The  Ethical Humanist Society of the Triangle (EHST) and Kol Haskalah (KH)  occasionally have overlapping interests regarding both ongoing and current ethical/humanist issues, as evidenced by our respective Mission Statements.   We are having panel discussion to share/compare perspectives about current and pressing ethical issues facing us in today’s sometimes chaotic and confusing world.  A […]

EHST member Todd Bishop will talk about his personal journey from Christianity to Buddhism. He and his wife Beth found inspiration in the writings of Eckhart Tolle. Todd has found that EHST is a welcoming community for his Buddhist orientation. In 1961 the Supreme Court (Torcaso v Watkins) cited both Buddhism and Ethical Culture as […]

Each fall, EHST has a meeting of members, friends, and visitors to discuss how the current year has gone, and what looms ahead for the next calendar year.  Our programs, budget, board activity, and needs are reviewed during the meeting.  Questions are encouraged, which we will attempt to answer, as is feedback, to allow all […]

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 […]