[BES Friends] Tomorrow and the rest of November

[Stephen Meskin]

Don't be put off from attending this Sunday's platform if you were one 
of the few people who didn't attend Fritz's well-attended talk last 
Sunday.  I will provide copies of extracts from Fritz's talk as a 
starting point for our investigation of what it means to live a 
passionate life.  Platforms and activities for the rest of November are 
shown below as is a link to the AEU's November Ethical Action Report.
Stephen Meskin

Nov 11: *"The Good Life: A Passionate Life Continued"* An interactive 
program facilitated by Stephen Meskin
We more fully explore what it means to lead a passionate life and how we 
can accomplish this. Share examples of lives lived with passion and 
techniques for doing so ourselves. Discuss related questions, such as 
whether a passionate life is something that can only be accomplished by 
those whose basic needs have been met.

Stephen Meskin is a member of the BES Board, an Ethical Humanist 
Officiant, and a Mathematician. He is a graduate of the Humanist 
Institute and attended the AEU Lay Leadership Summer School in 2006

Nov 18: "*Empathy, Imagination, and Ethical Development*"Bob Berson, 
Leader, Northern Westchester E.S.
Dr. Berson will discuss Empathy as it appears in the human species, how 
it develops in the human individual, and whether it is a natural or 
learned part of being human. He will discuss the role that Imagination 
plays in the development of Empathy and the role of both in Ethical 
growth. He will address what impedes or even defeats Empathy and Ethical 
living and also what fosters them.

Robert Berson, EdD, PhD, is Leader of the Ethical Society of Northern 
Westchester and a clinical psychologist in private practice in 
Manhattan, a graduate of the Riverdale Yonkers Sunday School as well as 
of the Fieldstone School. He is Dean of the National Leader's Council of 
the American Ethical Union.

Nov 25: *"Global Warming is Hot"*Stephen Meskin, Ph.D.
Global warming is the hot new buzz word. With Gore sharing the Nobel 
Prize for his work, politicians are starting to talk about it; 
newspapers, magazines, and TV shows are tripping over each other to tell 
the story. Global warming has become a cultural phenomenon. The general 
consensus is that it is really happening and human activity is the 
cause. Some communities and individuals are starting to take action.  
Finally an environmental issue has captured the world's attention. What 
should we do? What could we do? What will we do? What are the ethical 
implications of action?


    Other November 2007 Activities

Sun Nov 18, 9:30 am *Poetry Group*:  Bring poems that move you or that 
you have written to share and discuss. Each meeting we look at poems 
that loosely relate to a specific topic. Topics are announced by Karla 
ahead of time via e-mail. To be added to her e-mail list, write her at 
poet at BaltimoreEthicalSociety dot org.

Sun Nov 25, 12:30 pm *Newcomers' Meeting*:  New to the Society and 
interested in learning more? Thinking about joining? Come to the 
Newcomers' Meeting, held following the last platform of every month, and 
learn more about Ethical Culture and about our Society---its history, 
its philosophy, and its organization. Meetings last about one hour and 
are hosted by members of the Society, sometimes including Fritz 
Williams, our professional Leader.

> To obtain the November 2007 Ethical Action Report go to the link listed below:
>
> http://aeu.org/library/eactions/EAR200711.pdf
>
> This November Ethical Action Report is also listed on www.aeu.org
> under the following prompts in the right hand column of the front page  
> of the website:
>
> Library
> Latest Entries
> Ethical Action Report
> Nov. 2007
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