Sunday Platform with Nori Rost: 'Me, Myself, and I: Pride and Pronouns'
2023-06-25 11:00 - 12:15 (America/New_York) | Ceremonial Hall (4th Floor), 2 W 64th St, New York, NY, 10023, United States
In-person and online!
As we celebrate the 54th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising and LGBTQ+ Pride, Dr. Rost will explore the rising awareness of the need to respect one another’s choice of personal pronouns and how that relates to elevating our ethical value of the inherent worth and dignity of every human.
COVID-19 Notice: Vaccination required. Masks optional but encouraged.
Watch Online: Click to join at start | ID 863 0430 0961 | Passcode [REDACTED]
To join by phone (audio only), dial (929) 205-6099 and enter the Zoom ID above.
Monthly Collection: Growing Peace

Sunday 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 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 Humanist philosophy. Each Sunday meeting is followed by a luncheon and social hour.
To watch previous Sunday Platforms, visit our Videos page and YouTube channel.

Young Ethical Explorers: Pride March
2023-06-25 11:00 - 12:30 | Adler Study (514), 2 W 64th St., New York, NY, 10023, United States
On our roof or in the streets!
Newcomers are always 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.

Young Ethical Explorers 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.
RSVP 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!

Ethics and the Theater Presents: The Catastrophist
2023-06-25 13:30 - 15:30 | Adler Study (514), 2 W 64th St., New York, NY, 10023, United States
Our long-running staged reading and talkback series continues on June 25 and 26th with two performances of Lauren Gunderson’s The Catastrophist:
How do you plan for a catastrophe? Virologist Nathan Wolfe proposed pandemic insurance years before the coronavirus outbreak. No one bought it. Now, in a post-COVID world, we hear his story: A deep dive into the profundities of scientific exploration.
After the performance, we’ll host a lively discussion of the ethical issues raised by the play.
Performed by Arthur Aulisi Directed by Susanna Frazer
Suggested Donation: Members $10; Non-Members $15
CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE TICKETS ON EVENTBRITE!
COVID-19 Notice: Vaccination is required to attend. Masks are optional but strongly encouraged.

Say Yes to Science with Dr. Carol Portlock
2023-06-26 17:00 - 18:00 | 2 W 64th St, New York, NY, 10023, United States
Thanks to vaccines and other medical innovation, COVID-19 is now endemic.
On 1st and 3rd Mondays at 11am, clinical psychologist Frank Corigliano will continue to address your concerns about managing day-to-day during this trying time.
On 2nd and 4th Mondays at 5pm, retired oncologist Carol Portlock will discuss new and intriguing science in multiple areas, including some relevant to COVID.
Suggested readings:
CPR outcome improvement with a simple and fascinating discovery
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/15/health/neuroprotective-cpr-plunger.html
First step in amyloid formation—a possible curative target in Huntington’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease?
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/06/19/1182881226/huntingtons-spreads-like-fire-in-the-brain-alzheimers-parkinsons
https://elifesciences.org/reviewed-preprints/86939
Brain tumor treatment without chemotherapy or radiotherapy
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2304194
The impact of noise on health
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/09/health/noise-sound-exposure.html
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/06/09/health/noise-exposure-health-impacts.html
Monarch butterflies and the white spots conferring longer flights
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/21/science/monarch-butterflies-spots-wings.html
Click to join at start | Zoom ID 838 1778 1084 | Passcode [REDACTED]

You can download Zoom at https://zoom.us/download, although it’s not necessary to do ahead of time. Zoom is available for tablets and smartphones in both main app stores, Apple and Google Android. Attendees don’t need to register for a Zoom account although it’s free and helpful. To join a meeting, simply click the event’s invitation link above.

Ethics and the Theater Presents: The Catastrophist
2023-06-26 19:00 - 21:00 | Adler Study (514), 2 W 64th St., New York, NY, 10023, United States
Our long-running staged reading and talkback series continues on June 25 and 26th with two performances of Lauren Gunderson’s The Catastrophist:
How do you plan for a catastrophe? Virologist Nathan Wolfe proposed pandemic insurance years before the coronavirus outbreak. No one bought it. Now, in a post-COVID world, we hear his story: A deep dive into the profundities of scientific exploration.
After the performance, we’ll host a lively discussion of the ethical issues raised by the play.
Performed by Arthur Aulisi. Directed by Susanna Frazer
Suggested Donation: Members $10; Non-Members $15
CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE TICKETS ON EVENTBRITE
COVID-19 Notice: Vaccination is required to attend. Masks are optional but strongly encouraged.

