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In this month’s Message from the President, Carolyn Parker reflects on our last All-Societies Platform, what we have coming up on April 30th, and why the recurring theme of this year’s series focusing on our youth is no accident.

Please mark your calendar to attend our AEU 2023 Assembly on July 29th. Stay tuned for more information about this wonderful event for all Societies to participate in.

What to Watch For:

• We are currently working on setting the schedule of discussion sessions and will publish that on the AEU website in the near future. 

Our Statement Condemning Systemic Racism and Militarized Policing in Communities of Color

In response to the murder of Tyre Nichols perpetrated by members of the Memphis Police Department, we wrote a statement condemning the combined threats of systemic racism and militarized policing in communities of color. Click on the link below to read the full statement.

Openings in the AEU Personnel Committee

Are you working in an HR department, holding one of the various certifications in HR or held a HR certification and are retired? The AEU Personnel Committee needs you on our team to bring your experience, wisdom, and guidance to our work. You will be on the ground floor of helping us to interview candidates for the Permanent Executive Director position and to assist your fellow committee members with the Personnel Committee’s mandate of providing the AEU staff, through the Board of Directors, with evaluation, recruitment, and policy deliverables. Apart from the upcoming Executive Director search, the Committee tends to meet approximately every other month for about 90 minutes. Please reach out by emailing our Interim Executive Director, Rachel Pfeffer, to learn more.

Event Name: Friday AM Ethics: Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense

Host: Ethical Culture Society of Silicon Valley 

Date: Friday, March 3rd

Time: 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM ET

With over 71 mass shootings in 2023, the worry is that something so tragic and senseless will be normalized in society and people are becoming numb to violence. However, our friends at the Ethical Culture Society of Silicon Valley refuse to stand idly by. Special guests Moms Demand Action will address this horrific epidemic and discuss the steps that we can take going forward. RSVP today by clicking on the link below to receive the Zoom link an hour before the event. 

Event Name: Speaker Series: Is Separation of Church & State Coming to an End?

Host: Ethical Culture Society of Bergen County

Date: Saturday, March 4th - Sunday, March 12th

*Events will take place on Saturdays and Sundays during the date range listed above.

While the separation of church and state has long been revered as a major part of our identity as a nation, recent events like the repeal of Roe v. Wade are proof that principles can change. Threats to this integral piece of the US Constitution inspired the latest Speaker Series from the Ethical Culture Society of Bergen County and their co-sponsor, The Puffin Foundation. Read all about the final three events in this series and register by clicking on the buttons below.

Event Name: Probability and Ethics

Host: Ethical Humanist Society of the Triangle

Date: March 19th 

Time: 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm ET

Can you determine the outcome of all real-world ethical decisions based on the theory of probability? Ethical Humanist Society of the Triangle member and Mathematical Psychologist John Holmgren seems to think so. Please join John on March 19th at 1:30 pm ET to find out why. To register for this event, email info@ehstnc.org with your first and last name. See you then!

Event Name: Leader/Lay Leaders/LiT Transition Working Group (LLLWG) Check-In

Host: American Ethical Union

Date: Tuesday, March 21st

Time: 7:00 PM ET

Following up from the February Town Hall on wicked problem solving- please join us to participate in thinking through our next action steps.

Event Name: Felix Adler & the Birth of a Movement Series

Host: Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture

Date: Sunday, March 26th and Thursday, March 30th

Please join the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture and Leader-in-Training Louise Jett for a series of Platforms and workshops entitled “From Felix Adler to Modern Ethical Humanism.” The series continues this month with the Women in Ethical Humanism Platform on March 26th at 11 am ET and Ethical Humanism Workshop on March 30th at 7 pm ET. Your participation supports Louise as she completes her AEU/National Leaders Council training as a Leader. All of the events will take place on Zoom and of course, all are welcome to attend. Interested in what will be covered? Click on the link to find out!

Event Name: Trauma Across the Life Course, Dr. Davis, Emeritus Professor GMU

Host: Northern Virginia Ethical Society 

Date: Sunday, March 26th

Time: 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM ET

Although we all experience it differently, trauma resulting from certain experiences can impact you long after the event took place. To learn more about this topic, the Northern Virginia Ethical Society has brought in guest speaker, Dr. Molly Davis to explain the effect that trauma can have as well as strategies to manage it. To learn more about Dr. Davis as well as get access to the Zoom link, click on the link below.

Event Name: Our Climate Future with Our Children’s

Trust All-Societies Platform

Host: American Ethical Union

Date: Sunday, April 30th

Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM ET

We are thrilled to announce that our next All-Societies Platform is taking place on April 30th! With our very special guest, Our Children’s Trust, we will hear from the lawyer and some of the children who are plaintiffs in what will be the first ever constitutional and children's climate trial in U.S. history. To learn more about what will be a truly memorable event, mark your calendars and click on the links below!

Participating in the St. Louis County Library’s Celebrating Black Resistance to Injustice event series, the Ethical Society of St. Louis hosted the keynote address from a member of the Little Rock Nine, Carlotta Walls. To read more about what was a fantastic event courtesy of the St. Louis American, click on the link below.

While the result of police brutality is tragic and barbaric, one of its causes that deserves more attention is dehumanization. It’s a mindset that police officers develop so they see the citizens (usually people of color) they interact with less as humans and more as threats. Special thanks to our friends from the Susquehanna Valley Ethical Society as The Daily Item published our statement on condemning systemic racism. To read what they put out as well as what we have on our own website, click on the links below.