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Visit our landmark meeting house for inspiring gatherings, enriching workshops, youth and family activities, community service projects, and world-class entertainment.
Midweek Meditation (Online)
A midweek meditation for relaxing body and mind. Begins promptly at 5:00pm. Larry Hurst and Sondra Stein moderate. New Participants: Please join 10 minutes early to introduce yourself, otherwise you...
Ethics at Ethical: ‘The Philosophy of Ethics, Pt. II’ with Joe Chuman (Online)
Free and open to the public! This three-part series will discuss the fundamental ways to understand ethics that can help us think through the process of decision-making. Among the approaches...
Humanist Happy Hour
Stop by our twice-monthly gathering of NYC's Humanist, atheist, agnostic, and secularist groups featuring drinks, snacks, and great conversation. We hope to see you there! BYOB (no liquor). Snack potluck....
Young Ethical Explorers: Happy Bones Festival
Newcomers are always welcome! Join us for a day of envisioning our ancestors. Bring a picture of a family ancestor with a story about them! 10:30am: Peace-play on the rooftop...
Sunday Platform with Hamilton Nolan: How the Labor Movement Can Save America (and Why It Hasn’t Yet)
Free and open to the public, in-person and online! America’s 50-year-long rise in economic inequality is the big crisis underlying most of our nation’s social and political problems. Organized labor...
Artist in Residence Jody Sperling
Dancer and choreographer Jody Sperling is the Society’s Ecological Artist in Residence.
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