| Date | Topic | Speaker | Click to listen |
| February 7, 2010 |
"The Evolution of Religion: a Darwin Day Presentation" |
Dr. Robert Berson, Leader, ESNW |
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| January 24, 2010 |
“What Am I Doing Here? A Journey Into Ethical Culture.” |
Jennifer Scates, member of the Ethical Society of Austin and past president of the AEU Board |
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| January 17, 2010 |
"What Does ‘Multiculturalism’ Mean in the 21st Century?" |
Katalin Baltimore, Children’s Librarian involved in multicultural education, working at the Yale Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Antisemitism |
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| January 10, 2010 |
"Reclaiming Ethical Culture Spirituality" |
Anne Klaeysen, Ph.D, Leader, New York Society for Ethical Culture, Humanist Chaplain at Adelphi University |
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| December 13, 2009 |
"The Importance of Storytelling" |
Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa, author of Daughters of the Stone: A Novel about Afro-Puerto Rican experience |
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| December 6, 2009 |
"Pain, Loss, Love: An Ethical Humanist Perspective." |
Jim White, Leader Emeritus of the Ethical Culture Society of Essex County, New Jersey, and Associate Chaplain for Ethical Humanist students at Columbia University, Principal Attorney for the New York State |
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| November 8, 2009 |
“My Wake Up Call"
- Opening Words (Best)
- Platform Lecture (Best)
- Music (Elizabeth Mulhall, flute; Cyrus Collier, clarinet; Roy Byrd, piano)
- Closing Words (Dr. Robert Berson)
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Randy Best, Leader of the North Carolina Society for Ethical Culture, and Administrative Director, Duke University Physics Department |
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| November 1, 2009 |
"Peace and Nonviolence in a World Gone Mad" with closing words by Dr. Robert Berson, music composed and performed by Dan Pelletier |
David Blot, Ph.D CUNY Professor |
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| October 4, 2009 |
Can Virtue Be Taught? (The possibility and impossibility of moral education) |
Dr. Howard Radest, Dean Emeritus, The Humanist Institute |
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| September 13, 2009 |
"When I am asked, 'What is Ethical Culture'?" |
Dr. Robert Berson, Leader, ESNW |
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| April 5, 2009 |
“More Than a Presidential Shout-out: How the Nation’s First Lobbying Organization for Nontheists Is Working to Remove the Theocratic Yoke from Our Federal Government.” |
Mary Bellamy, Assistant Director for Programs for the
Secular Coalition for America |
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| March 29, 2009 |
"Obama, World Citizenshiip and Us" |
Dr. Joseph Chuman, Leader, Ethical Culture Society of Bergen County |
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| March 15, 2009 |
"Tragic Conflict and the Virtues of Intelligence" with lecture notes |
Dwight Goodyear, professor of Philosophy, Westchester Community College |
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| March 8, 2009 |
"Rebounded in a Nutshell: How Rehabilitation Through the Arts in Prison Has Changed My Theater Students and Me" |
Kate Farren, ESNW member |
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| March 1, 2009 |
"Women and Ethical Activism" |
Diane Steiker, ESNW member |
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| February 22, 2009 |
Ubuntu: Humanism in Southern Africa. Based on the experiences of a 2007 singing tour to South Africa, Roy will review the origins and beliefs of Ubuntu and will describe the role it plays in post-apartheid South Africa a |
Roy Byrd, member, ESNW |
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| February 15, 2009 |
"Can God Intervene? How Religion Explains Natural Disasters" |
Gary Stern Religion Editor, The Journal News |
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| February 8, 2009 |
"Alain Locke, philosopher of cultural relativism and muse of the Harlem Renaissance" |
Dr. Robert Berson, Leader, Ethical Society of Northern Westchester |
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| November 16, 2008 |
"Bringing Ethics to Life" |
Bart Worden, Leader, Ethical Culture Society of Westchester |
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| November 9, 2008 |
"Story-telling: Opposable Thumbs, Spirit Nets, and Ethics"
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Melissa Heckler, author, teacher, librarian, storyteller |
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| October 5, 2008 |
"Living Ethically Daily" |
Michael Bogdanffy-Kriegh, Past President, New York Society for Ethical Culture |
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| September 14, 2008 |
"Ethical Growth, Ethical Education, and Ethical Culture" |
Dr. Robert Berson, Leader, Ethical Society of Northern Westchester Opening Words, Lecture and Closing Words |
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