Midweek Meditation (Online)
2023-06-27 17:00 - 17:45 | 2 W 64th St, New York, NY, 10023, United States
A midweek meditation for relaxing body and mind. Begins promptly at 5:00pm. Larry Hurst and Sondra Stein moderate.
Click to join at start | Zoom ID 838 1778 1084 | Passcode [REDACTED]

You can download Zoom at https://zoom.us/download, although it’s not necessary to do ahead of time. Zoom is available for tablets and smartphones in both main app stores, Apple and Google Android. Attendees don’t need to register for a Zoom account although it’s free and helpful. To join a meeting, simply click the event’s invitation link above.
(Photo by Nicollazzi Xiong)

Leader’s Lunchtime Roundtable: Student Debt Relief (Hybrid)
2023-06-29 12:00 - 13:30 | Adler Study (514), 2 W 64th St., New York, NY, 10023, United States
Bring your lunch and join Leader Dr. Nori Rost and members for an engaging round-table discussion on the issues of the day and recommended readings.
By now most of the graduation ceremonies have been held for all levels of students. For those who graduated from college, another clock has begun ticking: in 6 months, (in ordinary times, anyway) their first student loan payment will be due. For the past several years, the concept of student loan forgiveness has been bandied about. It was a major part of Bernie Sanders’ platform, and President Biden has proposed a $20,000 reduction of student loans. For some, that would be a major relief; for others, not even a drop in the bucket. Should the government forgive student loans? Should there be stipulations? Who should qualify. What can we do about the rising cost of education?
https://www.nytimes.com/article/biden-student-loan-forgiveness.html
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/26/house-passes-bill-blocking-student-debt-forgiveness.html
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/12/as-supreme-court-weighs-biden-forgiveness-plan-student-debt-swells.html
Free and open to the public!
COVID-19 NOTICE: Masks are optional but strongly encouraged.
Click to join at start time | Zoom ID 861 1417 5760 | Passcode [REDACTED]

One Year Post-Roe: Reflections on U.S. and Global Abortion Rights
2023-06-29 19:00 - 20:30 | Adler Hall, 2 W 64th St, New York, NY, 10023, United States
As we reach the one-year mark of the fall of Roe, the Guttmacher Institute’s dire predictions about the damage to come have borne out. Abortion bans and restrictions now deny millions of people in the U.S. the essential care they need to control their own reproductive futures, with the threat of an essential medication for medical abortion under attack in the federal courts. Globally, our allies watch with concern to prepare for the potential implications around the world.
In the face of these challenges, Guttmacher, together with our partners and allies in the U.S. and global abortion rights movement are fighting back. Please join us for a dynamic discussion on the consequences and implications for action one year since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
FREE! RSVP on Eventbrite here.

SPEAKERS:
Dr. Herminia Palacio CEO & President, Guttmacher Institute
Melissa Murray, JD Frederick I. and Grace Stokes Professor of Law & Faculty Director, Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Network, New York University Board Member, Guttmacher Institute
Paula Avila-Guillen Executive Director, Women’s Equality Center (Pre-recorded Remarks)
Kelly Baden Vice President for Public Policy, Guttmacher Institute
Jessica González-Rojas New York State Assembly member representing the 34th Assembly District
Kwajelyn Jackson Executive Director, Feminist Women’s Health Center
Mallah Tabot Lead Architect of Cooperation, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, International Planned Parenthood Federation Africa Regional Office (Pre-recorded Remarks)
Irum Taqi, JD Interim Director for Public Policy, Global and Federal Issues, Guttmacher Institute
Dr. Nori Rost Resident Acting Leader, New York Society for Ethical Culture

