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The Ethical Culture Society of Essex County

516 Prospect Street, Maplewood, New Jersey 07040  
Phone 973-763-1905    Email: ethicalessex@netscape.com

 Board of Trustees: Terri Suess, President,
Lisa Novemsky Vice-President, Marty Cotler, Treasurer
Trustees: Richard Bohn, Freda Fink-Armstrong, Susan Kennedy,
Betty Levin, Fred Sebastian, Gladys Smith Rosalie Sussman
Boe Meyerson, Leader Emerita; Jim White, Leader Emeritus

Today is
Updated 3-21-10

Photos from Mountaintop Removal Platform

This Week's Platform

Upcoming Events at the Society and in the Community

News & Recent Events

Follow-Up to Past Platforms

Letter from Social Action Committee Member
Joan Mendelson on Coal Plant in Linden, New Jersey

The Ethical Culture Society of Essex County welcomes
Tenisha Malcolm and Sarah Bissey
as Outreach Coordinator/Consultants for the Society

Sunday Morning Platform
March 28, 2010

Marnie Valdivia

The Strength of the Olive Branch:
Grassroots Palestinian and
Israeli Peace Organizations

 

 

Next Social Action Committee Meeting
Sunday, April 11, 2010 after platform.

 

 

Help Haiti...

The Advance Physical Therapy Association of Cranford is collecting supplies for devastated Haiti. They suggest hygene products like toothpaste and soap; also shoes, clothing and blankets.

Bring your contributions to Ethical Culture Society and place them in box in our sun parlor, off the living room--straight through front door, 2nd right into parlor, and through glass doors in rear left. This will be an ongoing collection.

Board member Betty Levin attends the Cranford Facility weekly and will deliver the contributions. For questions or more info, call Betty at 973-763-1033.

Upcoming Events at the Society
and in the Community

 

Please Bring Books for Children to the Society!

New and Gently used books needed to be
distributed to needy local families through the Parenting Center. Picture books are especially requested, but all books for children through fifth grade welcomed.

Leave them in the small room off the parlor.

 

Folk Fridays at Ethical
Singalong with friends

Lucky, Dusty, Rusty. & Tio Pepe

Second Fridays

April 9, 2010

7:30 PM
Ethical Culture Society
516 Prospect St
Maplewood, NJ 07040

lnovemsky@comcast.net   973-763-1905

 

 

Israeli-Palestinian Peace Forum
in Maplewood March 24th

To Focus on Obama-Clinton Program
for Two-State Solution 
Speakers from Americans for Peace Now,
American Task Force on Palestineand J Street

Maplewood Memorial Library (downstairs)
              51 Baker Street, Maplewood, NJ

Contact:  Paul Surovell  973-763-9493
  paul4sure@aol.com

 

 

Apr 24 Sale to Benefit Society

As a woman of a certain age, I’m cleaning out my house in preparation for whatever. The trinkets, kitchenware, art books, linens and possible collectibles are too nice to just discard so I’m selling them at a house sale to benefit our Ethical Society. All proceeds to the Society minus advertising expenses. But I need help, just as you good people pitched in when we had our traditional Society White Elephant sale almost every spring.

In consultation with others, I have set the date for Saturday, April 24th, rain date April 25th. Can volunteers come early on the 24th to tag the items and possibly on Friday the 23rd, depending on the weather, and of course, serve as salespeople on the day of the event? Fortunately, I have a large driveway and could also use some large tables brought from the Society? Please call me with your “yes” and your Ethical generosity.

                                                  —E. Betty Levin, (973) 763-1033

 

 

Another “Peace Bill” Event May 14

Ms. Dot Maver, champion of the Peace Academy, part of the Department of Peace Cabinet Level Bill now in Congress, will speak at our Society on Friday night, May 14 at 8 p.m. Ms. Maver is a leader in the Peace Alliance and former campaign staffer in Dennis Kucinich’s presidential campaign.

You may notice that Friday night coincides with our “Folk Friday.” Since Ms. Maver would be in New Jersey only that time, Lisa Novemsky has graciously arranged to have the folk singers do their spirited thing in the living room, allowing the Peace Academy discussion to take place in the main meeting room. On the evening of May 14, Ethical Culture will rock! Watch for more details.

— E. Betty Levin, Board of Trustees

 

 

 

June 5 Hold the Date

We shall have a rededication of our Peace Site on Saturday, June 5th. Watch for additional details.     

 

 

 

Third Saturday Arts Night!
At the Society, 7 - 9

 

April 17th: Eva Bouzard-Hui Artist 

May 15th: Karen Bokert, Artist. Influence of Native American culture on her work.

 

 

News and Recent Events

The Ethical Culture Society of Essex County welcomes Tenisha Malcolm
and Sarah Bissey as Outreach Coord.inator/Consultants for the Society

The Board of Trustees of our Ethical Culture Society of Essex County
has joined the New Jersey Coalition on Reason. Learn more here!

Video Clip of Singing from Boe's honoring event!

Memorial Service for Anita Roberts was held
Saturday, November 14, 2009

A graveside service was held for long time member and friend,
Hannah Mastrolia, was held on Sunday, October 11, 2:00 PM
at Riverside Cemetery in Saddlebrook, NJ.
Leader Emeritus Jim White conducted the service.

Memorial Service for Gigi Goldstein was held Saturday, October 31, 2009

Arts Evening at Ethical was held Saturday, November 21, 2009
Barbara Krales Cotler Spoke on her Art and Tina Kelly Read Poetry

Follow up to Our Platforms:

Risa Olinsky spoke on January 3, 2010 on "Personal Accountability and Health."
To learn more, visit her website at www.RisaOlinsky.com .
See also her New York Times Blog entries at the Local.

Read Steve Sklar's September 27, 2009 talk

For More information on Peter Montague's October 18 talk:
Environmental Research Foundation: purgenfacts@gmail.com
New Jersey Environmental Justice Alliance: Henryrose1199@hotmail.comHenryrose1199@hotmail.com
People's Organization for Progress, Central Jersey: popcentraljersey.org
Essex Greens: essexcountygreens@gmail.com

More on Transitioning to Green:
Linking Talent to Opportunity

For follow up on last year's platforms, click here.

Upcoming Platforms

Current Newsletter

Social Action Committee Meeting
Sunday, December 6, 2009 After Plaform
Read Social Action Committee Minutes
Social Action Committee Page

Folk Fridays-- Second Friday of Each Month

Feldenkrais at Ethical

 

For Members:

 

 

 

 

 

Check out this article about our house!

 

 

Video Clip of Singing from Boe's honoring event

A letter from Barry and Joanne -- and a photo of Barry floating!

2009-2010 schedule for coffee and greeters.

 

 

Photos of our Hiroshima Day Observance, August 8, 2009

Singing at Peace Day/Hiroshima Observance, August 8, 2009

Phyllis Ehrenfeld, friend of the Essex Society
and frequent platform speaker, died on July 14th, 2009.
See an obituary  here.

We're in the news! Click here!
See photo of our Pete Seeger Event!

Upcoming Events

Snapshots

 

 

 

 

More from our 2008-2009 Platforms:

Christopher Geissler: Lessons from a Unique
Religious Hybrid in Ancient China
For more, see last year's platforms.

 

The Star-Ledger editoral supports giving INSIDE/OUT to the inmates who wrote it!

INSIDE/OUT made the front page of the April 21, 2009 STAR-LEDGER!

Inside Out: Voices From New Jersey State Prison, Kal Wagenheim, editor.

Poems, stories, memoirs and commentaries by 43 inmates who took part in a creative writing workshop. Compiled and edited by Kal Wagenheim, who directed the workshop. Theo Bensen of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation says, "Moving stories and poems that come from the heart...This program might well be transplanted to other institutions."

Order here . Profits will be donated to efforts to improve educational opportunities for inmates and re-entry programs once they are released from prison. Here's what one of the inmate authors said:

"Dear Professor Kal, Thank you so much for all that you've done for us. Thank you a million times for believing in us. Please send me a copy of the book as soon as you can. In my plight often do I feel helpless. I feel like I'm not making a contribution to anything. A wise man said that the best man is he who is of maximum benefit to all people. To know that the book will benefit others makes my heart happy. The more I mature into a real man the more I want to help myself, family, and others in need. A real man finds his purpose in life. A real man leaves as great legacy. I was inspired by you through your creative writing workshop. I believe I can achieve many of my goals through creative writing..."

