Our platform speakers are selected based on their knowledge and expertise on a given subject, not necessarily on the degree to which they agree with the basic values and principles of Ethical Culture. We may invite speakers with dramatically opposing views in order to challenge the existing "politically correct" views.

Presentations are on Sundays at 1:30PM at Extraordinary Ventures in Chapel Hill, NC. Childcare is provided.

1. December 23
   Randy Best, President, Leader-in-Training, North Carolina Society for Ethical Culture
   A Winter Solstice Celebration
   

2. December 9
   James Coley, Philosopher & Activist, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
   God in Kubrick's '2001 -- A Space Odyssey'
   

3. November 26
   Kate Lovelady, Social Activist, Leader-in-Training, NC Society for Ethical Culture
   Stone Soup -- an Ethical Culture Thanksgiving
   

4. November 11
   Malinda Maynor, Co-Director, In The Light of Reverence
   In The Light of Reverence -- Cultural & Ethical Conflicts in the Pursuit of Native American Religion
   

5. October 28
   James Coley, Philosopher & Activist, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
   Patriotism
   

6. October 14
   Prof. Sarah Shields, Ph.D. History at UNC Chapel Hill
   Understanding Islamic Civilization
   

7. September 23
   Katharine Leslie, Ph.D., Child Psychology
   What Children Really Need
   

8. September 9
   Jay Rosenberg, Ph.D., Taylor Grandy Professor of Philosophy, UNC Chapel Hill,
   (see also More About Jay Rosenberg)
   The Concept of Death
   

9. August 26
   Peter Metzner, Facilitator, The Leadership Trust
   Understanding Emotional Intelligence -- An Ethical Necessity
   

10. August 12
    Daniel Nelson, , Ph.D., Professor of Social Medicine and Pediatrics, UNC Chapel Hill
    The Evolving Ethics of Research Involving Human Subjects: From Dachau to Tuskegee to Penn to Hopkins
    

11. July 22
    Forrest Altman, Community Activist
    Bioregionalism: From a Dream to a Community Resource
    

12. July 8
    Peter Metzner, Facilitator, The Leadership Trust
    Dreams as a Guide for Ethical Living
    

13. June 24
    Pal Palmore, Humanist Celebrant
    Ageism and Ethical Culture
    

14. June 10
    Randy Best, President, N.C. Society for Ethical Culture
    Rewriting the Ten Commandments
    

15. May 27
    Chris Kaman, Adjunct Leader, N.C. Society for Ethical Culture
    Reflections of War in Our Lives
    

16. May 13
    Randy Best, President, N.C. Society for Ethical Culture
    Standing at the Moral Crossroads
    

17. April 22
    Angela Kraus, Educator & Social Activist
    The Niitsitapi vs. The U.S. -- Ethical Dilemmas
    

18. April 8
    Kate Lovelady, Poet, Social Activist
    Walking Our Talk: Ethics in Action
    

19. March 25
    Paul Nagy, M.Div, Editor, Worldtrade.com
    Talk: The Tao of Conversation
    

20. March 11
    Enid Handler, Health & Human Services Consultant
    Welfare to Work: A Durham Experience
    

21. February 25
    Chris Kaman, Adjunct Leader, NCSEC
    Happiness, Buddhism and Ethical Culture
    

22. February 11
    Randy Best, Kate Lovelady & Chris Kaman
    A Time to Honor, and to Remember Those in Our Past
    

23. January 28
    Annual Meeting of Members of NC Society for Ethical Culture
    Presentation by Paper Hand Puppet Intervention
    

24. January 14
    Virginia Lee
    The Simplicity Movement
    (see Center for a New American Dream and New River Earth Institute)