Barbara Ehrenreich's book, Nickel and Dimed, is an excellent book discussion resource. Attached to this post is a resource for Ethical Societies which might be using this book for discussion groups around economic justice issues.

Ethical Culture – Peace, Justice and the International Criminal Court

Since its inception in 1876, Ethical Culture has been a staunch defender of both peace and justice. This dual orientation finds its philosophical ground in a central commitment to the intrinsic worth of the person, and the vision of a society of mutually sustaining individuals, emergent from this commitment. Ethical Culture has held that both injustice as well as violence, especially as expressed through war, violate both human dignity and a harmonious social order necessary for human flourishing. Its history reveals its energetic accomplishments in the fields of both social justice and peace undertaken in progressive fulfillment of its ethical ideals.

FROM THE NATIONAL LEADERS COUNCIL
OF THE AMERICAN ETHICAL UNION

DECEMBER 8, 2009

The National Leaders Council of the American Ethical Union opposes President Obama’s plan to dramatically increase the number of troops involved in the conflict in Afghanistan as unreasonable and unjustified. Increased military operations will result in increased deaths of both civilians and armed forces. Further, means of force will not solve the ongoing crisis in Afghanistan. It is the wrong means aimed at the wrong enemy.

If you support marriage equality -- the legality of marriage whatever the sex/gender of the partners -- then you may find the White Knot site useful as a resource for finding ways to express your support.

The American Ethical Union recognizes, from our religious perspective, the legitimacy of marriage, without regard to the sex/gender of the partners, as we supported earlier the legitimacy of marriage without regard to the race of the partners.

For Mother's Day, 2005, the platform address at the Northern Virginia Ethical Society looked at Jane Addams and social reform. I especially enjoyed that timing because my mother had been a #1 fan of Jane Addams, and had modeled her own professional life after what she got from the experience of Jane Addams. Addams also had a connection to the Ethical movement, which I bring out in the address.