Chicago Ethical Humanist Circles (@chgoethical) 's Twitter Profile
Chicago Ethical Humanist Circles

@chgoethical

We are a small group of Chicago and Chicago area Humanists. In some Humanist Circles we talk about big issues and in others we talk about our day or week.

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We must reckon with our own complicity in a system which has prioritized white lives over black lives for centuries, and take to the streets, engage in the political process and, when necessary, protest for change. aeu.org/resource/aeu-s…

We must reckon with our own complicity in a system which has prioritized white lives over black lives for centuries, and take to the streets, engage in the political process and, when necessary, protest for change.
aeu.org/resource/aeu-s…
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"We must reckon with our broken criminal justice system, which prioritizes an illusion of safety conjured by the presence of heavily-armed police over the reality of justice, which only humane community-based solutions can provide. " from today's American #EthicalUnion statement

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A message from our Board: "In communities across our land, Americans have been expressing their anger and frustration at the systemic racism that pervades our society and manifests itself in police brutality against African Americans..." Read more below! americanhumanist.org/news/humanists…

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BREAKING: Our letter to congressional leadership has now been signed by 422 organizations. We are calling on Congress to pass meaningful police reform legislation. It’s time for real, systemic change. Tell your members of Congress to read this & ACT NOW: bit.ly/2zKepMS

BREAKING: Our letter to congressional leadership has now been signed by 422 organizations. We are calling on Congress to pass meaningful police reform legislation.

It’s time for real, systemic change. Tell your members of Congress to read this & ACT NOW: bit.ly/2zKepMS
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In Barack Obama's inspiring essay about the violence in the recent protests over George Floyd's death and police brutality, he talks about organizing, voting, and demanding change through police reform and criminal justice. #GeorgeFloyd Barack Obama link.medium.com/kSWNYb8SX6

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“The symbolism of him holding a Bible … as a prop and standing in front of our church as a backdrop when everything that he has said is antithetical to the teachings of our traditions and what we stand for as a church—I was horrified.” -- Rt. Rev. Budde religionnews.com/2020/06/02/ahe…

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We hope you had a meaningful #Juneteenth. Freedoms achieved are always worth celebrating. Let’s work for when there is a day like this for #justice.

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Many immigrants are simultaneously both “essential” and “illegal.” They are required to work, and their employers are forbidden from employing them. How are states and local governments dealing with this contradiction? #EssentialWorkers cmsny.org/publications/s…

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Join us on Thursday, 6:30 pm CT for the online event "Defending Science from Denial, Fraud, and Pseudoscience" with Lee McIntyre. Register here: ow.ly/ddgJ50AJC5L

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Is #TomCotton asserting that the means, that is, the enslavement of millions for more than a century, were justified by the ends, that is, the postwar US? Isn’t that a horrific calculus? What does that say about his #moralcompass? We’re just asking.

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If anyone had a right to question whether our democracy was worth redeeming, it was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Because in the face of billy clubs and lynchings, poll taxes and literacy tests, he never gave in to violence, never waved a traitorous flag or gave up on our country.

If anyone had a right to question whether our democracy was worth redeeming, it was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Because in the face of billy clubs and lynchings, poll taxes and literacy tests, he never gave in to violence, never waved a traitorous flag or gave up on our country.
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Need some inspiration? Many have been inspired by Dr. King’s Letter from Birmingham Jail (bit.ly/2iv94zd). #MLKDay #MLKDay2021 #ethicalculture #ethicalhumanism

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In service of learning the lessons of history, from PBS, originally shown in 2018: Rick Steves' Europe, The Story of Fascism in Europe pbs.org/video/the-stor… #humanism #humanist #historylessons