Socrates Café
Wednesday, April 16
6:00 - 8:00 PM
Room 508
Join Ken Gans for a stimulating philosophical discussion on humanism and basic philosophical questions. If you are interested, contact Ken Gans at 212-787-7000 ext. 1039. No charge and no reservations needed.
AEU's 2008 Assembly, Austin, Texas
April 17 - April 20
Join members from across the country, in Austin, to socialize, learn, teach, and celebrate our history and our ethical values. For more information call the AEU at 212-873-6500.
Woman and Child Crossing: Caution - Lives at Risk
Thursday, April 17
7:00 - 9:00 PM
Auditorium
A panel discussion on critical human rights issues facing women and youth around the world, including access to reproductive rights; sexual violence against women; and exploitation and abuse against female migrant workers. Join us to learn about critical human rights issues, help to raise the voices of women and youth, and find out how you can get involved.
Admission: free and open to the public
Cosponsored by the New York Society for Ethical Culture and the United Nations Association Young Professionals for International Cooperation Human Rights Committee.
Spring Hike
Saturday, April 19
8:35 AM (Meet at the information booth in Grand Central Station)
This five-hour hike will take you to a summit over the Hudson River. The hour and a half ride on the Metro North Hudson line offers spectacular views of the river and, on a clear day, Manhattan.
A one-way ticket is $11. We will meet at the information booth in Grand Central Station at 8:35 am. If you arrive later, you can find us on the train that leaves at 8:50 am. Bring a water bottle, a light lunch and/or snack for the trail, and money for a coffee stop at a local café. Wear hiking or sturdy walking shoes, and dress in layers. Rain cancels.
Sunday Meeting, April 20
Early Sunday Morning - 10:00 a.m. - Ceremonial Hall, 4th floor
Singing Practice - Led by Patricia Bruder Debrovner and Jerry Ranck.
Early Sunday Morning - 10:00 a.m. - Room 408
Poetry Readings - reading poems in which we find the ideas of heaven and hell. Cheryl Gross presides.
Sunday School - Ethics for Children - 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Rooms 507 & 508
Unity in Diversity: Exploring Ethics Through the Cultures of the World
Sunday Meeting - 11:15 a.m. - Auditorium
"It's Not Easy Being Green"
Michael Bogdanffy-Kriegh, Past President
Henryka Komanska Presides
Lunch - 12:30 p.m. - Social Hall
Afternoon Activities - 1:45 p.m. - Room 514
The Health Care Issues: Universal Coverage/Single Payer
Clinton vs. Obama, Do We Know What It All Means?
Brief bio: Dr. Robb Burlage has been Professor and Founding Director of the Joint Graduate Degree Program in Public Health & Urban Planning at Columbia University; and Founding Director/Editor of the Health Policy Advisory Center (Health/PAC Bulletin). He is currently Senior Management Consultant with the New York City Health & Hospitals Corporation and Lecturer in Health Systems Management at the SUNY-Downstate
School of Public Health. Phyllis Kreuttner and Jacqueline Pope preside.
Afternoon Activities - 1:45 p.m. - Ceremonial Hall and Kotkin Terrace
Flea Market/White Elephant Sale Event. For more
Video of today's event: April 20, 2008
Kriegh - It's Not Easy Being Green
Flea Market/White Elephant Sale Event
Sunday, April 20
1:45 - 3:30 PM
Ceremonial Hall and Kotkin Terrace
The NYSEC Social Service Board Development Committee announces a fund raiser for DNA Testing in partnership with the Innocence Project of Cardozo Law School,Yeshiva University.
Society members are invited to bring on the program date: used videos, books, other items of interest that they feel could be sold to contribute to the Society's fourth $2,500 to free the wrongly convicted through DNA testing. Admission: free. Open to the public.
David Leiman and Eric Norlander, Social Service Board Co-Chairs/Development Committee.
The Joy of Personal Writing – Spring Semester
Monday, April 21
6:30 – 8:30 PM
Room 508
Gandhi, King and the Power of Nonviolence:
Alternatives to Force in the 21st Century
Monday, April 21
7:00 PM (Doors open 6:30 pm)
Auditorium
Join bestselling author Jonathan Schell, author of The Seventh Decade, and Pulitzer prize-winner Taylor Branch, author of Parting the Waters, as they discuss Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr. and the enduring power of nonviolence in our contemporary world. This evening is part of a series that has been organized in collaboration with the Satya Graha Forum to celebrate the Metropolitan Opera's performance of Philip Glass' opera about Mahatma Gandhi and Satya Graha, his movement of social change through nonviolence.
Moderator: Suzannah Lessard. Following the discussion there will be audience questions, and a booksigning.
For more information go to www.nationinstitute.org or www.satya-
graha.org. Admission: Free (suggested donation $10).
Cosponsored by the New York Society for Ethical Culture and The Nation.
Ethics and How We Live Our Lives
Tuesday, April 22
7:00 - 8:30 PM
Ceremonial Hall, 4th Floor
Topic: "The Ethics of Decision Making and the Presidential Elections."
Facilitator: Massimo Pigliucci, Professor, Stony Brook University.
Admission: free. For more
Ethical Culture Today?
Wednesday, April 23
6:00 - 8:00 PM
Room 508
Informal discussion group to explore issues of ethical behavior in our lives. Paul Berman and Carol Rost preside. All are welcome. Call Paul at 561-512-7116 for more information.
Ethics and the Theater
Wednesday, April 23
7:00 - 9:00 PM
Room 514
A reading of Thomas Gibbon’s Bee-Luther-Hatchee. The play is nothing less than a deconstruction of race relations, as well as a fascinating dramatic puzzle about the myriad meanings behind words. It poses many intriguing questions about race, identity, prejudice, good intentions, and the perplexing problems that can accompany success.
Richard Van Deusen directs. Cast: Barbara Fennell, Suzy Frazer, Ben Bean, John Gurney and Jennifer Fouche. Muriel Berger will lead the discussion to follow on the ethical issues of the play. Admission: $5.
The Joy of Personal Writing – Spring Semester
Thursday, April 24
7:00 – 9:00 PM
Room 508
Audio of Ethics on the Air: April 25, 2008
WBAI - R Bernstein - End of Life
Ethics on the Air - (WBAI-99.5 FM)
Friday, April 25
11:00 AM
Topic will be “Ethical Dilemma at the End of Life.” Guest is Dr. Richard Bernstein, Assistant Clinical Professor at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Dr. Bernstein served on American Hospice Foundation’s managed care advisory panel and has written several papers and a book chapter on palliative and end-of life care. He will help us understand the difficult decisions those who are near death must face, and how doctors and caregivers can be most helpful to them. Marc Bernstein will host and Dr. Phyllis Harrison-Ross co-host.
Anyone wishing to know more about “Ethics on the Air” can email Marc Bernstein at mbernstein@nysec.org; Dr. Harrison-Ross at phrmd@yahoo.com; or Andra Miller at andramm@juno.com.
