Felix Adler established America’s first free kindergarten for working families in the late 19th century. In the early 20th century, he led the first successful national campaign against child labor and came very close to achieving his egalitarian vision in the mid-20th century. Recently, we have moved in the completely opposite direction with the widening […]

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 […]