Upcoming Events

May 13

11:00 am-12:30 pm

53 Prospect Park West

Brooklyn, NY 11215

With: Herb Silverman

Herb Silverman was transformed from mild-mannered math professor to political activist while teaching at the College of Charleston after learning that the South Carolina Constitution prohibited atheists from holding public office. He will talk about his fight to change the constitution and his new book Candidate Without a Prayer: An Autobiography of a Jewish Atheist in the Bible Belt. Herb also founded the Secular Humanists of the Lowcountry in South Carolina, the Atheist-Humanist Alliance at his college, and is founder and president of the Secular Coalition for America.

Free

SUNDAY PLATFORM

May 20

11:00 am-12:30 pm

53 Prospect Park West

Brooklyn, NY 11215

With: Brooklyn Councilman Jumaane Williams

SUNDAY PLATFORM

Free

Brooklyn Councilman Jumaane Williams is one of the leading critics of the NYPD’s Stop & Frisk strategy subjecting young men of color to unwarranted searches. Councilman Williams himself was stopped by police while attempting to attend a closed event at the Brooklyn Museum during the Caribbean Day parade. He will fill us in on the battle and evaluate the prospects of community policing.

May 27

11:00 am-12:30 pm

53 Prospect Park West

Brooklyn, NY 11215

With: Tasha Paley

Sunday

Colloquy

This Memorial Day colloquy is a chance for deep group reflection in support of our quest to live a life of meaning, joy, and responsibility.

Candidate Without a Prayer

Stop Stop & Frisk

Colloquy: Legacy and Ethical Wills

Free

June 3

11:00 am-12:30 pm

53 Prospect Park West

Brooklyn, NY 11215

With: Heidi Boghosian

The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) is the recipient of the 2012 Brooklyn Ethical Peace Site Award for its work defending Occupy activists across the country. Coming to accept the award and speak about the National Lawyers Guild's work is its Executive Director, Heidi Boghosian. An awards lunch will follow.

NLG Doing Justice: Defending Our Rights to Make Change

June 10

11:00 am-12:30 pm

53 Prospect Park West

Brooklyn, NY 11215

With: Catherine Bordeau

Kicking off our bi-annual member meeting, our Clergy Leader in training will offer a brief reflection on gratitude and recognize our members and community leaders for all that they do in our congregation!

Annual Member Meeting 12:30PM-3PM

We will evaluate where we are as a society and make some decisions together about the coming year. We'll also have the opportunity to share plans for how the society can grow stronger and more effective within the new strategic planning model laid out in the fall member meeting. Please join us and make your voice heard!

Annual Member Meeting and Platform

June 17

11:00 am-12:30 pm

53 Prospect Park West

Brooklyn, NY 11215

June 24

11:00 am-12:30 pm

53 Prospect Park West

Brooklyn, NY 11215

Our Coming of Age participants will graduate in this ceremony where we will also celebrate the work of children throughout this past year in the Children’s Assembly. Please come hear the presentations by our Coming of Age graduates as we celebrate and welcome them into their next roles in our community.

With: With Coming of Age Grads

SUNDAY PLATFORM

Sunday

Colloquy

This Memorial Day colloquy is a chance for deep group reflection in support of our quest to live a life of meaning, joy, and responsibility.

Free