Nori Rost: What Can Creation Spirituality Teach Us About Glorious Diversity?
2023-07-02 11:00 - 12:30 | Ceremonial Hall (4th Floor), 2 W 64th St, New York, NY, 10023, United States
In-person and online!
Creation Spirituality, first espoused in Matthew Fox’s 1983 book, Original Blessing, rejoices in and courageously honors the rich diversity within the Cosmos which is expressed in every individual and embodies multiple cultures, religions, and ancestral traditions. Creation is rife with theme and variation and yet fear has driven us to try to tame, label and homogenize it.
Dr. Rost will explore, from an Ethical Humanist perspective, what we lose when we privilege dominant voices and limit perspectives and how we can create space for Glorious Diversity to be celebrated in our midst.
Watch Online: Click to join at start | ID 863 0430 0961 | Passcode [REDACTED]
To join by phone (audio only), dial (929) 205-6099 and enter the Zoom ID above.
Monthly Collection: Billion Oyster Project

Sunday 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 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 Humanist philosophy. Each Sunday meeting is followed by a luncheon and social hour.
To watch previous Sunday Platforms, visit our Videos page and YouTube channel.

Say Yes to Science with Dr. Frank Corigliano
2023-07-03 11:00 - 12:00, 2023-08-07 11:00 - 12:00 | 2 W 64th St, New York, NY, 10023, United States
Thanks to vaccines and other medical innovation, COVID-19 is now endemic.
On 1st and 3rd Mondays at 11am, clinical psychologist Frank Corigliano will continue to address your concerns about managing day-to-day during this trying time.
On 2nd and 4th Mondays at 5pm, retired oncologist Carol Portlock will discuss new and intriguing science in multiple areas, including some relevant to COVID.
Suggested readings TBA.
Click to join at start | Zoom ID 838 1778 1084 | Passcode [REDACTED]

Board of Trustees Meeting
2023-07-03 17:30 - 20:30, 2023-08-07 17:30 - 20:30 | Adler Study (514), 2 W 64th St., New York, NY, 10023, United States
Any Society Member who wishes to attend in-person or online via Zoom can contact Executive Director Robert Liebeskind for access, at rliebskind@nysec.org.

Independence Day - Building Closed/No Programming
2023-07-04 | 2 W 64th St, New York, NY, 10023, United States

Poetry Circle (Online)
2023-07-05 10:00 - 11:00 | 2 W 64th St, New York, NY, 10023, United States
Bring a favorite poem (or poems) to our monthly online poetry circle!
Read it aloud, and we’ll listen attentively together and discuss—a line, a word, an image, or an overall feeling. You’re welcome to give us a couple of sentences about the poet, too. Elinore Kaplan moderates.
If you wish to share a poem, please send it to Elinore in advance so it can be shared on-screen with participants: ethicaloutlook@gmail.com.
Click to join at start | Zoom ID 838 1778 1084 | Passcode [REDACTED]
(Photo by Suzy Hazelwood)

Great Literature Discussion: 'Behold the Dreamers' by Imbolo Mbue (Online)
2023-07-05 19:00 - 21:00 | 2 W 64th St, New York, NY, 10023, United States
Literary works will be discussed based on what can be found in the text in order to enrich each other’s interpretation of the novel/novella. All are welcome to join and any edition or translation of the book under discussion can be used. Read the work in advance and be prepared to discuss the aspects of interest to you by referring to specific related text and reading it to the group. Moderated by Ethical NYC member Gunther Tielemans. 1st and 3rd Wednesdays.
Details TBA.
For access information, please contact Gunther.

Michael S. Franch: 'The Person Before You: Reflections on Worth'
2023-07-09 11:00 - 12:30 | Ceremonial Hall (4th Floor), 2 W 64th St, New York, NY, 10023, United States
In-person and online!
Ethical Culture puts a high value on the concept of worth. Felix Adler, our founder, made it central to his philosophy, and took great pains to distinguish it from “value.” This can can be challenging. Do we have to treat everyone as a person of worth and dignity? Even Adler acknowledged that this can be really hard to do! To complicate things, sometimes we see race or gender expression or social status, but not the totality of the person. If we really believe in worth and dignity, how do we live our lives?
What impairs our sight are habits of seeing as well as the mental concomitants of seeing. Our sight is suffused with knowing, instead of feeling painfully the lack of knowing what we see. The principle to be kept in mind is to know what we see rather than to see what we know. -Abraham J. Heschel, The Prophets, The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1962, p. xv.
Dr. Michael S. Franch is an Ethical Culture Leader and an affiliate minister at Baltimore’s First Unitarian Church. Trained as a historian, he served as Leader of the Baltimore Ethical Society before working in health policy and planning for the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. He is now a retired old guy. He is a board member of the Baltimore City Historical Society and the Green Burial Association of Maryland. He plays the concertina, loves English country and contra dancing, and riding his bicycle around town.
Watch Online: Click to join at start | ID 863 0430 0961 | Passcode [REDACTED]
To join by phone (audio only), dial (929) 205-6099 and enter the Zoom ID above.
Presider: Leader Nori Rost
Monthly Collection: Billion Oyster Project

