Sunday Platform
Sundays, 11am - 12:30pm

 

NOV 11 CHILDREN'S VOICES OF GLOBAL CONCERN features a film of 13-year-old Severn Susuki, sharing global and ethical concerns at a United Nations meeting. To be followed by a panel of Brooklyn youth of
diverse backgrounds speaking out on their concerns. Hosted by BSEC’s Life & Ethics Committee.

1:00 AFTERNOON PROGRAM: Fall orientation series on Ethical Culture basics: Ideals, Projects and Programs of the Ethical Movement - Then and Now. BSEC library


NOV 18 ANNUAL WAMPANOAG FESTIVAL
- Board member and former CSA Director Remi Gay partners with the CSA families and staff to facilitate this most enjoyable festival based on Native American rituals that includes storytelling, music and movement. Come join us for this special morning.
1:30 AFTER-NOON STORYTELLING PROGRAM Led by member Donna Minkowitz, BSEC library


NOV 25 THANKSGIVING COLLOQUY - Member and President Emeritus Constance Pigozzi will lead an informal gathering reflecting on the concepts of Forgiveness and Repentance


DEC 2 ONE CITY, ONE FUTURE: CAN GROWTH WORK FOR ALL NEW YORKERS? - The pace and style of development have over-taxed New Yorkers in the past few years, challenging the affordability of housing and changing the character and quality of life in our neighborhoods. Come and find out about some alternatives. Speaker: Brad Lander, Director, Pratt Center for Community Development and former director, Fifth Avenue Committee.


DEC 9 COLLOQUY - Quaker style reflection on Trust led by Board member Tasha Paley with Lisel Burns


DEC 16 WINTER FESTIVAL - Intergenerational celebration of the coming of winter. Reflecting on December holiday rituals across religious traditions, we
will focus on the insights and values they represent. Hosted by the Children’s Sunday Assembly


DEC 23 HUMANISTS IN DECEMBER: FINDING AN ETHICAL WAY HOME - Particularly this month, people with a humanistic, non-theological life stance can feel marginalized. EC Founder Felix Adler held that
non-theists can also hold a religious attitude that produces a sense of expansiveness, interrelatedness and an “at homeness" in the world. Speaker: Lisel Burns.

DEC 30 COLLOQUY on New Year’s Resolutions at led by Tasha Paley and Lisel Burns.

 

 

 

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