Sunday Meetings are held weekly at 11:00 a.m. and are open to the public. These meetings address a wide range of spiritual, philosophical and social issues and explore answers to the question, “How are we to live?” Meetings also feature music and opportunities to share thoughts and feelings and are followed by light refreshment.
To view our full schedule of Sunday Meetings and other events, see our Full Calendar.
Here are some of our recent Platforms:
Join us this Sunday as we take respite from the busyness of the season – and the political frenzy – and read or recite some of our most inspiring, motivating, entertaining excerpts from favorite articles, books, poems, essays, songs, speeches.
Join member Jonathan Larsen for this Platform, which will explore a variety of views on How to Live a Good Life and be Ethical in a Humanist and Non-Religious Context.
Come enjoy a warm and welcoming morning with us—connect with other like-minded folks and become a part of our Humanist community. Whether you’re an individual or bringing the whole family, you’ll find a place here.
The WCEC Book Group will meet on Monday, September 16, at 2 p.m. in the Society study.
From the earliest days of our country’s founding, and continuing for over 200 years, black slavery has been a blight on American history. Incidences of abuse, degradation, torture, and capital crime were widespread and, shamefully, generally ignored by both the government and the public at large. Now, more than 150 years since the abolition of […]
Join us for a TED Talk video of Stuart Brown, play researcher and psychiatrist, entitled Play is more fun.
Join us for our Monthly Pancake Breakfast! Meet other secular folks and the local Ethical Community in a relaxed environment. Individuals and families welcome. Plus hear about more programming and activities for both kids and adults. Sunday, August 25, at 11 a.m. 7 Saxon Woods Rd.White Plains, NY
Creativity and storytelling help us cultivate meaning and bring joy into our lives. How can we harness the power of creativity to grow our movement and reach new audiences? Where can we find Humanism (and our values) in popular culture? Join Leader Louise Jett as she explores pop culture that honors Ethical Humanism.
Once each month, on Sunday mornings, the Westchester Community for Ethical Culture offers a forum for discussion and debate on a wide variety of topics – some controversial, some vexing, some puzzling, but all requiring careful examination in an ethical context.
We form relationships for many reasons: attraction, proximity, or inheritance. But what does it mean to form relationships toward liberation? Christian Hayden, Ethical Culture leader, will explore how centering his work toward a better world has transformed him and his relationships. Christian Hayden is an Ethical Culture leader, full-time facilitator, and part-time photographer and documentarian. […]
Felix Adler, the founder of Ethical Culture, published many philosophical works. We are starting a Reading Group to explore this work together. We are especially welcoming of those who are, as we are, new to Ethical Culture and inquisitive about these ideas. We intend to select passages to read, and then meet to discuss them. […]
Join us for our Monthly Pancake Breakfast! Meet other secular folks and the local Ethical Community in a relaxed environment. Individuals and families welcome. Plus hear about more programming and activities for both kids and adults. Sunday, July 28, at 11 a.m. 7 Saxon Woods Rd.White Plains, NY
The “American Experiment” was launched in colonies originally chartered by kings and populated by persons fleeing social and religious oppression in Europe. The new order was shaped by a desire to protect against government abuse. A balanced three part government was designed to limit consolidation of power in making, enforcing and interpreting our laws. Our Supreme Court has used originalism to reconstruct a vision of national values which threatens to restore the power of a king and disempower the most democratic branch, the Congress. We are face with abandoned precedent and a government out of balance.
Join us for our Monthly Pancake Breakfast! Meet other secular folks and the local Ethical Community in a relaxed environment. Individuals and families welcome. Plus hear about more programming and activities for both kids and adults. Sunday, July 7, 11 a.m.7 Saxon Woods Rd.White Plains, NY
Attempts to ban books from all types of libraries continue to rise at an unprecedented level across the country. The American Library Association reported attempts to censor 4,249 unique titles of library books and resources in 2023. This is the highest number of attempted book bans since ALA began compiling data about censorship in libraries […]
Gastroenteric infections are a leading cause of illness and death of children in resource-limited regions and vaccines are a crucial response to keep people healthy and save lives. Vaccine development is a lengthy process that is designed to ensure effectiveness and safety. Years of public health surveillance and research in the lab happens before a […]
Discrimination toward individuals with disabilities is both chronic and rampant throughout our society. Too often, we identify and define people by their physical or behavioral circumstances. In our upcoming Living Ethics Roundtable, we will discuss ways in which our attitudes can be insulting, discriminatory, and exclusionary. And, we will explore ethical alternatives that can lead […]
Please join us this Sunday for our semi-annual membership meeting. Our Committee and Subcommittee Chairs will share updates since our last talk-back sessions. We will also hear from our Leadership Task Force which is monitoring our performance as a member-led Community. As a valued member you can always reach out to the Board at any […]
We have rescheduled our May book club meeting to Monday, June 3, at 2 p.m. in the WCEC Study. We will be discussing The Sorrow of War by Bao Ninh. The book is available through the Westchester Library System. New participants can contact our Office Administrator Fabiola Rangel at frangel@scfec.org to be added to the […]
On June 2nd, Jessica Timms joins us to share how Lifting Up Westchester impacts our community. After her talk, we’ll be making snack packs for the participants in the Community Central Shelter. Until that day, we’re collecting food for snack packs to be distributed by Lifting Up Westchester. Needed items are listed here: https://bit.ly/WCEC_snack Anytime between […]