Month: May 2020
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Good and Evil
Read More: Good and EvilWhat are we talking about when we speak of “good” and “evil”? The dynamic struggle between good and evil has been examined through art, literature, and philosophy for millenniums, but there’s no consensus about the meaning of the terms. Hugh Taft-Morales explores evil as represented in the rise of Nazism and the attempted genocide of…
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Bart’s Blog – 5/25/2020
Read More: Bart’s Blog – 5/25/2020After 4 or 5 hours of struggle I abandoned my Memorial Day blog post. In the end the topic was too big and the space too small for my capacities. I was going for a unifying statement, one that tapped into the grieving over painful losses and the yearning for positive connection. But the words…
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Humanitas Online Watch Party
Read More: Humanitas Online Watch PartyThe Ethical Culture Society of Westchester and The Riverdale-Yonkers Society for Ethical Culture are hosting an online watch party of Humanitas, a film Jé Hooper produced with a grant from the American Ethical Union on Tuesday, May 19, from 1-3 p.m. From 3-4 pm, Jé Hooper will be with us online to take questions and…
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Bart’s Blog – 5/18/2020
Read More: Bart’s Blog – 5/18/2020Sunday’s Zoom crash got me thinking quite a lot about vulnerability and frustration. I always look forward to Sunday platform meetings and was especially looking forward to yesterday’s meeting with the Ethical Culture Society of Westchester, my home Society, because, being Founders’ Day, there was an opportunity to wear both clergy leader and executive director…
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Bart’s Blog – 5/11/2020
Read More: Bart’s Blog – 5/11/2020Thank you to all who have contributed to the American Ethical Union’s #GivingTuesdayNow campaign! We raised almost $4600 and will be sending checks out to the Coronavirus Care Fund, No Kid Hungry, and the National Revolving Bail Fund. Given the level of economic upheaval we are facing, I do encourage looking into ways to support…
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Las Mujeres from New York
Read More: Las Mujeres from New YorkA dozen women in their 60s, 70s, and 80s spent a week volunteering on the Brownsville/Matamoros border to help feed the asylum seekers in the tent city. Join Emita Hill for a talk about this journey. Hill is the former VP at Lehman College, Chancellor Emeritus of Indiana University Kokomo, for many years a consultant…
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Bart’s Blog – 5/4/2020
Read More: Bart’s Blog – 5/4/2020One of the pleasures of being the executive director for the American Ethical Union is that I can visit the member Societies on a pretty regular basis. And ironically, during the coronavirus outbreak, I’ve actually had more visits to more Societies then I typically get to have. It’s been interesting to me to see how…
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Community Circle – Resilience
Read More: Community Circle – ResilienceA Community Circle is an opportunity for a small group of people to thoughtfully consider important ethical/spiritual issues and to practice interacting with one another in ways that bring out the best in each other. It is also an opportunity for participants to practice two important skills for engaging with others: group facilitation and group…