Faith in democracy is being challenged today on multiple fronts: anti-democratic tendencies of our current administration; the resurgence of global authoritarianism; money corrupting politics; questions about the electoral college; and, the rampant voter repression. Racial justice protests point out that for large swaths of our population, democracy was never fully realized. In today’s political climate, what does … Continue reading Reclaiming Democracy
The Encampment for Citizenship, founded in 1946 by Ethical Culture Leader Algernon D. Black and Alice (“Nanny”) Pollitzer, a prominent civic leader, offered an opportunity for “young adults of many religious, racial, social and national backgrounds” to learn “the principles and techniques of citizenship… through lived experience.” Black believed that young people could be a positive force … Continue reading The Encampment for Citizenship – An Experience in Participatory Democracy
Join us at 12pm EST (11am, St. Louis time) “OK, Boomer!” – Ending the Generation Wars Boomers think Millennials are entitled and whiny; Millennials think Boomers are smug and out-of-touch; Zennials laugh at Millennials’ obsession with Harry Potter; And everyone forgets about Gen X. Why do people of different generations seem to hate each other … Continue reading Let’s Join the St. Louis Ethical Society!
Through the spring of 2020 everything got thrown up into the air – our health, our safety, our patience with unjust systems, WES’ clergy leadership structure…and now as we live through the summer of 2020, things are becoming more clear if not more easy. What is the path forward when we find ourselves in the … Continue reading These Certain Times
Join historian Anthony Cohen as he recounts his work exploring the American slavery experience, from his 1996 retracing of the Underground Railroad by foot, to being secretly shipped inside of a wooden crate like Virginia fugitive Henry “Box” Brown. Cohen will reveal his thirty year journey to untangle his family roots, including reconstructing the life story of his … Continue reading Unshackling History: A Family’s Journey of the Underground Railroad
Felix Adler (Ritchie Szoke), the founder and philosopher of the Ethical Culture Movement, and W.E.B. DuBois (Joe Tolbert), the author of “the Souls of Black Folk” and activist-scholar, are re-imagined in this histo-contemporary retrospective of July 1900. We journey with Adler and DuBois through a series of poetic prose, soulful music and choreo-movements, as they … Continue reading HUMANITAS: Showing and Conversation
