Our meeting this week will be a discussion highlighting some of the learnings from our last several guest presentations: Suzanne MacDonough on "Conflict Reduction Strategies and Love/Friendship Styles." Dr. Karen Barbee on "Mental Health and Substance Abuse." David Delaney on "Racial Justice, Institutional Reform, and Ethics." Were there key learnings from these presentations that impacted you? Was […]

EHST will have our program in conjunction with the all AEU program by the Youth of Ethical Societies (YES). Every year, the teens of Ethical Societies around the country come together to discuss issues relevant to the world around them.  The weekend-long conference is entirely teen-led; they plan the theme, they plan and lead the […]

Anna Jensen, Executive Director of the NC Farmworkers Project, will speak to us about our farmworkers and how Covid19 vaccinations are getting (or not getting) to them.  The NC Farmworkers’ Project serves as the resource center, home base, and connection to care for more than 3,000 farmworkers in five counties around Benson, North Carolina. Each agricultural season, […]

Curt Collier, Interim Leader for the Bergen County NJ Ethical Society, was the featured speaker, joined by Lucy Crespo.  Their focus was Groundwork Youth, a practical opportunity for Ethical Culture Societies to join in partnership with their local communities to address the effects of poor environmental decisions from the past. Hugh Taft-Morales, Leader for the […]

The inauguration of Donald Trump was immediately followed by the largest protest in U.S. history. His four years in office included several protests--both by alt-right extremists and anti-racist activists--culminating in the storming of the U.S. Capitol on January 6th. Photojournalism can provide both an engaging qualitative story and useful quantitative data about what happens at these protests. However, the […]