New York Society for Ethical Culture invites all for an evening with special guests, NYC history, live music, good food, and change-making community at our landmark meeting house, as we honor our past and reconnect for what’s next. Main Event keynote speaker: Felipe Luciano, Activist, Poet, Emmy Award-Winning Journalist, Author, and Radio Host. Jody Sperling, Time Lapse Dance Artistic Director & NYSEC’s Eco-Artist-in-Residence leads FREE ethical motion workshops at 4:30pm and 5:15pm ahead of the main presentation. People of all ages, abilities, and prior movement experience are welcome!

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• SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

• 4:30pm and 5:15pm: Ethical Experience Workshops - FREE!

  • Ethical Motion with Society Artist-in-Residence Jody Sperling

  • Poetry Circle with Elinore Kaplan

  • Colloquy with Leader Dr. Richard Koral

• 6:00pm: Anniversary Presentation

  • Remarks by New York Society and Ethical Culture Movement leaders
    A look back at the Society’s history and progressive impact on NYC and beyond

  • A special performance by acclaimed young cellist Nathaniel

  • A special panel on Ethical Culture and The Encampment for Citizenship, featuring esteemed alumni including New York City Council MemberGale Brewer; former NYS

  • Assembly Member and Manhattan Democratic Party Leader Keith Wright; dancer, producer, educator, and activist Dr. Glory Van Scott; Broadway producer and Fortune Society founder David Rothenberg; and New York Society for Ethical Culture Leader Emerita Dr. Anne Klaeysen

• 7:30PM • Reception and Celebration

  • A live string quartet (Shawn Barnett, violin; Corinne Bennet, violin; Marandi Hostetter, viola; Sam Brinkley, cello)

  • Hors d’oeuvres, wine, and other refreshments–and many toasts!

• NYSEC welcomes guest speaker Felipe Luciano, a champion for justice and ethical action in New York City. A native of East Harlem’s Afro-Puerto Rican community and a founding member of the massively influential poetry and music collective The Last Poets, in 1969 Felipe co-founded the New York City chapter of the Puerto Rican Young Lords, later The Young Lords Party, whose radical grassroots community organizing and political activism confronted poverty, economic exploitation, and racism head-on, and built cross-racial coalitions to create lasting change in the city. Later, as a journalist, Felipe was honored with two Emmy Awards for his reporting, and became the first person of Puerto Rican descent to anchor a major U.S. news broadcast. Felipe now hosts Latin Roots every Saturday afternoon on WBAI.

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