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SUMMARY:Young Ethical Explorers: International Peace Day (Online)
DESCRIPTION:This international observance of this day is officially on September 21. YEE will learn about its history\, imagine its future\, and create its present. We will practice being Ambassadors of Peace\, creating Peace Day posters to offer to our school and home communities\, and we will contemplate the question\, “Can every day be Peace Day?” \nYEE has moved online with Zoom\, and as always\, newcomers and visitors are welcome! To join\, please RSVP to Youth Programs Director Audrey Kindred at youngethicalexplorers@gmail.com. For more information about our youth and family programming please visit www.ethical.nyc/youth. \n\nEthics for Children is our Humanist Sunday school\, designed for youngsters from ages 4 to 13\, and takes place concurrent with our Sunday Platform meetings. Sessions raise issues of personal identity and integrity\, appreciation and respect for others\, and knowledge of religions\, philosophies\, and social concerns. Topics are explored in an age-appropriate way through discussion\, storytelling\, dramatization\, music\, art\, games\, and field trips. \nRSVP is essential to guarantee your place and for planning purposes. If you are enrolled for the season or are members of Ethical NYC your spot is guaranteed. To RSVP as a guest\, become a member\, or enroll in season\, please contact Audrey at YoungEthicalExplorers@gmail.com. Newcomers and visitors are always welcome!
URL:https://ethical.nyc/events/young-ethical-explorers-4-2021-03-14-2021-06-06-2021-09-19/
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CATEGORIES:Youth and Families
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SUMMARY:Sunday Platform - Joe Chuman: What Humanists Can Learn From Religion at Its Best
DESCRIPTION:Humanists often see their beliefs in opposition to religion. Religion is the foil. It is superstitious\, irrational\, given to authoritarianism\, and politically too often a purveyor of misogyny\, homophobia\, and xenophobia. It often at times serves as a justification for violence. All these things are too often true. But I contend that religion is far more than that. After all\, Ethical Culture was founded as a religious movement\, though on the far-left end of religion. \nThere is also a side to religion\, the more philosophical side\, that speaks to the sublime. It asks questions about life’s deepest meaning and points to values that lie beneath the superficial manifestations of our consumer-driven lives. \nWe live in fraught times\, filled with polarizing ideologies\, political tribes\, and “political correctness.” These dynamics suffuse our political world and are spoken in a secular idiom. Yet\, I would argue that that religions at their best provide values and a vocabulary that are much needed but seldom employed in our political and secular world. Among the values I am thinking of are forgiveness\, repentance\, atonement\, and even versions of the sacred. \nI contend that we humanists would be better off if we adopted such values that people look for in religion but not often in the secular realm. We will explore these values and how our lives would be enriched if we were to embrace them. \nDr. Joe Chuman recently retired as the Leader of the Ethical Culture Society of Bergen County\, a community he served beginning in 1974. Since 2008\, he has been a part-time Leader of the New York Society for Ethical Culture. As an activist\, Dr. Chuman has worked on behalf of human rights and civil liberties and in opposition to the death penalty\, as well as on many other progressive causes. He founded the Northern New Jersey group of Amnesty International in 1974\, and currently serves as president of the Bergen County Sanctuary for Asylum Seekers\, founded by the Ethical Culture Society of Bergen County. This coalition of religious and human rights organizations provides services for asylum seekers released from federal detention. \nWatch Online! – Click to join at start | ID 863 0430 0961 | Passcode 609424 \nNotice: Only fully-vaccinated Society members are invited to attend in-person at this time. \nPresider: Leader Richard Koral \nShared Charity: Society Diaper Drive \n\nSunday Platform is our most important and long-standing community event. These gatherings educate\, stimulate personal growth\, inspire reflection and action\, and strengthen our community. Sunday meetings usually begin with music\, followed by greetings and a talk given by a Society Leader\, member\, or guest.  Platforms cover a variety of topics that reflect current events\, pressing social issues\, and Ethical Culture philosophy. A collection basket is passed and money is shared between the Society and a charity selected for that day.  While contributions are always appreciated\, Sunday meetings are free and open to the public.  Each Sunday meeting is followed by a luncheon and social hour. \nTo view previous Sunday Platform addresses and interviews\, visit our Videos page and YouTube channel.
URL:https://ethical.nyc/events/sunday-platform-4-2021-09-19/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Sunday Platform
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SUMMARY:Ethics and the Theater: The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
DESCRIPTION:Our long-running play reading and discussion series continues with The Glass Menagerie: \nThis classic of the American theater\, which catapulted Williams to fame\, revolves around the Wingfield family: Tom\, an aspiring poet; Laura\, Tom’s painfully shy sister who escapes into the world of her glass animal figurines; and their mother\, Amanda\, who dreams of her days as a debutante. When Tom\, pressured by Amanda\, brings home a “gentleman caller” for Laura\, these illusions\, which make their lives bearable\, are suddenly threatened. \nAfter the play\, we’ll hold an open discussion about the ethical issues raised and explored in the work. \nCOVID-19 Notice: Proof of COVID-19 vaccination and mask are required to attend. \nRSVP REQUIRED. Click here to RSVP on eventbrite! \nPerformed by Adam Burby\, Pat Debrovner\, Jenny Leona\, and Luke Hofmaier. Directed by Leslie Kincaid Burby. \nSuggested Donation: Members $5\, Guests $10
URL:https://ethical.nyc/events/ethics-and-the-theater-the-glass-menagerie-by-tennessee-williams/
LOCATION:Ceremonial Hall (4th Floor)\, 2 W 64th St\, New York\, NY\, 10023\, United States
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