Language has a tremendous impact on our view of the world and our experience of it. That is especially true in relation to our efforts to understand and follow ethical ideals and principles. Language provides the possibility to communicate with other people and achieve a common understanding. Language also limits the range of our thinking…

The next meeting of the HUMANITAS: The Africana Ethical Society, will take place on Saturday, May 8, 2021 at 3:00 pm EST via Zoom. The topic to be discussed is: Mother Earth and Earth Mothers: The Creative Principles in the Universe: Leaving the Anthropocentric Viewpoint Behind. This will be an Open Forum discussion moderated by…

Ecologically speaking, the edge effect results in a greater diversity of life in a region where the edges of two adjacent ecosystems overlap, but social scientists also propose that the edge effect can help cultivate creativity in people who are exposed to different cultures. The edge effect may have been at play when some of…

We will be joining NYSEC’s Sunday Platform this weekend. A unique outlier in many respects, Ethical Culture has allied itself and been a home to many philosophical partners over the years, including humanism, free thought, progressivism, religious liberalism, agnosticism, atheism and so forth. Adherents to these belief systems have found a home because of Ethical…

Saturday, April 24⋅10:00 am – 1:00 pm In the past ECSW members and friends have supported through action the Groundworks Great Saw Mill River Clean-Up, and we are seeking to do so again! We have chosen the Walsh/War Field in Yonkers as our site this year. Location: Walsh/War Memorial Field at 285 Nepperhan Ave., Yonkers,…

Please join us this Sunday on Zoom for an interactive Spring Festival where we can share what’s helped us reach this long awaited spring. Read a poem or an inspiring selection, sing a song or play a musical piece. We love and miss hospitality and someday we’ll be in-person, describe that easy, delicious recipe you…

On Saturday April 10, 2021, the meeting of HUMANITAS: The Africana Ethical Society, will be a presentation on “The Unaddressed Crisis of Mental Illness among African American Children in the Juvenile Justice System” by Courtney Emmitt and his family. Join us, HUMANITAS: The Africana Ethical Society, on Saturday April, 2021 at 3:00 p.m. in a…

Please join us for a remote (“Zoom”) game night this Friday, April 9. It will be from 7-10 p.m. There will be both electronic and traditional games available. Fun for the whole family!! Join us at: Hosted by The Ethical Culture Society of Westchester, Secular Humanists of Westchester, and Westchester Atheists.