Sunday 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 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 Humanist philosophy. Each Sunday meeting is followed by a luncheon and social hour.
To watch previous Sunday Platforms, visit our Videos page and YouTube channel.

Say Yes to Science with Dr. Carol Portlock (Online)
2023-07-10 17:00 - 18:00 | 2 W 64th St, New York, NY, 10023, United States
Thanks to vaccines and other medical innovation, COVID-19 is now endemic.
On 1st and 3rd Mondays at 11am, clinical psychologist Frank Corigliano will continue to address your concerns about managing day-to-day during this trying time.
On 2nd and 4th Mondays at 5pm, retired oncologist Carol Portlock will discuss new and intriguing science in multiple areas, including some relevant to COVID.
Recommended Readings:
Prior Covid and Type 1 pediatric diabetes
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-66054946
Cheap/effective vaccine
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/30/health/polio-vaccine-gavi.html
Blood test detects high blood pressure risk during pregnancy
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/03/health/pregnancy-preeclampsia-test.html
https://evidence.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/EVIDoa2200161

Mediterranean diet value confirmed
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/06/well/eat/mediterranean-diet-health.htmlScience comes to art restoration https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/jun/26/camera-brings-unprecedented-clarity-to-restoration-of-historic-artworks

Ambergris discovered in a dead whale
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/04/las-palmas-pathologist-ambergris-block-dead-sperm-whale
Click to join at start | Zoom ID 838 1778 1084 | Passcode [REDACTED]

Midweek Meditation (Online)
2023-07-11 17:00 - 17:45 | NY
A midweek meditation for relaxing body and mind. Begins promptly at 5:00pm. Larry Hurst and Sondra Stein moderate.
Click to join at start | Zoom ID 838 1778 1084 | Passcode [REDACTED]
(Photo by Nicollazzi Xiong)

Climate and Energy Game Night with City Atlas
2023-07-12 18:00 - 20:30 | Elliott Library (507), 2 W 64th St, New York, NY, 10023, United States
Hosted by Philip Lindsay and Forrest Sparks (facilitator and designer), and the City Atlas network.
Join us June 14, July 12, and August 16!
Click here to RSVP on Eventbrite
The goal of these sessions is to provide a consistent time and place where the public can come to learn and play collaborative climate/environmental and energy games. We’ll primarily play Energetic, but also the upcoming Daybreak, and the recently released “Climate Fresk.” We will likely also play games that deal with governance/politics.
If we are to confront the climate crisis at scale, we will need to collaborate and coordinate across fields, neighborhoods, cultures and industries. A serious energy transition demands such coordination (that’s what Energetic the game teaches us). Collaborative games and policy making forums (such as deliberative citizens’ assemblies) point the way forward to enable us to do this at scale. They orient participants towards longterm goals and enable them to work through scenarios of the coming decades, in order to discuss what policies will be most efficient and successful at reducing emissions while maintaining public support.
About the Hosts
Philip Lindsay grew up in Philadelphia and lives in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. He leads the Democracy Innovation Hub (DIH) at the Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College. In July of 2022, the Hub hosted “Citizens’ Assemblies: A Workshop to Revitalize Democracy,” which brought together over 50 public servants, elected officials, and community advocates. This led to the implementation of three deliberative budgeting processes in NYC government in 2023. Philip also co-taught the course “Democratic Innovation and Citizen Lotteries: from Ancient Athens to the French Climate Assembly.” The Hub also hosted the “Doing Democracy Differently Teacher Fellowship” which trains high school teachers on how to bring deliberative democracy into the classroom.
COVID-19 Notice: Vaccination required. Masks optional but strongly encouraged.

