Open Hearts Cafe, the outreach program run by the Church of the Holy Trinity in Rittenhouse Square. Every Sunday and Tuesday, volunteers at the Cafe provide hot meals and clothing to those experiencing homelessness. Sign up here to volunteer. We'll meet in the Admin Office at […]