• HUMANITAS: Coming of Age in a Racist World


    A panel of four young people—two Americans, one Dutch, and one French—will discuss “Coming of Age in a Racist World” at our next HUMANITAS: The Africana Ethical Society meeting to be held on Saturday, July 11, 2020 at 3 p.m. via Zoom.  For more information regarding HUMANITAS: The Africana Ethical Society and our July 11…

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  • Bart’s Blog – 6/15/2020


    I’ve gotten a good amount of feedback on last week’s blog message which ended with a call to “cut off the blood supply” of structural racism by personally taking steps to demand accountability from the institutions that support it. I wrote: A good place to start is with your local police department. The police are…

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  • Bart’s Blog – 6/8/2020


    A friend and I had a frank phone conversation last week. She’d read the AEU’s statement on George Floyd and the Aftermath and my blog message and offered the feedback that they were not strong enough. I agree with her. And I appreciate her direct communication and her expectation that I (and we) have the capacity do better. The…

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  • Join the Movement For Black Lives


    The time for action is now, people are taking to the streets, flooding social media, calling local officials and demanding justice for those who have been killed by the police all over the county and now is the time to join them. The Movement For Black Lives, and organizers mobilizing across the country, invite you to…

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  • Adapting Outreach to Changing Times with Marta Palomino of Neighbors Link


    Neighbors Link provides services that support the healthy integration of immigrants. This work is supported by the participation of volunteers who support the programs offered to adults and children in our community. Join Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 473 702 460Password: 458814One tap mobile+16465588656, 473702460#, 458814# US (New York)+13126266799, 473702460#, 458814# US (Chicago) Dial by your…

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  • Bart’s Blog – 6/1/20


    Some deaths are especially personal. Recently the Ethical Movement lost one of its own longtime members, Bob Gordon, who succumbed to cancer on May 2 of this year. Bob’s son, Gregg, sent in a beautiful obituary the family put together which I urge you to read. Bob led a rich and colorful life: he flew planes for…

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  • HUMANITAS


    “The Bubonic Plague and Blackness in the Twenty-first century:  Will the Current Pandemic result in a Paradigm Shift?” is the topic of our next HUMANITAS: The Africana Ethical Society meeting on Saturday June 13, 2020 at 3:00 p.m. via zoom. As our last month’s topic the “The Politics of Hair” generated a lot of interest…

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