Richard Koral: 'Can Equality Include Special Treatment? Admissions Policies Beyond Affirmative Action'
2023-07-16 11:00 - 12:30 | Ceremonial Hall (4th Floor), 2 W 64th St, New York, NY, 10023, United States
In-person and online!
Can equality include special treatment?
Watch Online: Click to join at start | ID 863 0430 0961 | Passcode [REDACTED]
To join by phone (audio only), dial (929) 205-6099 and enter the Zoom ID above.
Monthly Collection: Billion Oyster Project

Sunday 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 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 Humanist philosophy. Each Sunday meeting is followed by a luncheon and social hour.
To watch previous Sunday Platforms, visit our Videos page and YouTube channel.

Say Yes to Science with Dr. Frank Corigliano
2023-07-17 12:00 - 13:00 | 2 W 64th St, New York, NY, 10023, United States
*Notice: This week’s session will begin at 12:00pm.
Thanks to vaccines and other medical innovation, COVID-19 is now endemic.
On 1st and 3rd Mondays at 11am, clinical psychologist Frank Corigliano will continue to address your concerns about managing day-to-day during this trying time.
On 2nd and 4th Mondays at 5pm, retired oncologist Carol Portlock will discuss new and intriguing science in multiple areas, including some relevant to COVID.
Suggested readings TBA.
Click to join at start | Zoom ID 838 1778 1084 | Passcode [REDACTED]

Great Literature Discussion: 'American Candide or Neo-Optimism' by Mahendra Singh (Online)
2023-07-19 19:00 - 21:00 | 2 W 64th St, New York, NY, 10023, United States

Shiv Soin: Building and Supporting a NYC Youth Climate Movement
2023-07-23 11:00 - 12:30 | Adler Study (514), 2 W 64th St., New York, NY, 10023, United States
In-person and online!
As the global youth climate movement progresses, many are turning to localized action to create true change. TREEage Co-Executive Director Shiv Soin will discuss his journey into local climate organizing, his vision, and the challenges facing young people trying to mobilize and use their political power in New York City and State.
“Young people are a key constituency in climate policy. They are one seat on this larger table of other stakeholders, but just as valuable. It’s time our government treats young people like that” –Shiv Soin
ABOUT SHIV SOIN
Named one of the most influential climate leaders in New York, Shiv Soin is the Executive Director of TREEage and the Youth Lead at TED Countdown. Under Shiv’s leadership, TREEage has grown into a force in New York by building a membership base of over 250 students across 40 schools. As a leading youth organizer, Shiv also sits on the Steering Committee of New York Renews, a coalition of environmental, justice, faith, and labor groups across the state. He has worked extensively on political and electoral campaigns in New York and co-authored several policy proposals, ranging from creating 100,000 green jobs by 2025 to larger environmental frameworks for the New York City Council.
Shiv’s local organizing experience drives his international work at TED Countdown, TED’s climate initiative to champion and accelerate solutions to the climate crisis. At TED Countdown, Shiv leads global youth engagement strategy and curation. Shiv is also a recent graduate of New York University.
Watch Online: Click to join at start | ID 863 0430 0961 | Passcode [REDACTED]
To join by phone (audio only), dial (929) 205-6099 and enter the Zoom ID above.
Presider: Barbara Carlsen
Monthly Collection: Billion Oyster Project

Sunday 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 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 Humanist philosophy. Each Sunday meeting is followed by a luncheon and social hour.
To watch previous Sunday Platforms, visit our Videos page and YouTube channel.

