Summer 2014 Dialogue

Get inspired by highlights from our successful 2014 AEU Assembly and see what AEU Committees have been working on since May. Check out what happened during FES Conference and Lay Leadership Summer School and mark your calendar for many more big events.

Articles Include:

Join AEU for People’s Climate March in NYC September 21
Last Call to Help Make the AEU Songbook Happen
Highlights from 99th AEU Assembly May 1-4, 2014
FES Connects with Community in Philly
I’ve Been to the Mountaintop
Ethical Education: Seizing the Cultural Movement
Continued Evolution of the Ethical Action Report
From the UN: Mental Health
Calling Ethical Culture My Religion
Celebrate International Day of Peace September 21

Send submissions for Fall 2014 to communications@aeu.org by Thursday, September 25.

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Do you have teens at home looking for a fun weekend full of Ethical connections? There's still time to sign up for AEU's National Youth of Ethical Societies Annual Conference, happening online March 5-7th!This year's topic is the American public education system. Discussions will include:•Comparing our similarities and differences between our districts•Standardized testing•Exploring teachers’ points of view vs. students’•The American education system vs. foreign systems•Common core•The future of education•Attending virtual classes•Inequities and how different forms of oppression are perpetuated by our current system•The school to prison pipeline•School districting that leads to segregation•Mental health resources•Correctional officers/police in schools•And more!Sign up here: ow.ly/li2T50DJh4q ... See MoreSee Less

YES Conference 2021

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Join the AEU for this year's YES National Conference! On the weekend of March 5, we will gather online to share our thoughts on this year's topic: America's Public Education System

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"At its core, we are teaching children to care, about ethics, about caring for community, others and the earth," said Jessi Almstead. "We're teaching compassion for all beings, a sense of fairness and justice for all, citizenship and community service and altruism. It's not a fixed set of beliefs, but it's a learning environment where children are encouraged to think for themselves, to think critically and think ethically." ... See MoreSee Less

Society celebrates Black History Month with children's stories

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LEWISBURG — The Susquehanna Valley Ethical Society (SVES) celebrated Black History Month with a live reading of children's books each week on Facebook Live.

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Carter G. Woodson (1875-1950), was a Black journalist and historian.In 1926, Woodson proposed “Negro History Week,” which later evolved into Black History Month. In 1933, he wrote in “The Mis-Education of the Negro” that “the ritualistic churches into which these Negroes have gone do not touch the masses, and they show no promising future for racial development. Such institutions are controlled by those who offer the Negroes only limited opportunity and then sometimes on the condition that they be segregated."#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM #BlackHumanists #BlackNonbelievers #Freethinkers ... See MoreSee Less

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Representative Raskin will be our Featured Speaker for our next All Society Platform March 28th at 11:00 am EST! ... See MoreSee Less

Rep. Jamie Raskin Discusses Allegations Of Denied Security Clearances Being Overturned | All Things Considered | WNYC

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NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., about why the House Oversight Committee intends to subpoena the White House security chief about allegations that denied security clearances were overturned.

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