Jone Johnson Lewis, NoVES Senior Leader, kicks off t= he 2010-2011 program year with an opening address\:=C2=A0Individualism? Rela= tionships? Community? =C2=A0Are these in conflict, inherently, or do they w= ork together? =C2=A0Come consider what it might be to live in relationships= and build community where every individual matters. =C2=A0
URL;VALUE=URI:http://noves.org/web/i-you-we-wheeeee-jone-joh UID:http://noves.org/web/i-you-we-wheeeee-jone-joh END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100919T150000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100919T170000Z SUMMARY;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Ethical Bridges Over Troubled Waters\: How Partnerships with Ravaged Haitian= Towns Can Transform Communities DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Lisel Burns, Leader Emeritus of the Brooklyn Society= for Ethical Culture (BSEC) invites us to consider our nation=E2=80=99s his= toric responsibility for distorted development in Haiti. She proposes ways = that members and local Ethical Societies can assist Haitians and Haitian Am= ericans in developing local partnership projects with earthquake-affected H= aitian communities. These partnerships can transform communities both here = and there.=C2=A0 Lisel has been visiting Haiti as a community development o= rganizer since the mid-1990s and BSEC has ongoing support programs in Leoga= ne, at the epicenter of Haiti=E2=80=99s January 2010 earthquake.
URL;VALUE=URI:http://noves.org/web/LBurns UID:http://noves.org/web/LBurns END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100919T170000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100919T200000Z SUMMARY;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Haiti Workshop DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Ethical Culture Leader Lisle Burns will lead a works= hop on September 19 following platform. The workshop will be held at Blue= berry Hill, home of member Helene Shore. The space is limited. Please se= e Marianne Moerman for details.
URL;VALUE=URI:http://noves.org/web/hait-workshop UID:http://noves.org/web/hait-workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100926T150000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100926T170000Z SUMMARY;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Building Peace\: A Community Peace Celebration DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:In honor of International Peace Day on September 26,= NoVES celebrates peace building.
URL;VALUE=URI:http://noves.org/web/building-peace-community- UID:http://noves.org/web/building-peace-community- END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101003T150000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101003T170000Z SUMMARY;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:"Raising Free Thinkers" with Dale McGowan (this is separate from the Oct 2 = Parenting Beyond Belief Workshop) DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Whether you'\;re able to attend the Saturday Parenting Beyond Belief Workshop or not, on Sunday you&= #39\;ll be able to hear Dale McGowan on the promises and challenges of "= \;Raising Free Thinkers."\; More on Dale McGowan, his books, and his work= \: Parenting Beyond Belief=
URL;VALUE=URI:http://noves.org/web/raising-free-thinkers-dal UID:http://noves.org/web/raising-free-thinkers-dal END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101010T150000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101010T170000Z SUMMARY;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Is Social Justice Too Radical for Ethical Culture? DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:The term =E2=80=9Csocial justice=E2=80=9D provokes a= wide variety of reactions these days.=C2=A0 How should Ethical Humanists v= iew it - as an uncontroversial effort to make our political and economic re= lationships more=C2=A0 fair or as a politically charged coercive redistribu= tion of resources?=C2=A0 How should we envision and actualize social justic= e? How radical should we get? Hugh Taft-Morales, Leader, Baltimore Ethical = Society and former Leader-Intern at NoVES, explores these questions, guided= by Ethical Culture history and his own yearnings to do it justice. =C2=A0<= /p> URL;VALUE=URI:http://noves.org/web/hugh-taft-morales-1 UID:http://noves.org/web/hugh-taft-morales-1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101017T150000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101017T170000Z SUMMARY;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:"Addicted to the Quick Fix" - Jone Johnson Lewis, NoVES Leader DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
Jone Johnson Lewis, NoVES Leader, will address the t= endency in our modern society to look for the "quick fix" to solutions, oft= en at the cost of finding a solution that will actually work. Whether we'= re talking about personal or interpersonal life, work or politics and socia= l change work, Jone looks at alternatives to jumping in to fix something ri= ght away.
URL;VALUE=URI:http://noves.org/web/addicted-quick-fix-jone-j UID:http://noves.org/web/addicted-quick-fix-jone-j END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101024T150000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101024T170000Z SUMMARY;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:"Start Where You Are" DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Lisa Kemper, interfaith chaplain at York Hospital in= York, PA., discusses the complexity of making ethical choices. With so man= y environmental and social causes and competing issues, it can be overwhelm= ing to decide what is "\;right"\;. We can'\;t do everything, but we= all can do something.
