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SUMMARY:International Day of Peace Sunday Platform and NYSEC Community Day with Richard Koral (Members Only)
DESCRIPTION:Community Day is about Society governance. Members of the Board will bring the community up-to-date on the running of the Society and will be available to answer questions from the membership.  There will be a presentation of the FY 2026 annual financial statement and an explanation of current financial trends. \nPrior to our meeting\, Leader Dr. Richard Koral will give a Platform address on the International Day of Peace: \nEven in times of interminable war\, logic tells us there is no reason not to have peace. How can peace become the passion of everyone? \nCommunity lunch follows\, free for first-time guests and families participating in the Young Ethical Explorers Program. \nThe Zoom link will be shared with Society Members. Keep an eye on your email! \nMonthly Collection\nThe New York Society for Ethical Culture \nAbout Sunday Platform\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 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. \nTo watch previous Sunday Platforms\, visit our Videos page and YouTube channel.
URL:https://ethical.nyc/events/community-day-2026/
LOCATION:Ceremonial Hall (4th Floor)\, 2 W 64th St\, New York\, NY\, 10023\, United States
CATEGORIES:Sunday Platform
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SUMMARY:Young Ethical Explorers
DESCRIPTION:Newcomers are always welcome! \n10:30am: Peace-play on the rooftop playground (weather permitting)\n11:00am: This week’s activity\n12:30pm: Community Lunch\n1:30-2:30pm: Peace-play on the rooftop playground (weather permitting) \nHow to Join\nTo join\, please RSVP to Youth Programs Director Audrey Kindred at ethicalfamilies@nysec.org. \nAbout Young Ethical Explorers\nYoung Ethical Explorers is the New York Society for Ethical Culture’s Humanist Sunday school for ages 3-11. 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 ethicalfamilies@nysec.org. Newcomers and visitors are always welcome!
URL:https://ethical.nyc/events/young-ethical-explorers-13/2026-09-20/
LOCATION:Adler Study (514)\, 2 W 64th St.\, New York\, NY\, 10023\, United States
CATEGORIES:Young Ethical Explorers,Youth and Families
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260921T143000
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SUMMARY:Mindful Mondays with Dr. Frank Corigliano: Exploring Psychology\, Science\, and Ethics
DESCRIPTION:Join Society Member and Clinical Psychologist Dr. Frank J. Corigliano on the first and third Monday of every month for a 45-minute online session exploring participant-driven topics in psychology and science from an ethical perspective. This program is open to everyone\, and we welcome you to join us for a thought-provoking discussion! \nJoin Online\nClick to join at start | Zoom ID 838 1778 1084 | Passcode 675527 \n(Photo by Edward Jenner)
URL:https://ethical.nyc/events/mindful-mondays-with-dr-frank-corigliano-exploring-psychology-science-and-ethics-5/2026-09-21/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Mindful Mondays
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260922T120000
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SUMMARY:Lunch with the League of Women Voters: Power to the People
DESCRIPTION:Join The League of Women Voters in the City of New York at Ethical Culture for a conversation with Kesi Foster\, Director of Co-Governance in the NYC Mayor’s Office of Mass Engagement\, a new City Hall office in the Mamdani administration. \nKesi brings nearly two decades of organizing experience to the role\, including his work as Co-Executive Director of Partners for Dignity & Rights and at the Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University. He’ll share insights into how the city plans to involve New Yorkers in governance—and what meaningful success could look like. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear from a leading voice on building more participatory government. \nTickets:\n$25 in advance\n$30 at the door \n>>> Purchase Tickets Here
URL:https://ethical.nyc/events/lunch-with-the-league-of-women-voters-power-to-the-people/
LOCATION:Ceremonial Hall (4th Floor)\, 2 W 64th St\, New York\, NY\, 10023\, United States
CATEGORIES:League of Women Voters
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SUMMARY:Midweek Meditation (Online)
DESCRIPTION:A midweek meditation for relaxing body and mind led by Society member Larry Hurst. Begins promptly at 5:00pm. \nNew Participants: Please join 10 minutes early to introduce yourself\, otherwise you will not be allowed to enter. The meeting waiting room will close 5 minutes after the session begins\, with exceptions made only for regular attendees. \nTo join\, please email meditation@nysec.org.\n(Photo by Nicollazzi Xiong)
URL:https://ethical.nyc/events/midweek-meditation-4/2026-09-22/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Midweek Meditation
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: 'Brought to You By' with Amy Westervelt\, Steven Donziger\, and Tzeporah Berman
DESCRIPTION:FREE! RSVP REQUIRED \nJoin award-winning environmental journalist Amy Westervelt\, founder of Drilled Media\, as she sits down with human rights attorney Steven Donziger and founder of the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Tzeporah Berman. The three will have an illuminating discussion about how the corporate capture of American democracy has fueled and continues to uphold the climate crisis\, and how we can fight back. \nThese themes are explored in-depth in Amy’s powerful new book Brought To You By: How Corporations Warped The Truth\, Conned The Public\, And Broke Democracy. Books available for purchase and signing! \n>>> RSVP Here\n 
URL:https://ethical.nyc/events/book-event-brought-to-you-by-with-amy-westervelt/
LOCATION:Ceremonial Hall (4th Floor)\, 2 W 64th St\, New York\, NY\, 10023\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books at Ethical
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260923T140000
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SUMMARY:Cause Celebre Productions Presents: Last Chance Café
DESCRIPTION:FREE for Society Members. Contact staff for the promo code! \nJoin Cause Celebre Productions and the New York Society for Ethical Culture for a staged reading of Last Chance Café\, part of All the World’s a Stage\, a trilogy based on three controversial cases argued by legendary civil rights attorney Marty Garbus. Mr. Garbus was described by The Guardian as “one of the world’s finest trial lawyers.” \nDon’t miss this incredible afternoon of drama\, music\, and the prophetic words of Bob Dylan. The show will be followed by a discussion with Martin Garbus and former NYPD Special Victims Unit Deputy Chief Michael Osgood and a private reception with the panelists. \nStarring Darlene Hope\, Jeremy Webb\, Ian Lithgow\, Gene Castle\, and Michael Citriniti. \nMore cast members TBA! \nWritten by Susan Charlotte\nDirected by Antony Marsellis \nTickets\n>>> $25 – Purchase Tickets on Eventbrite \nAbout Last Chance Café\n“Somebody better investigate soon.” Lyrics from a haunting song provide a Greek chorus throughout this deeply compelling play about voter suppression in the Jim Crow South. The time: the 1960’s. The place: Mississippi. The song: “Oxford Town”\, by a young Bob Dylan. \nThe song was written about James Meredith\, in 1962 the first Black person admitted to the University of Mississippi. Racist riots erupted\, and as Dylan wrote\, “Two men died ‘neath the Mississippi moon.” But\, as Dylan said\, “This could have happened any time.” And it did\, even as Jim Crow was falling. \nIn 1965 the American Civil Liberties Union sent a young lawyer\, Marty Garbus\, to Mississippi to represent Henrietta Wright\, a Black woman in her 30s who was arrested in front of the Last Chance Café\, a small store she owned with her husband. The reason\, Wright was told by the white officers holding shotguns\, was a traffic violation: driving through a stop sign. \nThe real reason: with the Voting Rights Act merely twenty days old\, Mrs. Wright had just registered to vote. \nThis fabricated traffic violation led to a stunning violation of a Black woman’s civil rights: Wright was assaulted\, committed to a state mental hospital based on the lies of two complicit doctors\, and then imprisoned. Immediately after her release\, Wright had the courage to file a complaint with the ACLU and bring a federal lawsuit against the two police officers and two doctors. As Garbus landed in Mississippi\, he thought of James Meredith\, with Dylan’s lyrics reverberating in his mind: “Somebody better investigate soon.” \nGarbus warned Wright that her chances of winning her case were next to nothing\, but they agreed she could still make a defiant stand against white supremacy and for voting rights—and that’s exactly what she did. As Garbus said after\, “The ominous Mississippi night which had so often harbored black men\, hanging from their necks\, the burning Cross\, the vicious beating\, had lost some of its threat for Mr. and Mrs. Wright.” \nSixty years later\, with racism still rampant and the right to vote still under attack\, this play could not be more relevant. \nAbout Playwright Susan Charlotte\nSusan’s multi-faceted career started with Prism Blues. Based on her work as a prison counselor\, the play earned her a place in Columbia’s MFA program and won the prestigious Joseph Kesselring Award. Her 60 full-length & one-act plays have been produced throughout the country. They include: The Shoemaker starring Danny Aiello\, directed by Antony Marsellis; She’s Of A Certain Age; The Round Table (w/ Oscar & Tony winner Peter Stone)\, and When Truth Is Not Enough. Her play\, Love Divided By\, was produced by the Actors Studio and was made into a film with an original score by Philip Glass. The film reopened MoMA’s Titus II theatre. Her other films include: Something Like That\, A Broken Sole\, Come On (Hamptons Film Festival.) Her TV credits include; Did You Know My Husband? with Louise Lasser & Carole Shelley (PBS); The Comedy Zone with Patty Duke & Paul Reiser (CBS); Guiding Light and Loving (CBS). \nSusan authored the acclaimed books Creativity and Creativity In Film and has written for NY Magazine and Playbill. She was also a professor at Columbia U.\, NYU\, and City College. She is the founding artistic director of Food For Thought Productions and Cause Celebre.
URL:https://ethical.nyc/events/cause-celebre-productions-presents-last-chance-cafe-2/
LOCATION:Ceremonial Hall (4th Floor)\, 2 W 64th St\, New York\, NY\, 10023\, United States
CATEGORIES:Theater
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260923T190000
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SUMMARY:Speaking of Science with Dr. Carol Portlock: Failure and Success in Medicine Pt. 1 (Online)
DESCRIPTION:Free online! \nOur monthly online science series continues with a two-part series with retired oncologist and Society member Dr. Carol Portlock exploring failures and success across the history of modern medicine. \nThe success of medical science is based on learning from the past\, but many problems persist\, especially inequalities in access and care in minority communities. Join us to learn about the failures of medicine and medical institutions\, and how we can work to make successes and advances available to all. \n>>>RSVP to Join on Zoom\nRecommended Readings\nRace is not biologic – Race in American Medicine: New DNA information and its impact\nhttps://scienceandsociety.duke.edu/does-race-exist/\nhttps://www.cambridge.org/core/blog/2025/08/29/race-isnt-biological-so-why-do-so-many-still-think-it-is/ \nThe New England Journal of Medicine’s podcast “Intention to Treat” has an 8-part unit titled “The Race Equation” available here. \nExamples of Failure in Medicine: \n1. Henrietta Lacks\nBook: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks By Rebecca Skloot\, 2010\nRecent article: https://stanfordbloodcenter.org/the-complicated-history-of-hela-cells-henrietta-lacks-legacy-in-biomedical-research/ \n2. Pain management in minority populations\nhttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12164869/ \n3. Menthol cigarettes never discontinued Except in Massachusetts\, California and Washington DC\nhttps://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/menthol-tobacco/index.html \n4. Cancer Alley Louisiana\nhttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/14/us-companies-methane-pollution-rankings\nhttps://publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/the-shocking-hazards-of-louisianas-cancer-alley \nExamples of Present Success in Medicine: \n1. Mammography and AI\nhttps://intelligentimaging.ucsf.edu/news/intersection-breast-cancer-and-ai \n2. Prostate evaluation with Ultrasound and AI\nhttps://med.stanford.edu/radiology/news/2025-news/ai-tool-boosts-detection-of-clinically-significant-prostate-canc.html \n3. HPV vaccine prevents cervical cancer and some head&neck cancers\nhttps://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/hpv-infection/in-depth/hpv-vaccine/art-20047292 \n4. Blood test to detect Pre-eclampsia\nhttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/03/health/pregnancy-preeclampsia-test.html \n5. Sickle Cell Disease\nhttps://patienteducation.asgct.org/understanding-cell-gene-therapy/conditions-treated/blood-disorders/sickle-cell-disease \n6. Chronic Hepatitis B\nhttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/28/health/hepatitis-b-chronic-bepirovirsen.html\nhttps://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis-surveillance-2022/hepatitis-b/table-2-6.html \n7. Pancreas Cancer\nhttps://seer.cancer.gov/statfacts/html/pancreas.html\nhttps://www.uchealth.org/today/new-pancreatic-cancer-drug-daraxonrasib/ \nChallenges for the Future in Medicine: \n1. CTE: Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy\, the damaging brain condition detected in football players\, boxers\, military\,etc \n2. Reducing heart risks with a pill\nhttps://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2026/feb-experimental-pill-bad-cholesterol.html
URL:https://ethical.nyc/events/speaking-of-science-4/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Speaking of Science
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260925T110000
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SUMMARY:Chair Yoga for Everyone
DESCRIPTION:We’re delighted to introduce a new weekly wellness program at the Society: Chair Yoga led by experienced instructor Sara Jane. \nTrained in India in 2009\, Sara brings a deep\, compassionate approach to teaching and a gift for meeting students exactly where they are. Her classes are gentle\, accessible\, and tailored to the needs and requests of participants. \nSessions may include: \n\nBalance and stability work\nStress-reduction techniques\nGentle movement to ease physical or emotional discomfort\nPractices that support healthy aging\nDeep relaxation\n\nWhether you’re new to yoga or returning to your practice\, you are welcome! These sessions offer a calm\, welcoming space to reconnect with your body and breath. \nNo equipment is needed—just come as you are\, and feel free to bring a friend! \nPRICING\nMembers: $10/class\nNon-members: $20/class\n4-Session Package: $60\n(Must be used within a two-month period. Sessions do not need to be consecutive.) \n>>RSVP on Eventbrite \nYour Instructor\nSara Jane has been practicing yoga and meditation for more than two decades. Trained in India in 2009\, she brings a deep\, compassionate approach to teaching and a gift for meeting students exactly where they are.
URL:https://ethical.nyc/events/chair-yoga-for-everyone/2026-09-25/
LOCATION:Adler Study (514)\, 2 W 64th St.\, New York\, NY\, 10023\, United States
CATEGORIES:Yoga
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SUMMARY:Humanist Happy Hour
DESCRIPTION:Every first and fourth Fridays stop by gathering of NYC’s Humanist\, atheist\, agnostic\, and secularist groups for drinks\, snacks\, and great conversation. We hope to see you there! \nBYOB (no liquor). Snack potluck. Donations warmly encouraged to support this program: Give online here. \n \nGetting Here\n1: 66 St-Lincoln CenterA\, B\, C\, D\, 1: 59 St-Columbus CircleM10: Central Park W/W 64 StM10\, M20: Central Park W/W 63 StM66: W 65 St/Central Park WM5\, M7\, M104: Broadway/W 63 St \nLocation is subject to change for special events. Check website calendars and Meetup pages for various groups for updates and changes. \nThe default room is Ceremonial Hall on the 4th Floor\, subject to change depending on capacity or conflict with rentals. Check for any posted signs. \nWheelchair access: Use the ramp entrance for the Meeting House on West 64th St.\, not the Fieldston School. Press both doorbells if the door is locked. Elevator is directly inside. \nHumanist Happy Hour Partners\nOur friends at various Humanist groups are cross-posting this event. Some groups have after-parties. \nCenter for Inquiry – NYChttps://cfi-nyc.org/https://www.meetup.com/cfinyc/ \nThe City Congregation for Humanistic Judaismhttps://citycongregation.org/events-calendar/ \nGotham Atheistshttps://gothamatheists.org/https://www.meetup.com/GothamAtheists/\nNYC Atheistshttps://nycatheists.org/calendar/https://www.meetup.com/nycatheists/ \nSecular Humanist Society of New Yorkhttps://www.shsny.org/events-calendarhttps://www.meetup.com/shsny-org/
URL:https://ethical.nyc/events/humanist-happy-hour-12/2026-09-25/
LOCATION:Elliott Library (507)\, 2 W 64th St\, New York\, NY\, 10023\, United States
CATEGORIES:Humanist Happy Hour
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