Week of 8/17/2020
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The Black Lives Matter to AEU statement to reaffirm past resolutions for racial justice was approved by the Assembly of the American... Read More →
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Bart’s BlogWeek of 8/10/2020
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What do the words “white supremacist” evoke in you? It’s hard for me to see those words and not think of hate spewing, Ku Klux Klan hooded,... Read More →
Week of 7/6/2020
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I got a good bit of positive feedback on my last entry on “othering.” I’d written: Othering is, I believe, a necessary precursor to oppressio... Read More →
Week of 6/22/2020
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Othering is, I believe, a necessary precursor to oppression. “Othering” involves what the sociologist Yiannis Gabriel has described as “casting a... Read More →
Week of 6/15/2020
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I’ve gotten a good amount of feedback on last week’s blog message which ended with a call to “cut off the blood supply” of structural racism by... Read More →
Week of 6/8/2020
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A friend and I had a frank phone conversation last week. She’d read the AEU’s statement on George Floyd and the Aftermath and my blog message and... Read More →
Week of 6/1/2020
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Some deaths are especially personal. Recently the Ethical Movement lost one of its own longtime members, Bob Gordon, who succumbed to cancer on... Read More →
Week of 5/25/2020
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After 4 or 5 hours of struggle I abandoned my Memorial Day blog post. In the end the topic was too big and the space too small for my capacities.... Read More →
Week of 5/18/2020
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Sunday’s Zoom crash got me thinking quite a lot about vulnerability and frustration. I always look forward to Sunday platform meetings and... Read More →
Week of 5/11/2020
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Thank you to all who have contributed to the American Ethical Union’s #GivingTuesdayNow campaign! We raised almost $4600 and will be sending... Read More →
Week of 5/4/2020
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One of the pleasures of being the executive director for the American Ethical Union is that I can visit the member Societies on a pretty regular... Read More →
Week of 4/27/2020
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I’ve been thinking a lot about the American Ethical Union’s participation with GivingTuesdayNow. In my efforts to understand how it’s supposed to... Read More →
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Opinion: Public Health Leaders Deserve More Respect
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This pandemic is like war, and federal, state and local health officers are leading the U.S. response. Yet unlike war heroes, who are lionized, they are facing unprecedented attacks and death threats.4 ·
United We Read!
SVES Donates $1000.00 to the Degenstein Library Fundraiser supporting Dolly Parton's Imagination Library.
With our donation of $1000.00, forty children living in our own communities will receive 12 books (one a month) for free, delivered directly to their home.
The Susquehanna Valley Ethical Society's ethical action efforts include civil and human rights, equality, environmental action, homelessness, and projects to assist children in need.
Photo: Left- Presenting check SVES member, Shannon Eaton
Right - Melissa A. Rowse, MLS
Library Director
Degenstein Community Library
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WES Blog -- Food Justice for Our Immigrant Neighbors
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A blog from the Immigration Team WES Blog -- September 1, 2020 Food Justice for Our Immigrant Neighbors From the WES Immigration Team Gang violence against youth, domestic violence against wom2 ·
Talking About Racism With The Times’s Youngest Readers
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When editors of The New York Times for Kids put together a package about race, their driving priority was simple: Put kids’ experiences first.3 ·
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