 

 

Dean Sluyter, who spoke on "Buddhas in the Classroom," has information about his books and meditation at his website.

Also, take a look at his article on The Huffington Post!

 

 

 

Recent platform speaker Nancy Gross has an interesting
blog on books and medical topics at
http://medhum.med.nyu.edu/blog/

 

 

 

Food Drive Continues

Food Bank of New Jersey

The items they need the most are:
Canned tuna, Canned chili, vegetables, fruits
Canned hearty soups with protein 

Please Bring Food now and leave in lobby 10 a.m. - 8p.m.

Self-Help Clearing House
/http://www.selfhelpgroups.org.

 

 

 

Read MLK's speeches online (January 11 Platform):
Beyond Vietnam
http://www.mlkonline.net/vietnam.html
Letter from the Birmingham Jail
http://www.mlkonline.net/jail.html

Nonviolence: The Only Road to Freedom
http://www.teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?document=1426

 

Feldenkrais

Awareness Through Movement Lesson

Led by The Feldenkrais Group of Maplewood/South Orange

Feldenkrais Guild Certified Practitioners

Wear comfortable loose clothing

Bring mat, yoga mat, or quilt to lie on

Place: The Ethical Culture Society of Essex County

Donations to Ethical Culture accepted

Phone 973-763-1905
Email: ethicalessex@netscape.com

Statement on Religious Identity
of Ethical Culture Fall 2008

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Current Newsletter

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For More pictures, see snapshots.

Interested in Joining our Society?
Call a Co-Chair of the Membership Committee:
Barbara Cotler 973-762-5287
Terri Seuss 973-374-2617

Small weddings, Bar@Bat mitzvahs,
Graduation parties, etc.  Call 973-763-1905

Latest Social Action Committee Minutes

Special Page on Doing Publicity for Your Event

Interested in Being Green?

A Statement from Susan Rose,
Leader of the Ethical Society without Walls
(and former member of our Society)  

Information for Members:
By-Laws
List of Greeters & Hospitality
Snapshots of recent events

SOCIAL ACTION COMMITTEE
STATEMENT ON HEALTH CARE REFORM!

For online articles about Health Care in the U.S., click here.

Latest Ethical Action Report
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can be downloaded for free if you click here.)
Ethical Action Report From the AEU: Information

More

• Mini Market   We are continuing with Nancy Bohn’s idea for raising funds after the Sunday Platform — offering good, useful items for re-sale. If you would like to participate, bring your clean, saleable items on Sunday, we will sort and ticket those that are marketable. You take them back home if not sold — or just peruse the goods, and maybe you’ll find something you’ve been looking for. Items are on a table on Sunday, then on the mantle during the week.

• Have you seen the new and improved website of the American Ethical Union? Click here.

• Current Issue of our Newsletter (In order to read this, you need Adobe Acrobat Reader, which can be downloaded free if you click here.)

• Word Out Check their latest movies & forums --  New Word Out! email address -- For film and event notices throughout NNJ email wordout@myway.com Word Out! ...for a better World. 

• Click here for schedule of coffee and greeters plus instructions.

• The Social Action Committee invites you to view The Ethical Action Report from the AEU. Click here to see it.

• Have you wondered about our excellent piano player Janet Mangano? Click here to learn more!

•   Contact information for members and friends.

• Past Newsletters--(You'll need Acrobat Reader to read this: to download it for free, click here.)

•   Model Advanced Directive

•  Essex Ethical Culture Society Position on Physician-Assisted Dying: Click here and here

•  Learn more about Ethical Culture!

•   Our Building Is a Peace Site. Read more here.

For more informaton about the
Ethical Culture Society of Essex County, call 973-763-1905
The Ethical Culture Society of Essex County
516 Prospect Street, Maplewood, NJ 07040
Email: ethicalessex@netscape.com

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