Asylum seekers are still arriving on buses from Texas and Arizona. Mutual aid groups and the faith community continue to provide welcome, food, clothing and temporary housing to our visitors. The main clothing needs now are winter clothing and work boots and shoes. Our visitors arrive from the border without suitable clothing for a mid-Atlantic or … Continue reading From the Congregation Action Network
Dear WES Community, As the contours of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic shift, so too will our approach to community safety and care for one another’s health. Mindful of changing conditions and public health guidelines, the Reopening Taskforce and the Staff met recently to consider any necessary shifts in policy and expectation here at WES. We … Continue reading WES COVID Policy Update — Effective October 2, 2022
AEU Executive Director, Bart Worden, will retire at the end of the year. The AEU is now seeking to hire an Interim Executive Director to fill this vacancy and assist the Board in its ongoing strategic planning process. Please distribute this posting to your professional and personal networks as appropriate. The position closes on September … Continue reading From the AEU — Interim Executive Director Job Posting
Last month was the annual AEU Assembly. With a variety of fascinating workshops to choose from, there is a lot of great content. Society Growth & Development – Pre-Assembly Book Discussion – http://vh9d.2.vu/s This book discussion introduced the work of Alice Mann and suggested ways that people in our tradition can “translate” her language in order to … Continue reading 2022 AEU Assembly Educational Workshops
WES is a long-standing member of the Congregation Action Network. Congregations and volunteers are creating ways to support the migrants being bused to DC from TX and AZ. Since busing started 5 months ago, over 7000 migrants have arrived at Union Station. The migrants, most of whom are in transit to their final destinations, have several … Continue reading Help Support Migrant Asylum Seekers in D.C.
Hello, WES friends! Greetings from Lea (Interim Music Coordinator) and Perry (Chorus ringleader). This is an exciting time at the Washington Ethical Society, as KC Slack prepares to give their first platform as WES’s new Senior Leader. Of course, music has always been a vital part of the Sunday platform service, and as WES enters … Continue reading A Chorus Invitation for You! (Yup, you!)
Congratulations to WES Member Ross Wells for winning the Anna Garlin Award from the American Ethical Union! The Board of Trustees of the Washington Ethical Society nominated Ross Wells as the recipient of the Anna Garlin Spencer Award. Ross’s work toward the mission of WES has been consistent and longstanding, and is especially noteworthy during the pandemic … Continue reading WES Member Ross Wells Wins the Anna Garlin Award
Dear WES Friends, You may have seen the article in today’s Post Metro section on the wave of migrants arriving at Union Station on buses from Texas and Arizona. The link is below: https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/07/14/migrant-buses-dc-bowser-silence/ An amazing group of dedicated volunteers has been meeting asylum seekers at the bus station at all hours, providing welcome solidarity … Continue reading Migrant Busses — Help Needed!
Hello WES Community – ICYMI – The LLDC has exciting news to report! Trang Duong and Abi Daken were re-elected to the WES Board of Trustees with 97.7 percent of the votes received. Congratulations to them on reaffirming their service to WES! We are also very pleased to confirm that Christine Parcelli and Donna Taylor … Continue reading Spring Membership Meeting 2022 — Election Results
The Hidden Third of the Interdependent Web of All Existence If you understand that the existence of plants and animals are inseparably bound up in an interdependent web, you’ve got two thirds of it right. The past and present masters of living webs, however, are the missing third, the fungi. The Biology Reading group is … Continue reading Join the Biology Reading Group!
