Meeting Our Sorrowing Heart: A Workshop of Grieving and Healing

Saturday, September 16

2-4pm

Philadelphia Ethical Society

1906 S. Rittenhouse Square

This workshop invites you to make space for your grief, to connect to your heart and your body and what they might be trying to tell you through writing prompts, meditation and ritual. By gathering in community, we also tap into the balm of connection and the power of being witnesses and affirmed, helping us to feel less alone in our grief.

Please bring a journal to write in.

More info: https://bit.ly/45qlkE0

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About the facilitator: https://www.thishallowedwilderness.com/my-story



Talk: Embodied Peace

with Hugh Taft-Morales

Sunday, Sept. 17 at 11am

Philadelphia Ethical Society

1906 S. Rittenhouse Square

Sunday, Sept. 17 at 2pm

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Sometimes peace, both in ourselves and in the world, is portrayed as an elusive, idealistic, or spiritual ideal. But peace is, in fact, very grounded and mundane. It is rooted in the body. Certainly those whose bodies are in physical danger struggle to experience peace. Hugh Taft-Morales reflects on building embodied peace from the inside out through meditative practices. How can we nurture inner peace by more fully embracing our physical nature, from the breaths we take to our mortal, temporal existence? How might it help us build a world where everyone experiences peace and justice?

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About the Speaker: Hugh Taft-Morales serves as Leader of the Philadelphia Ethical Society and the Baltimore Ethical Society and is a member of the Ethical Action Committee of the American Ethical Union (AEU). Hugh taught philosophy and history for twenty-five years in Washington, D. C., after which he transitioned into Ethical Culture Leadership. In April of 2009 he graduated from the Humanist Institute and was certified as an Ethical Culture Leader by the AEU in 2010.

Benefit Concert for Harmony and Peace

Sunday, September 17 7:00pm

Philadelphia Ethical Society

1906 S. Rittenhouse Square

This benefit concert will feature pieces of music related to harmony and peace, including works by Leonard Bernstein, Cesar Franck, Romeo Cascarino, Valerie Coleman and Florence Price.

Musicians will include:

– Pianists Annette and Regina DiMedio

– Flutist Robert Cart

– A String Quartet: violin- Philip Kates and Luigi Mazzocchi; viola- David Giles; cello- Patricia Daniels

– Bassoonist Peter Schoenbach

– Soprano Marta Zaliznyak

$15 suggested donation, but all are welcome – All proceeds will go to Nationalities Service Center and their Survivor Services program. 

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NSC’s Survivor Services programs provide comprehensive supports and a path for healing for survivors of domestic violence, torture, and trafficking. NSC aims to empower the communities we serve by providing services that are multilingual, culturally responsive, and trauma informed. Learn more HERE

“A community I’ve found here at Survivor Services Program that shares similar journeys gives me hope for the future.” – SSP Client

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