Our Ethical Society was built on a dream and the actions taken to make our dreams a reality. We dreamt of a community that helps all of us live our lives in closer accord with our ethical ideals and that supports our efforts to create a more humane world in our families and in wider social issues. The dream is of a community that celebrates together in times of joy and supports each other in times of sorrow. The dream includes a Sunday school, which helps our children learn to think for themselves about ethical issues and in making their life choices. Actions include our spirit of volunteerism, willingness to consider ideas, acts of caring, and financial contributions. 

NoVES is planning to get feedback from our members as a means for helping to set Society priorities and to improve our effectiveness. Rather than using a written survey of the sort we have conducted in the recent past, we have decided to use focus group discussions.  These focus group discussions will be similar in some respects to the group discussions in member homes that NoVES used to get member input as to what we wanted in a new leader after Susan Bagot announced her retirement,.  

The National Leaders Conference (NLC) of the American Ethical Union (AEU) approved a resolution on Afghanistan, opposing President Obama’s plan to send increased troops (see below). This is a good time to clarify the role of public affairs resolutions within the Ethical Movement.