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All Sunday Platform Meetings
are held at 10:30 A.M.
in the Spiegel Auditorium at 56 Brattle St. in Cambridge,
Massachusetts and are free and open to the public. The building is accessible
by car or public
transportation.
In the event inclement weather
causes cancellation of a Sunday meeting, the Board of Trustees
will call members. A cancellation message will be put on the
Society telephone answering machine at (617)739-9050 by 8:00
A.M. and some radio stations will carry our cancellation
announcement.
The Platform format is usually as follows:
Welcome
Opening Words
Musical Selection
Speaker's presentation
Music
Announcements
Closing Words
Refreshment Break
Question & answer with the Speaker
We end at 12:30 P.M.
Special Lecture Series on
Sustainability and Social Justice
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September 19 – Plenitude: The New Economics of True
Wealth
Juliet Schor, Professor of Sociology at
Boston College and co-founder of
the Center for a New American
Dream.
Juliet Schor is the author of Plenitude: The New Economics of True
Wealth, The
Over-Worked American: The Unexpected Decline of Leisure, and
The Overspent American: Why We Want What
We Don't Need, and other books and articles.
Music: Harel Geitman, cello, and
Kanako Nishikawa, piano
September 26 - Challenging Corporate
Control of Our Food: Value the Meal
Ruby Bolaria, Regional Campaign Organizer,
Value the
Meal Campaign of Corporate Accountability International
Music: Susy Giroux, voice and
guitar
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October 3 - Immigrants Learn English in
the Workplace
Claudette Beit-Aharon, ESOL Workplace Instructor,
Jewish
Vocational Service - Boston
Music: Paulo Cesar Pereira, cello
October 10 - ESB Discussion on Racism in
America and Political Polarization
Margo Woods, ESB President
Music: Eric Alterman, cello
October 17 - Colleagues as a Defense
against Bad Science
Dr. Gerald Koocher, Ph.D., Associate Provost and Professor of
Psychology, Simmons College
Music: David Salstein, piano, and
Jan Pollack, flute
October 24 - Ethics and Immigration
Policy: Finding the Balance
Jonette Christian, Mainers for Sensible Immigration Policy
Music: Jessi Rosinski, flute
October 31 - Title TBD
Margo Woods, ESB President and Greg Epstein,
Harvard Humanist
Chaplain and author of Good Without God
Music: Corcordia Connsort,
quartet of recorders
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SUMMER PROGRAMS
The Ethical Society of Boston is sponsoring a special
Sunday Summer Program in which we will discuss a series of
topics. These meetings are open to both members and
non-members. For more information, please contact Margo Woods at
(781)646-6059.
The meetings will be in the Spiegel Auditorium, 56 Brattle
Street, Cambridge from 10 A.M. to 12:00 noon.
July 11 – Topic Selected by the Group
Facilitated by Carolyn Nalbandian.
July
18 –
Topic Selected by the Group
July
25 –
Topic Selected by the Group
August
1–
Dialog on Israel and Palestine
How can we help be mediators to overcome the impasse between
Israel and Palistinians? We will apply Nonviolent Communication
to the feelings and needs of each side. Facilitator is Natalie Klavans.
August
8 – Dialog on Racism in America
How can we help and be a positive force in seeing, addressing, and mitigating
racism? Facilitators are Margo Woods and
Ken Thomas.
August
15 –
Topic Selected by the Group
August
22 –
Topic Selected by the Group
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Upcoming
November 7 - Fighting for a Secular
Government in Washington DC
Woody Kaplan, Advisory Board Chair,
Secular Coalition for
America
November 14 - Fiscal Reform: Real or Not?
John A. Miller, Economics Professor,
Wheaton College and Member,
Dollars and Sense Collective
November 14 - TBA
November 28 - Thanksgiving Breakfast
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