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<pre><big><font face="Arial">Unless otherwise indicated, all meetings will be held from 10:30 to noon at the Society,
</font><big><font face="Bell MT"><font face="Arial"><small>in The Congress Hotel at 306 W. Franklin St. On street parking is available.
Handicap parking and entrance are available in the adjacent lot with appropriate identification.
Ethical Humanist Sunday School for children is conducted during platform meetings.
Call 410-581-2322 for more information or to check on snow closings.
Our calendar, which is posted on our web site: <a
href="http://www.baltimoreethicalsociety.org">http://www.baltimoreethicalsociety.org</a>
is copied below for your convenience.
I have been exploring Ethical Culture web sites and found two interesting ones:
<a href="http://www.noves.org/liberty_and_security.htm">http://www.noves.org/liberty_and_security.htm </a> is the transcript of a platform delivered
two years ago by Jone Johnson Lewis, Leader of the Northern Virginia ES. It is still relevant today.
Jone is scheduled to deliver a platform here in the spring.
<a
href="http://www.ethicalsocietyla.org/www/newsletters/2004NOV-DEC.pdf">http://www.ethicalsocietyla.org/www/newsletters/2004NOV-DEC.pdf</a> is a copy of the Nov/Dec
issue of the joint newsletter from the ECS of Los Angeles and the Humanist Association of LA.
It contains side-by-side quotes from Felix Adler on one side and Robert Ingersoll on the other.
I found these sites by starting from our own web site, going to Affiliations, going to the American
Ethical Union web site, and then going to Find a Local Ethical Society. There is a lot of interesting
material on the web to explore on a snowy day.
Stephen Meskin
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<h3>Sundays</h3>
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<dt>February 6 </dt>
<dd><b>The Time of Our Lives</b><br>
By Fritz Williams, Leader of the Baltimore Ethical Society
<p>It often appears that, in spite of our material wealth, we are
suffering from a poverty of time. Fritz Williams examines how the
pace of life has changed, and shares his thoughts on escaping from the
rapids of modern life in order to swim in calmer and deeper waters. </p>
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<dt>February 13 </dt>
<dd><b>Darwin Day Celebration:</b>
<p><b>The Cultural Impact of Darwin</b><br>
By Tony Hileman, Executive Director of the American Humanist
Association </p>
<p> <b>How The Creationist Mind Set could Influence Bioscience
Research</b><br>
By Dr. Christine Miller, Molecular Neuroscientist </p>
<p>This year is the 146th anniversary of publication of Darwin's
seminal
book, "On The Origin Of Species." In this joint program, the
Baltimore Ethical Society and the Baltimore Secular Humanists will
meet together to focus attention on the mission of Darwin-Day, which
is to promote the public education of science, and encourage the
celebration of science and humanity throughout the global community.
Mr. Hileman will discuss Darwin's impact on traditional beliefs and
his contribution to the development of Humanism itself. Ms. Miller
will discuss how teachers continue to be confronted with the politics
of teaching Darwin's theory of evolution. </p>
</dd>
<dt>February 20 </dt>
<dd><b>The New Nuclear Danger: Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear
Power, And Nuclear Waste in 2005</b><br>
By Julie R. Enszer, Executive Director of the Nuclear Policy Research
Institute
<p>Ms. Enszer will discuss the current nuclear issues and what we
can do
to envision and create a nuclear-free age. Ms. Enszer has been the
Director for Major, Planned, and Foundation Giving at the Human Rights
Campaign, and brings fifteen years of development and marketing
experience to NPRI. </p>
</dd>
<dt>February 27 </dt>
<dd><b>BESpeak-Off, An Oratory Competition</b><br>
By Gordon Stills, Moderator
<p>The Baltimore Ethical Society, as an aspect of its community
outreach,
is sponsoring an oratorical competition at the middle school level.
The Society seeks to motivate students to increase their language
proficiency among middle school students in Baltimore City by helping
students to "hear" themselves speak, to develop an "ear" for
enunciation, and to become aware of "harmful" speech habits. </p>
</dd>
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<h3>Special Events</h3>
<p>
February 12th, (Saturday) 7:00 p.m., a V-Day performance in the
Baltimore Ethical Society main meeting room at the Congress Hotel.
The Society is presenting a special V-Day performance of "The Vagina
Monologues" (by Eve Ensler). Admission is $8. This program will
promote awareness of the effort to stop violence such as rape,
battery, incest, female genital mutilation, and sexual slavery against
women and girls. The proceeds from this program will go to local
groups fighting violence against women and girls in the Baltimore
area.
</p>
<p>
February 13th, at 10:30 a.m., Darwin Day Celebration, in the Baltimore
Ethical Society main meeting room at the Congress Hotel. Don't miss
the opportunity to meet with members of the Baltimore Secular
Humanists at this joint program.
</p>
<p>
February 27th at 10:30 a.m., An Oratory Contest, in the Baltimore
Ethical Society main meeting room at the Congress Hotel. Middle
school students will compete by memorizing and presenting narrative
poems, or stores with a dramatic flare. Finalists will compete on the
27th for trophies.
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<h2 style="text-align: center;"><a id="Upcoming_Events">Upcoming Events</a>
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<p>
Two additional workshops will be offered in the spring: "Jesus in the
Light of Modern Scholarship" and "The End of the World.
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