NEW SUMMER START TIME: 10:30AM….At WES, we pride ourselves on not beginning conversations with “what do you do?,” unlike much of career-oriented DC. Instead, we want to know each other more deeply, to know about our passions, our stories, our values. Join your fellow members to hear about their perhaps unexpected histories–and to build our … Continue reading Curiouser and Curiouser: WES Members’ Surprising Selves
What are the stories we tell about ourselves? What if they were reimagined into vintage films, with a liberal dose of imagination? Join us this Founder’s Day to find out the answers to BOTH these questions…and to celebrate, with a little fun and a lot of love, our 75 years of history. Music from the … Continue reading WES’ History: A Work of Fiction
Life offers us the opportunity to be in relationship with all kinds of people–beginning with those who raise us. How do we approach our family relationships with curiosity, seeking to learn about people even when they challenge us? And what does the practice of curiosity offer us as we interact with the wider world, particularly … Continue reading Cultivating Curiosity
Part of curiosity is being brave enough not to look away from the hard parts of life, and, in particular, finding the courage to bear witness. This Sunday, join WES member and internationally-recognized scholar Cayo Gamber as she honors Holocaust Remembrance Week by examining our capacity for evil as well as our desire for repair. … Continue reading Witnessing
