The Community Committee hosts the Ethical Society’s Sunday platforms and coordinates the post-platform coffee hours; organizes annual social events and helps with spontaneous parties and dinners; keeps in touch members who are ill and not able to attend platforms; and generally works to build a humanist religious community.
Annual Social Events
(Events are held at the Ethical Society on Rittenhouse Square, unless otherwise announced. Exact dates announced well in advance.)
- Humanist Thanksgiving Luncheon, with a special humanist orientation to this day of appreciation of life. Usually the Sunday before the Thursday Thanksgiving.
- Party Before New Year, our deep winter gathering. Usually the Saturday between Christmas and New Year’s Day.
- Darwin Day Party, in celebration of Charles Darwin’s great contributions to our understanding of life on Earth. Usually on a Saturday evening near Darwin’s birthday, February 12.
- Service Auction events — dinners, outings, parties, etc. — which members provide as fund-raisers for the Society. Starts in February, with events throughout the rest of the year.
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Community Committee Members and Meetings
All Society members are members of the Community Committee. The chairperson is currently Susan Brotherton. Meetings usually occur four times during a year, as called well in advance. However, event-related teams of members meet and coordinate about their respective events much more frequently.