First Sundays is an initiative at Ethical NYC, aiming to be inclusive of other progressive communities, including fellow ethical culture communities! It’s a chance to showcase work and learn together about a culminating theme.
At the HI-Story Festival we sang civil rights songs and learned, among others, the story of Claudette Colvin — a hidden story beneath the Rosa Parks story. It was scheduled to directly follow black history month, and to incorporate stories, heroes, and justice visions that arose from this Important focus. “Hi-story“ refers to the way that history is crafted and recrafted from the stories that are told and untold. It is a way to reveal new stories emerging from history — which we see happening every day. This shows us how history is a changing story, with much to dig up. It shows us that how we tell our stories shapes understandings — and unfortunately, often misunderstandings.
We had a special prep session Feb. 23, at 11 AM with a very very special guest!
Butler was an original coordinator and participant the Nashville Sit-Ins, a founder of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), a coordinator of the 1961 Freedom Rides, a coordinator of voter education and registration drives, a participant in the 1960 Congress on Racial Equality (CORE) “Miami Summer” with James Farmer, an organizer of the 1963 March on Washington, and the Crisfield, Maryland Movement in December 1961. Her total jail time from all these different events was about 40 days and nights with charges ranging from “Trespassing on Private Property,” “Loitering,” “Conspiracy to Obstruct Trade and Commerce,” to Florida’s “Ejection of Undesirable Guests” state statute.
First Sundays aims to empower Ethical learners to put their ETHICAL learning into presentations. It's a chance to develop and present speeches, songs, poems, deeds, and posters.... about values!
These Gatherings are very open to be created by THE people who show up for them. Choose to include yourself. You are invited. We at NYSEC certainly hope that Ethical members from nearby Societies will come, represent and participate! If you want to make a presentation, just say so. Even on the spot, one can gain the courage to get up in front of other people and say a word (or more) of Ethical value.
March 1, 2020
Hi-story! civil rights ~ social justice festival.
At the HI-Story Festival we sang civil rights songs and learned, among others, the story of Claudette Colvin — a hidden story beneath the Rosa Parks story. It was scheduled to directly follow black history month, and to incorporate stories, heroes, and justice visions that arose from this Important focus. “Hi-story“ refers to the way that history is crafted and recrafted from the stories that are told and untold. It is a way to reveal new stories emerging from history — which we see happening every day. This shows us how history is a changing story, with much to dig up. It shows us that how we tell our stories shapes understandings — and unfortunately, often misunderstandings. 
We had a special prep session Feb. 23, at 11 AM with a very very special guest!
Angeline Emma Butler, SNCC student nonviolent coordinating committee.
Below is a link to her bio, and a small paragraph excerpt from it.
https://www.jjay.cuny.edu/
Below is a link to her bio, and a small paragraph excerpt from it.
https://www.jjay.cuny.edu/
Butler was an original coordinator and participant the Nashville Sit-Ins, a founder of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), a coordinator of the 1961 Freedom Rides, a coordinator of voter education and registration drives, a participant in the 1960 Congress on Racial Equality (CORE) “Miami Summer” with James Farmer, an organizer of the 1963 March on Washington, and the Crisfield, Maryland Movement in December 1961. Her total jail time from all these different events was about 40 days and nights with charges ranging from “Trespassing on Private Property,” “Loitering,” “Conspiracy to Obstruct Trade and Commerce,” to Florida’s “Ejection of Undesirable Guests” state statute.
