Africa Day (formerly African Freedom Day and African Liberation Day) is the annual commemoration of the foundation of the Organization of African Unity on May 25, 1963. It is celebrated in various countries on the African continent as well as around the world. On May 31st and June 1st, WES will commemorate Africa Day in … Continue reading Maroonage: Learning from the African Diaspora’s Eternal Search for Liberation
We form relationships for many reasons: attraction, proximity, or inheritance. But what does it mean to form relationships toward liberation? Christian Hayden, Ethical culture leader, will explore how centering working toward a better world has transformed him and his relationships. All are welcome to join us at 10:30am in the Main hall or online at … Continue reading Revolutionary Love- How to Foster Relationships Toward Liberation
How do we establish our approach to, and what guides us in, ethical interaction with the world? Join Christian Hayden, Leader in Training, in learning about the different ways we engage in ethical/moral reasoning.
The platform will be shared by representatives from all twenty-five national Ethical Societies and will feature music from the Washington Ethical Society Chorus, Jaque DuPree and Barry Kornhauser, with presiders Vandra Thorburn, Elaine Durbach and Lyn Cox. As we face this historical moment, when cult thinking and fake news have fueled an attempted insurrection, yet … Continue reading Replacing Magical Thinking with Rational Discourse: How can freethinkers help restore democracy?
What does humanism look like in countries and cultures different from our own? What wisdom can we find, and how does it inform our own practice. Join Amanda and guest Christian Hayden, an Ethical Culture Leader in Training with a special interest in pan-African humanism, as they invite us to notice the differences and similarities … Continue reading A Global Movement: Humanism Across Borders
Christian Hayden’s is a community educator who works in teen dating violence prevention. See how Ethical Culture, his own experience, and the challenges of the future call for us to learn, and model, the courage that intimacy requires.
Join an incredible group of clergy and clergy in training as they reflect on what brought them to humanism, and how they hope to change and grow humanism from the inside out. These speakers are participants and organizers of the Humanist Clergy and Organizer Collaboratory happening at WES on March 25 and 26! Music from … Continue reading My Journey to and in Humanism
Where have we been? Where do we wish to go? Explore these and other questions with Christian Hayden, member of the Philadelphia Ethical Society and FES, as he leads attendees in an evolving exercise.
“Embracing Sankofa: Being Here and There–A Humanist’s Pilgrimage to Ghana,” Christian Hayden, member of the Ethical Humanist Society of Philadelphia and Future of Ethical Societies. Join Christian as he explores his year of service in Northern Ghana with the Humanist Service Corps, using reflections and poetry. Join him as he wrestles with spirituality, identity, and … Continue reading Embracing Sankofa: Being Here and There–A Humanist’s Pilgrimage to Ghana
