Join us for a weekend of FREE film and panels or drop in for an afternoon or evening.WES volunteers created the first film festival devoted to immigrant stories. Now seven years later, the festival continues to thrive thanks to volunteer efforts. IFF 2020 is ready to go…are you?Thanks to the hard work of our all-volunteer Steering … Continue reading IFF 2020 is ready to go…are you?
A blog from the WES Board of Trustees “Engagement” It’s a word at once very simple and very hard to define. What, indeed, makes any of us an “engaged” member of the Washington Ethical Society? Is engagement measured by the number of platforms we attend each year, the number of committees and special teams we … Continue reading WES BLOG – The 2020 Fall Membership Meeting: One Time For Engagement
What’s the best thing you can do for your immigrant neighbors? Many families came to the DMV community to escape dire poverty, war and gang violence. The Food Justice Initiative (FJI) does not ask people who are starving about their immigration status. However, nearly all are undocumented. This is critical because they receive NOTHING … Continue reading From the WES Immigration Team
Phonebanking Campaigns Reclaim Our Vote’s postcard campaigns have wrapped up – many thanks to all the WES members who participated! ROV now has phone banks for Arizona, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Texas with Mississippi coming soon. There are group phone banks daily. You can call from home – phone banks are … Continue reading Update: Reclaim Our Vote Efforts
Binsar Siahaan is home with his family, released from ICE custody in Baltimore. WES joined others in our community with calls to our representatives, with emails and tweets in resistance to his immoral arrest. Binsar was taken under false pretenses from the grounds of the Silver Spring church where he was sheltered. The immediate outcry … Continue reading From the WES Immigration Team — When We Fight, We Win!
In 2015, Amanda Poppei, Ann Baker, and Trish Weil offered a three-part workshop on Mindfulness. Following that workshop, there were people who wanted to continue to meet, for meditation and discussion. It was in this way that the present Mindfulness group was formed and has continued to meet first monthly, and now twice monthly. For … Continue reading WES Blog — From the Mindfulness Group
Scams are on the rise. I know I have been the target multiple times since March. I now suspect I may have been on even more occasions. In the last two weeks, I heard of several members of our WES community targeted and a few captured by scammers. Here’s how I think I’ve been targeted. … Continue reading WES Blog — Scams are on the rise
Today is October 6th. Four weeks from today, the United States will hold its Presidential Election determining who will run the vast Federal Government, who will control Congress, and who will hold thousands of state legislative seats all over the country. As we move through the upcoming month showing that activism for justice is love … Continue reading WES Blog — From the LLDC: About the upcoming LLDC election
From the Earth Ethics Action Team As WES moves forward with Casey Trees to plant three trees on the grounds, the Earth Ethics Action Team has information for congregants to get free trees for their own property to Improve air & water quality Cool homes and reduce energy bills Beautify neighborhoods Reduce global warming If … Continue reading WES Blog — Free Trees
The Board of Trustees is excited to announce that Kate Lang will be re-joining the Board to fill the recent opening. We are thrilled to have Kate back on the Board. She brings with her two years of recent WES Board experience and a wealth of professional and interpersonal skills. We are grateful to the … Continue reading WES Blog — Welcoming Our Newest Trustee