URL;VALUE=URI:http://noves.org/web/tba-1 UID:http://noves.org/web/tba-1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101031T150000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101031T170000Z SUMMARY;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:"Beyond Social Justice" DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Ethical Culture Societies and many other religious g= roups have a mission of working for social justice. Sometimes the term is d= efined broadly to include justice for future generations and non-human spec= ies=E2=80=94but even then, does it cover everything worth striving for? In = this platform, Perry Beider,=C2=A0 president of the Washington Ethical Soci= ety, will argue that the ideal society envisioned in Ethical Culture depend= s critically on social justice, but encompasses other ethical goals as well= . Our work for justice may be more coherent, and perhaps even more effectiv= e, if we recognize the broader whole of which it is a part.
URL;VALUE=URI:http://noves.org/web/tba-2 UID:http://noves.org/web/tba-2 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101107T150000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101107T170000Z SUMMARY;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:"A Religion of Duty" DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Every religion has something at its center. For most= it is something supernatural. But what is at the center of a naturally-bas= ed religion like Ethical Culture? To say that its founder, Dr Felix Adler, = plucked out the supernatural and substituted ethics in its place is accurat= e but not satisfying. How does that inform and animate our daily lives? How= does it lend meaning to our existence? Drawing from one of Dr. Adler=E2=80= =99s few books, The Religion of Duty, Ethical Culture Leader Tony Hileman a= pproaches these and other questions through the lens of ethical responsibil= ity.
URL;VALUE=URI:http://noves.org/web/connecting-modern-age-eth UID:http://noves.org/web/connecting-modern-age-eth END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101114T140000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101114T160000Z SUMMARY;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Fall Membership Meeting DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:One of the requests made at a focus group last year = was that NoVES have membership meetings more than once a year.=C2=A0 On Nov= ember 14 we will hold our first semi-annual meeting.=C2=A0 Come to discuss = the state of the society, Jone Johnson Lewis=E2=80=99s upcoming sabbatical = and additional ideas from the focus groups.
URL;VALUE=URI:http://noves.org/web/tba-0 UID:http://noves.org/web/tba-0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101121T150000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101121T170000Z SUMMARY;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Stone Salad DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Come celebrate Stone Salad, a festival for all our m= embers, friends and visitors where we hear a story, share a potluck meal, d= onate canned goods, and indulge in good, old-fashioned friendship. (For tho= se of you who know the children'\;s story -- we make Stone Salad because = we can'\;t make Stone Soup without a kitchen or stove.)=C2=A0 Members, fr= iends and visitors are welcome.=C2=A0 We hope to see you.
URL;VALUE=URI:http://noves.org/web/tba-3 UID:http://noves.org/web/tba-3 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101128T150000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101128T170000Z SUMMARY;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:NoVES Closed -- No Platform DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Enjoy this day with your families and friends.=C2=A0= We will see you next week.
URL;VALUE=URI:http://noves.org/web/tba-4 UID:http://noves.org/web/tba-4 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101205T150000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101205T170000Z SUMMARY;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:"Transitions" - Jone Johnson Lewis, NoVES Leader DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Jone Johnson Lewis, NoVES Leader, speaks on "\;tr= ansitions"\; -- those times in our lives and in the culture when somethi= ng new begins and something old ends. We often feel discomfort, even if the= change is something we sought. How do we navigate transitions successfully= ?
URL;VALUE=URI:http://noves.org/web/transitions-jone-johnson- UID:http://noves.org/web/transitions-jone-johnson- END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101212T150000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101212T170000Z SUMMARY;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:"From Nazi Genocide Survivor to Gay Rights Activist\: A Lifelong Passion for= Social Justice" -- Paulette Goodman DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Paulette Goodman will speak about her experience as = a young Jewish child in Paris during the Nazi occupation. and her subsequen= t passion for Social Justice. Mrs. Goodman has served for four years as pre= sident of National PFLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gay= s) and has received various public and community service awards from organi= zations including The Bar Association for Human Rights of Greater New York.=
URL;VALUE=URI:http://noves.org/web/nazi-genocide-survivor-ga-0 UID:http://noves.org/web/nazi-genocide-survivor-ga-0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101219T150000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101219T170000Z SUMMARY;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:"Memories of Holidays Past" -- Betty-Chia Karro, Howie Kallem, Amy Anderso= n, Marv Friedlander DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Memories of holidays past continue to inform our liv= es.=C2=A0 Society members Amy Anderson, Howie Kallem, Marv Friedlander and = Betty-Chia Karro will share stories of past holidays and how these stories = continue to shape our lives.
URL;VALUE=URI:http://noves.org/web/memories-holidays-past-be UID:http://noves.org/web/memories-holidays-past-be END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101226T150000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101226T170000Z SUMMARY;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:NoVES Closed -- No Platform DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE: URL;VALUE=URI:http://noves.org/web/noves-closed-no-platform-0 UID:http://noves.org/web/noves-closed-no-platform-0 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR