ESWoW
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Affiliated with the American Ethical Union
Wednesday 14th of May 2008
The Ethical Society Without Walls (ESWoW) - Connecting to Live More Ethical Lives
The Ethical Society Without Walls is dedicated to cultivating a community of people who support each other in:
leading a more ethical life
bringing out the best in the Human Spirit
appreciating the unique capacities in every person
raising the quality of our relationships with family, friends, co-workers, and neighbors
doing our part to create a more just, loving and sustainable world for all
Members join together to assist each other in developing ethical ideas and ideals, celebrating life's joys and supporting each other through life's crises, and working together on ethical and social action programs to improve our world and the world of our children.
The Ethical Society Without Walls needs your support. If you have enjoyed reading the blogs and Platforms on this website, joining discussions and classes and knowing that Ethical Culture is now available to everyone, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to ESWoW now. You can also make a gift in someone's honor or memory and we will be happy to inform them of your generosity.
We invite you to explore our website, join in the discussions, and consider a trial membership in the Ethical Society Without Walls.
We also invite your questions or comments. Please email the leaders.
Founder's Day On May 15, 1876, the first address of the Ethical Movement was given in New York by Felix Adler. Ethical Societies across the country celebrate the founding of Ethical Culture.
For the last several years, I've observed this important day by reading the original address given by Felix Adler at Standard Hall in NY and followed that by listening to Leader Kate Lovelady's modernized version. I expect I'll feel as I do every year -- that listening to Kate's Platform would make me want to join Ethical Culture if I weren't already a part of Ethical Culture.
I am inspired to think that the Ethical Society Without Walls is bringing Ethical Culture to many more people, people who are "aflame with a passion for ethical living," and to share that passion with others.
If you'd like to read the original address in Adler's own words, you can read the founding address.
Happy Founder's Day to You -- Ethical Action OK, so I can't completely keep the ethical action out of Mother's Day -- it is what my mother taught me to do. As a teenager, a long time before I was a mother, I was a member of Another Mother for Peace. They are most famous for this logo: They have a new newsletter out, although it includes a letter from their first newsletter in 1970, when I joined. I always loved the peace homework and invite you to take a look and see if you'd like to do some peace homework.
Community Chat Room I've been happy to connect with someone -- even briefly in the ESWoW chatroom. I'll be signing in when I'm working on other ESWoW things (such as writing this newsletter) and we'll try to set up a regular time for chatting also. One ESWoW member has said she would be in the chatroom when she can, mostly between 4-7 pm pacific time (5-8 pm mountain, 6-9 pm central and 7-10 pm eastern) so come by and see if anyone is on. Pretty soon, our webmaster has informed me, we can have an indication on our homepage which will let us know if anyone is in the chatroom. Please let me know if you'd like to host an ESWoW chat at a particular time, or if you have topics you'd like to chat about. I'm very excited about this opportunity to make ESWoW more interactive. If you have any problems getting into the chatroom, please let us know.
Community Phone Call -- Change of Date -- June 8th Our next Community Phone Call will be on Sunday, June 8 -- the second Sunday, rather than the first, at noon Pacific time, 1pm Mountain time, 2pm Central time, and 3pm Eastern time. We've been having some wonderful connections and hope you will join us. Please let me [Susan(dot)Rose(at)eswow(dot)org], or our online administrator, [Billy(dot)Dechand(at)eswow(dot)org] if you plan to participate and we'll send you the contact information.
Platform Address from AEU Assembly This week is Randy Best's Platform from April 19, 2008. At this year's AEU Assembly, the Platform included three Leaders: Kate Lovelady, Randy Best, and Tony Hileman. Kate and Randy have both served as consulting Leaders for the Austin Society and Tony is the newest Ethical Culture Leader. If you've missed having Randy's input on ESWoW, here's a chance to learn some of his thoughts. Next week, will be the third and final installment from Tony Hileman.
Tell A Friend Who do you know who is interested in examining ideas and might appreciate exploring living more ethical lives? Let them know about ESWoW. Please consider forwarding this to them.
