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Ethical Culture and What it Means to Our Members and Friends
Extraordinary Ventures 200 S. Elliott Rd, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesIn the wake of a very successful booth at the Juneteenth Celebration held by CORE (Community Organizing for Racial Equity) at the Chatham County Fairgrounds in Pittsboro, we would like our members and friends to consider the following: 1) What sort of journey brought you to become interested in Ethical Culture aka Ethical Humanism? 2) […]
Standing Up To Book Banning
Virtual Program using ZoomEHST will join the Zoom presentation by Dr. Christopher Harris, a senior policy fellow with the American Library Association (ALA). Book banning from all types of libraries continue to rise at an unprecedented level across the country. The American Library Association reported attempts to censor 4,249 unique titles of library books and resources in 2023. This […]
Freethinking, Freeteaching, Freewriting
Virtual Program using ZoomTeacher, writer and humanist celebrant Chris Highland will discuss how and why he has written “Highland Views” columns for the Religion pages of a newspaper for 8 years under subjects of freethinking, freeteaching, and freewriting. Sharing snippets of columns as well as stories of interactions with readers—including evangelicals and atheists—reveals the impact of his writing […]
Ethical Consideration of Animal Shelters
Extraordinary Ventures 200 S. Elliott Rd, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesMaura Breidt will present a program on ethical considerations of animal shelters, focussing on Wake SPCA. She is a volunteer there and so will speak from her experiences there. The program will be structured first with an overview of how the Wake SPCA works, and then with some of the ethical dilemmas that it faces […]
Aspirations for Ethical Culture – Louise Jett
Virtual Program using Zoom2024 American Ethical Union Assembly Platform features Ethical Culture Leader Louise Jett. She will discuss her aspirations for Ethical Culture and the importance of clergy within our movement and Societies. Louise was certified by the Union's Board on the recommendation of the Leadership Committee in June. To watch this event, please register at: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcoceqopj4pE92Bl1dKa-cWlpkm1WHw9Hbw#/registration