Northern Virginia Ethical Society

ETHICAL ACTION OPPORTUNITIES Here are some opportunities for NoVES members and friends to engage in ethical action, one of the core principles of Ethical Culture: Every Monday: We The People for Sensible Gun Laws 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m., North Side of the White House. Join a group of citizens calling on the U.S. Congress, State and Local Officials to: - Recognize guns are a public health issue - Require universal background checks - Recognize domestic violence directly relates to weak gun laws - Require gun safety training - Reinstate the Assault Weapons Ban - Ban high capacity ammunition magazines - Provide research funds into causes and solutions to gun violence For more information, contact everymonday52@gmail.com November 5: Webinar: Violence, Trauma, and Reentering Women with HIV: Issues to Consider, National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women 3:00 - 400 p.m. This Webinar is part of a series about “When Survivors Reenter their Communities After Jail or Prison. There are a myriad of issues facing women living with HIV, all of which have implications for reentering their communities after serving time in jail or prison. Webinar speakers will address fundamental issues that underlie the challenges of working with reentering women who are living with HIV. For more information and to register, go to ncdsv.org/images/NCDBW_Violence-trauma-and-reentering-women-living-with-HIV_11-5-2015.pdf November 6: Vienna Area National Organization for Women (NOW) Chapter November Speaker/Wine & Cheese event 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. Mclean, VA Informative presentation on Pay Equity. The speaker is Michelle “Mike” Leber, who serves as the chair of the National Committee on Pay Equity, a coalition of women's and civil rights organizations. She will share her expertise on all aspects of the fight for pay equity, including equal pay for comparable work. Contact Jaime at democracy07@gmail.com for more information. November 8: Living for 32 (A Sundance Film Festival Selection) 7:30 p.m., Emmaus United Church of Christ, 900 Maple Avenue, E., Vienna, VA, 703-9388-1555 A free screening of this powerful film on the need for sensible measures to prevent gun violence. Living 32 is the inspirational story of Colin Goddard, a survivor of the tragic Virginia Tech massacre who, after recovering and finishing his degree, volunteered for the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, going undercover with a hidden camera into gun shows to prove how easy it is to buy a gun, with no identification, no background check, and just a wad of cash. Following the 40-minute film, Colin Goddard and Lori Haas, the mother of Emily Haas who helped Goddard call the police even though he had been shot 4 times, will lead a discussion about initiatives at the local, state, and national levels to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people. For more information about the film, go to LivingFor32.com November 13: Middle East Institute 2015 Conference 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Capital Hilton Hotel, 1001 16th St., NW, Washington, DC 20036 The event will bring together prominent Middle Eastern and American experts and foreign policy practitioners to delve into the many questions and challenges that face the region during this period of unprecedented change. Experts from across the region and the U.S. will examine Middle Eastern states’ pursuit of security out of the current disorder, the policy imperatives that will confront the next U.S. president, strategies for empowerment, inclusion, and equity in Arab societies, and the trends and channels in which youth are challenging the societal and political order. There is no charge to attend the Conference. For more information and to register, go to www.mei.edu/events/2015-annual-conference November 13: Webinar: Supporting the Supporters: Informal Networks Have a Role in Preventing and Ending Domestic Violence, Battered Women’s Justice Project 3:00 – 4:30 p.m. The webinar will explore the value of informal networks in victims’ and perpetrators lives. This includes how we can support those networks to respond to the needs of the victim and perpetrator, the reluctance of friends and families to intervene in what is commonly understood as a private matter, and building programs and supports geared towards friends, families, and the general public. Traditionally, informal networks are formally included only in the assessment phase of domestic violence services. The webinar will address moving toward a model that would include and leverage informal networks in preventing domestic violence. For more information and to register, go to www.bwjp.org/our-training-and-services/supporting-the-supporters.html November 18: Webinar: Prevalence and Characteristics Among Domestic Violence and Sexual Offenders: 2009 Partner Rape Study, Battered Women’s Justice Project 3:00-4:30 p.m. The study explored the prevalence of intimate partner rape in adult sex offenders and domestic violence offenders in treatment in Colorado. Although domestic violence offenders and sex offenders are not the same, the mechanisms that lead to these problematic behaviors differ, this webinar will present findings that these individuals exhibit similar behaviors and attitudes, particularly with respect to intimate sexual violence. For more information and to register, go to www.bwjp.org/our-training-and-services/prevalence-and-characteristics-among-dv.html Ongoing Action: Global Amphibian BioBlitz: Saving Amphibians Through Social Networking, Amphibians around the world are disappearing, and nearly a third are threatened with extinction. To better understand and conserve these animals, scientists need more information on their locations. The Center has joined with other conservation organizations to launch a Web-based social networking effort, “the Global Amphibian BioBlitz,” which allows amateur naturalists to submit their amphibian photographs, along with dates and locations, in order to take a census of the world’s amphibians and discover which species are still here, and where. For more information, go to www.inaturalist.org/projects/global-amphibian-bioblitz