Ethical Outlook Newsletter
February 2022
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Leader's Message
Dr. Nori Rost: This Is For All The Lonely People
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Reflecting on a friend's feelings of loneliness, Leader Nori Rost explores the stigma attached to loneliness, and our responsibility to help each other when we're confronted by it. Read More
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February's Theme: Black Lives Matter
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If we hope to dismantle white supremacy and see real change, we need to take the words on this banner to heart every day of the year. How can we enact in our own lives, and at Ethical Culture? What can we do to be the change we seek? Read More
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Look for our banner on Central Park West and join our programs exploring this topic throughout the month. |
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Ethics in Action
Join the Fight: Reclaim Our Vote Returns for the 2022 Midterm Elections
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Once again, our Ethical Action Committee is preparing and distributing postcard kits you can easily assemble and mail to help citizens defeat voter suppression in their home states--10,000 cards already in January! Learn more about ROV and request a kit now. Read More
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Leader's Blog
Review of Hate: Why We Should Resist It with Free Speech, Not Censorship
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Leader Joe Chuman reviews Nadine Strossen's still-timely 2018 book. Read More
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News
Author Lina Meruane Joins Great Literature Discussion
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Award-winning Chilean novelist Lina Meruane joined our January Great Literature Discussion to explore her 2017 book, Seeing Red. Read More
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COVID-19 Notice: Open to the public in-person and online. Mask, photo ID, and proof of COVID-19 vaccination are required for in-person attendance. |
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Sunday Platform
Leader Nori Rost: Second Verse, Same as First
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What to do when the pandemic seems unending, when each day looks like the one before and you’re stuck in a rut? The 1993 movie Groundhog Day will be liberally referenced.
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Sunday Platform
Leader Richard Koral: Celebrating Darwin Day, or How I Learned to Love Change
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Darwin's work showed us that the world is ever-changing and always struggling to find a new balance. How can we find balance in our own lives in an ever-changing world? |
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Ethics and the Theater
The Exonerated (RSVP Required)
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Sunday Platform
Leader Joe Chuman: The Radical Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. We Do Not Know
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Dr. King held to a notion of structural racism rooted in capitalism and aligned with American militarism. It is not the King usually celebrated on official holidays, but it is necessary that we look at this aspect of his life if we are to grasp the scope of his work and thoughts. |
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Sunday Platform
M. Annenberg: What Don't We Know and Why Don't We Know It?
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Painter, installation artist, curator, and climate activist M. Annenberg investigates the black holes of American journalism. Has the two minute sound bite failed the American people? This talk will trace the decline of news coverage in the American mainstream press from the 1990’s to the present. |
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Film Focus
Don't Look Up (Hybrid)
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Watch Past Platform Talks on Youtube! |
Visit the Society's Youtube channel to watch past Sunday Platforms, panels, and other events. Make sure to subscribe and hit the notification bell. Watch Now
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This month we're raising money to help support Camp Linden! Owned and operated by the Philadelphia Ethical Society, the 50 acre facility in the hills of Chester County, PA partners with community organizations to host nature-focused summer day camps for children from low income urban communities. Learn more and donate
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Newcomers are always welcome!
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Poem: "I Dream of Paradise" |
For the first in a series of YEE highlights, we're proud to feature a poem by longtime Young Ethical Explorer Marifer. Read More
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YEE Eco-Writing Workshop Takes Root. Join Now! |
Our young ethicists will dig into five genres: comic books, short stories, poems, news articles, and speeches, every third Sunday through June. Newcomers are welcome! Read More
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Friendship February Sunday Gatherings |
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•YEE First Sundays Intergenerational Gathering w/ Special Guest Faatiha Aayat: "Youth Visions for an Ethical Future"
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Join us for presentations about climate justice from our Young Ethical Explorers along with our very special guest Faatiha Aayat, child rights Activist, climate campaigner, and Founder of CHIL&D. |
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•The Love Ethic Peace Project
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Invite a friend to join us for a special morning peace project, lunch, and then our afternoon intergenerational gathering. |
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•Exploring Important New Books About Racial Justice
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If you have a book you'd like to show and share, please bring it! |
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•Eco-Writing Series: Breaking News
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Our 3rd Sundays writing series continues with Deepali Srivastava of Writefully Ours. Write an exciting and informative news report on animal sightings! It could unfold in your neighborhood, on a trip, in Central Park, or elsewhere. We’ll give picture prompts and young writers will create their own headlines, photo captions, and stories, complete with interviews and eye-witness accounts.
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•The Claudette Colvin Club
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This Racial Justice gathering will reflect on Black History Month, sing civil rights songs together, and let our collective learning inspire the fair future we are committed to! |
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COVID-19 Notice: Only fully-vaccinated Society Members are invited to attend weekday hybrid programming in-person, with the exception of Ethics and the Theater, which is open to all vaccinated individuals. Proof of vaccination, photo ID, and mask are required. |
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•Share and Learn: Topics in Medicine, Mental Health, Science, and Ethics (Online)
Every Monday | 11:00am-12:00pm | Recommended Readings
1st and 3rd Mondays w/ Dr. Carol Portlock, retired oncologist
2nd and 4th Mondays w/ Dr. Frank Corigliano, clinical psychologist
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•Exploring Ethical Dilemmas In: Medicine with Dr. Carol Portlock (Hybrid)
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•Tuesdays With Nori (Online & Hybrid)
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•Thought Salon (Online/RSVP Required)
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•Newcomers Orientation (Online/RSVP Required)
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•Ethics in the News - Topic TBA (Online)
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•Midweek Meditation (Online)
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•At Home with The League of Women Voters - Deborah Archer: "Critical Race Theory: What It Is, What It Isn't, and Why It's So Controversial" (Online)
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•Amnesty International NYC Groups 9 & 280 Monthly Meeting
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•Camaraderie and Conversation on Issues Philosophical and Newsworthy w/ Leader Joe Chuman (Online)
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•Exploring Ethical Humanism: "A Religion of Duty" (Online)
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•Great Literature Discussion (Online & Hybrid/RSVP Required)
February 2 and 16 | 1st and 3rd Wednesdays | 7:00-9:00pm
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•Speaking of Science: The "Magic" of Math and Statistics with Bob Bumcrot (Online)
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•Leader's Roundtable Discussions (Hybrid)
Every Thursday | 12:00-1:30pm | Recommended Readings
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•Storytelling Circle (Online)
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•Colloquy - Topic TBA (Online)
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•Proactive Meditation and Deep Listening (Online)
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•Ethics and the Theater: The Exonerated
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When you join Ethical Culture, you become part of a supportive community that nurtures the spirit, respects the intellect, and connects you to others who value the importance of making this world better for all of us. Learn More
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Ethical Connections: Join online events nationwide! Visit the American Ethical Union's Connections calendar to discover online events hosted by societies all across the country every day. Read More
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The Society partners with and supports organizations that identify with our commitment to education, advocacy, and action in the pursuit of social justice:
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