John Holmgren, longtime member of EHST, has been participating in the Prisoner Visitation and Support program at Butner Low Federal Correctional Institute (prison) for over twelve years. During COVID, this program was suspended, and for over two years, the prisoners lost this connection to the outside world. A few months ago, the program reopened, and […]

Maura Breidt, inspired by fellow EHST member Todd Bishop and a member of EHST, will share some details on her journey to the Ethical Humanist Society of the Triangle, and hopes that others will share some details of their journeys also! This program will be presented via a Zoom session. You do not need a […]

EHST is delighted to have William Chafe,  the Alice Mary Baldwin Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History at Duke University, speak to us about the Black freedom struggle.  He will go back to the Freedmen's Bureau agenda in 1865 proposing measures to achieve both political and economic equality for Blacks, then show how the issue of economic […]

The ethical movement was founded to help its members find deeper meaning and purpose in their lives – relying upon ethical principles rather than deference to a deity. Today’s declining adherence to traditional religious belief offers a golden opportunity for Ethical Humanist Societies to expand in size and influence. To speak to the needs of […]

Our guest speaker, Carolyn A. Parker, is working on a Bibliography of Ethical Culture: 1876 - 2026. She will share with us some of what she has learned about the early history of the AEU (founded in 1889), the early history of the International Ethical Union (founded in 1896), and the first five Leaders of […]