Session Details
Tue. May 10, 7-9 p.m. ET & Mon. June 6, 7-9 p.m. ET
Raising White Kids: Bringing Up Children in a Racially Unjust America by Jennifer Harvey
Anne Klaeysen, Ethical Culture Leader Emerita
Dr. Jennifer Harvey is a writer, speaker, and professor of religion and ethics at Drake University whose work focuses on racial justice and white anti-racism. This book is for families and communities who want to equip their children to be active and able participants in a society that is becoming more racially diverse while remaining full of racial tensions. Its format is easy to use, with each chapter ending in “Takeaways.” You can also listen to an interview with the author on NPR and watch a “Talks at Google” interview.
Anne Klaeysen retired as clergy leader of the New York Society for Ethical Culture but continues to serve the campuses of Columbia University and New York University as a humanist chaplain. She is co-chair of The Encampment for Citizenship and serves on the board of Ethical Culture Fieldston Schools.
Wed. May 11, 7-9pm ET & Tue. May 24, 7-9pm ET
How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith
Jone Johnson Lewis, Ethical Culture Leader
The Germans have put a lot of thought into what they call “Vergangenheitsbewältigung,” or “coming to terms with the past,” that is, with the Nazi past. This book has to do with America’s record of dealing with its own past of enslaving human beings, while preaching “all are created equal.” How has that been remembered, and how does that affect our thinking today about racial issues?
Jone Johnson Lewis has been an Ethical Culture Leader since 1991, and is a 3rd generation humanist. She currently serves the Riverdale-Yonkers Society for Ethical Culture as Leader and is a Consulting Leader for the Ethical Society of Austin.
Thu. May 19, 7-9 pm ET & Wed. June 8, 7-9 pm ET
“How to Be an Antiracist” podcast episode with Ibram X. Kendi and Brené Brown (also book and workbook)
Louise Jett, Ethical Culture Leader-in-Training
What does it mean to be anti-racist? How can we recognize racist ideas and behaviors in society and ourselves? Racism intersects with class and culture and geography and even changes the way we see and value ourselves. Kendi weaves a combination of ethics, history, law, and science with his own personal story of awakening to antiracism. Students are welcome to also read the book and explore the workbook, though the podcast episode will be the main foundation of discussion.
Louise Jett is a Leader-in-Training with the American Ethical Union. She serves in communication roles at the Ethical Society of St. Louis, Westchester Community for Ethical Culture, and Secular Student Alliance.
Thu. May 26, 7-9pm ET & Thu. June 2, 7-9pm ET
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson
Hugh Taft-Morales, Ethical Culture Leader
Isabel Wilkerson’s The Warmth of Other Suns tells the stories of Ida Mae Brandon Gladny, George Starling, and Robert Pershing Foster. It weaves the personal and social together to explain the great migration of African Americans out of the southern United States from 1915 to 1970. This winner of the National Book Award for Nonfiction uses biography, statistics and historical analysis to shed light on race, community, and the struggle of a multicultural society to flourish.
Hugh Taft-Morales serves as Leader of the Baltimore Ethical Society and the Philadelphia Ethical Society. Before transitioning into Ethical Culture Leadership, he taught philosophy and history for twenty-five years in Washington, D.C.
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Our Further Reflection series brings open dialogue on topics of interest brought to you by the American Humanist Association’s Center for Education and the American Ethical Union.
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