Say Yes to Science with Dr. Carol Portlock (Online)
2023-07-24 17:00 - 18:00 | 2 W 64th St, New York, NY, 10023, United States
Thanks to vaccines and other medical innovation, COVID-19 is now endemic.
On 1st and 3rd Mondays at 11am, clinical psychologist Frank Corigliano will continue to address your concerns about managing day-to-day during this trying time.
On 2nd and 4th Mondays at 5pm, retired oncologist Carol Portlock will discuss new and intriguing science in multiple areas, including some relevant to COVID.
Suggested Readings:
The official resolution of Covid pandemic
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/17/briefing/covid.html
The “official” start of the Anthropocene Era
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/canada-crawford-lake-beginning-anthropocene
FDA Approves Over-The-Counter Birth Control
https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-approves-first-nonprescription-daily-oral-contraceptive
Star dust collected from an asteroid
https://www.npr.org/2023/07/14/1187815750/ryugu-hayabusa-stardust-sprinkled-asteroid
DNA Analysis to Identify Pooping Pets
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/17/genetic-passport-scheme-beziers-france-dog-faeces
Click to join at start | Zoom ID 838 1778 1084 | Passcode [REDACTED]

AEU All-Society Platform: The Encampment for Citizenship (Online Only)
2023-07-30 11:00 - 12:30 | NY
Notice: This platform will be online-only. Due to technical limitations in our temporary Sunday room, we will not be holding an in-person watch party this week.
Since its founding in 1876, the Ethical Culture movement has founded or co-founded several organizations. One of them is The Encampment for Citizenship, a progressive youth leadership program that met for the first time in the summer of 1946.
Today, it has been reinvigorated by alumni determined to offer a new generation an experience similar to one they had as teenagers that changed their lives forever. They became leaders in their chosen fields, always advocating for participatory democracy for everyone.
During this Platform, we will hear from them and recent Encampers about youth activism and intergenerational social justice.
RSVP by clicking on the link below. See you then!
http://vh9d.2.vu/julasp
Monthly Collection: Billion Oyster Project

Sunday 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 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 Humanist philosophy. Each Sunday meeting is followed by a luncheon and social hour.
To watch previous Sunday Platforms, visit our Videos page and YouTube channel.

Poetry Circle (Online)
2023-08-01 10:00 - 11:00 | NY

Great Literature Discussion: 'Monkey Beach' by Eden Robinson (Online)
2023-08-02 19:00 - 21:00 | 2 W 64th St, New York, NY, 10023, United States

NY/NJ Metropolitan Societies Regional Picnic
2023-08-05 | 2 W 64th St, New York, NY, 10023, United States
There are some real scientific reasons why we feel better during the summer months ~ specifically sunshine and socializing! Here’s your chance to experience both on Saturday, August 5th at the Ethical Societies regional picnic at the Westchester Community for Ethical Culture (7 Saxon Rd. in White Plains).
Participants from all Ethical Societies in the NY/NJ Metropolitan area are invited to savor some summer fun, and we’re hoping you can be there, too! Come enjoy good food and good friends while relaxing on the beautiful grounds of the WCEC. Members: please RSVP at the link provided to you. We may be able to offer transportation from NYSEC, and will provide information for anyone traveling via Metro North.
Members only. Start time TBA.

Sunday Platform: Interview with the Inaugural Ethical NYC Youth Climate Corps Team
2023-08-06 11:00 - 12:30 | Adler Study (514), 2 W 64th St., New York, NY, 10023, United States
In-person and online! Join us this Sunday as Leader Dr. Nori Rost interviews the members of this summer’s inaugural Ethical NYC Youth Climate Corps team.
Our Youth Climate Corps is an ecologically-focused development program that employs youth ages 15-18 to complete community-based environmental initiatives while training in soft skills, environmental science, and environmental construction.
The team has spent the past month working on projects at Great Falls National Park in Patterson, NJ. alongside the Ethical Culture Society of Bergen County’s Planet & Progress Team.
RSVP is kindly requested to ensure space in our smaller summer room and to ensure we order enough food for lunch. There will be no bagel breakfast before this week’s program.
Click here to RSVP to attend in-person!
Watch Online: Click to join at start | ID 863 0430 0961 | Passcode [REDACTED]
To join by phone (audio only), dial (929) 205-6099 and enter the Zoom ID above.
Presider: Leader Dr. Nori Rost
Monthly Collection: TREEage
COVID-19 Notice: Vaccination is required. Masks are optional but encouraged.

Sunday 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 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 Humanist philosophy. Each Sunday meeting is followed by a luncheon and social hour.
To watch previous Sunday Platforms, visit our Videos page and YouTube channel.
