Washington Ethical Society

Why an Ethical Society?, 15 September 2002, Don Montagna, WES Leader. Notes: The talk explores Ethical Culture in relation to society emphasizing the role of ethical agents. It gives a good explanation of eliciting the best.

Using Your Powers for Good, 3 March 2002, Don Montagna, WES Leader. Notes: Learning ethical leadership, cultivating values with triage, developing good authority and appreciative listening.

What Do You Really Want?, 6 January 2002, Don Montagna, WES Leader. Notes: Lovely New Year Platform

"You Are A Humanist" by affirming the worth of every person since 1944.

It's Time for the Child Within to Grow Up, 23 March 1997, Susan Bagot, Leader - Northern Virginia Ethical Society.

Midlife Challenges, 12 December 1993, Susan Bagot, Leader - Northern Virginia Ethical Society. Notes: The speaker asks a long series of questions and then supplies an interesting framework for understanding Midlife. Technical: Last 1 -2 minutes of speech were lost.

"Defining Reality" by affirming the worth of every person since 1944.

Who defines reality and how we think about thinking shapes our personal and political world. Awareness at moments of decision enables us to strengthen our skills for creating a better future.

Joell Is History: A Retirement Tribute, 28 June 1992, "Don Montagna, Judy Toth, and Others", WES Leaders and Members. Joell Silverman was a long-time community leader and leader of religious education at WES. Notes: (this recording has not yet been reviewed) Technical: Long gaps during transitions have been removed.

Ben Margolin recalls WES's Tax Case, 17 May 1992, Followed by comment by Don Montagna. This short segment is an excerpt from a longer recording. See "WES in the 60s" in the side menu.

Celebration of Don Montagna's 20th Anniversary As WES Leader, 17 May 1992, MC: Judy Toth, WES Leader. Notes: (this recording has not yet been reviewed) Technical: Long gaps during transitions have been removed.

Ethics, Education, and Community: Pushing Our Spiritual Envelopes, 29 March 1992, Ken Davis, WES Member. Notes: The talk discusses some of the core work of the "Eliciting the Best" course. The adoption of a value paradigm reinforced by the inner critic limits our lives and relationships. Instead we need to develop an inner witness to reinforce a value paradigm. Ken Davis helped develop and also taught the "Eliciting the Best" adult education program at WES.

Reclaiming Masculinity, 6 March 1988, Don Montagna, WES Leader. Notes: "Don frames the talk around the mythopoetic characters the "woman's man", the "wild man", and the gardener and applies ideas to maintaining relationships. Let this blast from from the 1980s Robert Bly past provoke your thinking!" Technical: The tape team had trouble capturing this marathon talk without a couple of short gaps.

6 January 1985, Don Montagna, WES Leader. Technical: Parts of the talk that concern only setting goals for 1985 have been extracted and packaged separately.

6 January 1985, Don Montagna, WES Leader. Technical: Parts of the talk that concern only setting life goals for 1985 have been extracted and packaged separately.

Relativity and Responsibility in Ethics, 8 May 1983, Edward L. Ericson, Past WES Ethical Leader and author. Technical: noticeable hum

Homeless In America, 20 March 1983, Mitch Snyder, Activist with the Community for Creative Non-Violence in Washington DC. Notes: A radical critique of american society by a prominent, local activist. It also describes the CCNV's work in DC which WES supported in various ways at the time.

History of Ethical Culture, 18 July 1982, "Judy Toth, Alice and L. D. MacIntyre", Alice and L. D. MacIntyre were founding members of WES. Judy Toth was a member at the time and became a Leader at WES and the Saint Lous Society. Notes: Toth spoke of the history of the EC movement. The MacIntyres spoke of the founding of WES. Technical: The tape is incomplete but we present what is available (40 min.) because of its historical importance. Listen (40 min)

Making Choices, 6 December 1981, Don Montagna, WES Leader. Notes: Don introduces important terminology used at WES in the 80's-90's. The topics include: childhood development and choice habitual choices (drama) vs. intentional choice importance of a strong 'choice muscle' to ethical action childhood drama influences adult choices the power of asking Technical: "noticeable hum, short lost intervals break the continuity of the talk in a few places "

"WES in 60s," Ed Ericson by affirming the worth of every person since 1944.