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Tony Hileman
A Statement on Ethical Culture from the Leaders of the Ethical Culture Movement
Tony Hilem
an, former Senior Leader of the NY Society for Ethical Culture will be joining the ESWoW Community Call on Sunday, Nov, 21, 2010 to discuss the statement developed by the National Leaders Council of the American Ethical Union. Tony was instrumental in the development of this statement which is an explication of where Leaders see Ethical Culture at this point in time. (Well, back in 2008.) The statement is attached and we hope you will read it prior to the call.
The number to join the call is 866-740-1260, access code 5766842#. The call is at 12m PT, 1pm MT, 2pm CT, and 3pm ET. Our calls usually last from1 - 1 1/2 hours.
Please invite anyone you know who is interested in this important topic to join the conversation.
For safety reasons, we urge people not to drive while participating in ESWoW calls. Read more »
ESWoW Community Call Discussing Ethical Culture Leaders Statement with Tony Hileman
Tony Hileman, Ethical Culture Leader, will be joining our Community Call on Sunday, Nov. 21, 2010. He will be talking with us about the 2008 National Leaders Council Statement on Ethical Culture.
We hope you can read the statement before the call:
http://aeu.org/library/articles/Ethical_Culture.pdf
The call is at noon Pacific Time, 1pm Mountain, 2pm Central and 3pm Eastern Time. I hope you can join us and please spread the word.
866.740.1260 Access: 5766842
For safety reasons, we urge people not to drive while participating in ESWoW calls.
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Guest Platforms
Philosophical Foundations of Ethical Culture
David Sprintzen's address to the Ethical Culture Society of Westchester on Sunday Jan. 17, 2010
Foundations of Ethical Culture: Ethical Culture History
Dr. Howard Radest
http://www.nysec.org/2009/10/22/radest-foundations-ec-history/
Sustainable Living and Ethical Culture
Bart Worden
New York Society for Ethical Culture Sunday Address
January 24, 2010
http://www.nysec.org/2010/01/24/worden-sustainable-living-and-ethical-cu...
Reclaiming Ethical Culture Spirituality
Anne Klaeysen, Leader, NY Society for Ethical Culture.
Anne gives us a guided meditation for the opening words of this Platform. She shares on the distinctive niche Ethical Culture fills in the world. You can find her talk on the website of the Ethical Society of Northern Westchester (in NY) (http://www.esnw.org/Main.html). You can then select Listen to ESNW Lectures in the left-hand column and find Anne's talk on that page.
The Religious Character of Ethical Culture as a Humanist Movement
Guest Platform by Tony Hileman, Ethical Culture Leader
Original address to the Riverdale-Yonkers Society for Ethical Culture, October 12, 2008
Opening Words
My opening words are from a 1966 statement by the National Leaders Council of the American Ethical Union. Then called the National Fraternity of Leaders, its language is not gender sensitive.
"We believe that from the beginning, the founders, leaders, and innumerable workers of the Ethical Movement have been Humanists in their practical labors, social vision and reform, humane ideals, and stress upon human capacities and dignity. They have been Humanists in placing man's relationship to his fellow man and his community at the center of their moral and spiritual quest; and they have been Humanists in believing that man must assume responsibility for the direction of his life and destiny." Read more »
The World Where We Live - Part 1 (Kate Lovelady - April 19, 2008)
Platform Address Part 1 of 3 by Kate Lovelady
Co-presented by Kate Lovelady, Randy Best, and Tony Hileman
American Ethical Union Assembly, Austin, TX, April 19, 2008
For the platform address today you'll be hearing from three leaders: me, Randy Best, and Tony Hileman, and then the National Leaders Council will be welcoming Tony officially into Leadership with a certification ceremony. First Randy, Tony, and I will each be sharing our unique thoughts on the theme of this Assembly, "Where We Live."
I’m going to speak from a personal and environmental point of view, primarily because I am a dreadfully literal-minded person. When I think about Where I Live, I see the big blue marble, the earth as seen from space, and I see my yellow house with its front porch and daffodils in St. Louis. And I think how those two images are related: how my practical, mundane choices of where and how I live, affect that big blue marble.
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The World Where We Live - Part 2 (Randy Best - April 19, 2008)
latform Address Part 2 of 3 by Randy Best
Co-presented by Kate Lovelady, Randy Best, and Tony Hileman
American Ethical Union Assembly, Austin, TX, April 19, 2008
In addressing the theme of this Assembly, I am going to follow the example of Barack Obama's minister, the Reverend Jeremiah Wright.
It’s not my job to make you comfortable.
As you know, this year's theme is:
Where We Live... An exploration of issues and ideas that affect where and how we live.
Our experience of the world creates our values which influence our decisions about where and how we live.
As a humanist, I experience the world as lacking inherent meaning -- it is therefore up to me to discover values through my life experience and make meaning.
Jennifer Michael Hecht wrote in her book Doubt: Read more »
The World Where We Live - Part 3 (Tony Hileman - April 19, 2008)
Platform Address Part 3 of 3 by Tony Hileman
Co-presented by Tony Hileman, Kate Lovelady, and Randy Best
American Ethical Union Assembly, Austin, TX, April 19, 2008
As Humanists, we all value and appreciate courage, we try to do brave things and avoid doing foolish things. This morning I'm realizing a bit late that to follow either of the previous speakers, Kate Lovelady or Randy Best, might be considered brave. But to try to follow both of them is downright foolish. But, as I said, it's too late now so I'm gong to try.
The theme of this year's Assembly is "Where We Live." And there's been no shortage of talk about that, mostly from Texans who want to make sure you know they're from Texas. I want to thank our hosts from Austin. But in doing so I feel a need to rise in defense of the great state of Indiana.
Now unlike Texans we Hoosiers don't usually brag about our home state. In fact we seldom mention it at all. We figure if the other person is from Indiana we'll recognize it soon enough. And if they aren't, well, there's just no need to embarrass them.
Now I know it riles a Texan to hear that, and a riled Texan is not something you want to come near. But those of you so riled should just settle down and settle back because I'm going to keep talking until I feel it's safe to quit. I figure as long as I'm up here I'm out of harm's way, though that could be a false sense of security. Read more »
