This past Wednesday, May 6th, Brooklyn Ethical and a group of homeschoolers came together to help make sandwiches for one of our local shelters. We gladly delivered around 250 sandwiches to CHIPS, which is a community meal provider, food pantry, and shelter for women with young children. Thank you, Micheleen, for planning this day of service. A few images can be found below:
Saturday, May 2, 2026 Brooklyn Ethical, with a grant from the American Humanist Association, hosted an All Ages Craft Skill Share day, as part of the American Empathy Project. At a time when division and cruelty are being displayed so shamelessly in public life, we are proud to come together, with new friends from 12 different countries, ages 3 to 86 years old, and from all walks of life, to spend time together in community, caring for each other and enjoying the beauty of our diverse community, sharing what we know with each other and enjoying a meal together. Thank you to all who attended, and to all who volunteered to share their skills, helped set up and break down: Mike, Saskia, Angel, Melang, Sarah J., Zoe, Amora, Maya, Raquel, Mikhael, Jasmin, Ruby, Falou, and their helpers, who kindly taught everything from knitting and embroidery to Chinese calligraphy, paper dragons, bracelets made out of can pull tabs, paper beads, Metrocard collages, bracelets made with cereal box looms, paper African beads and several improvised projects. We hope to make this a regular program in the future.
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Below you will find a few pictures of the event (click on them for gallery view):
Nina Simone was a dynamic and influential artist still relevant today. Some of her most impactful songs include her version of “Pirate Jenny,” “Mississippi Goddamn” and” I Wish I Knew How It Feels to be Free.” She was a talented, creative, and outspoken voice during the Civil Rights Movement.
With music by Dupree & Barry Kornhauser. Click here for more information.
Using excerpts from various books that she’s written, Woodson will speak on the importance of our stories in the world and holding history through narrative.
This event is ASL interpreted. Click here for more information.
Spend an afternoon with Hollis King as he shares his journey using art as his voice to go from being an immigrant in the stockroom to a Grammy nominee. Hollis would like to inspire you to use your voice, your art, your creativity as your weapon in these current challenging days. And to use your art to carve out a new future for yourself and in your community. Click here for more information.
Black Americans have long transformed resistance into resilience. This program examines the histories, stories, and strategies that have sustained Black communities in the ongoing pursuit of justice and liberation.
With music by Dupree.
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Saturday, August 16th, we hosted our second All Ages Talent Show, where a supportive and caring audience welcomed beginner and experienced talents of all ages, sang along, clapped effusively, and enjoyed learning a little more about each other’s talents. Saskia, from our Ethics for Children program, was the Master of Ceremonies and demonstrated her own talents by running the event with kindness, humor, and a supportive and welcoming spirit. We hope you will join us next time for this fun event!
Thank you to all who helped make it happen, especially Angel and Damon, who organized the show!
Last Saturday, we joined FOFA (Forth on Fourth Ave) and the Park Slope Civic Council for a day of cleaning 4th Avenue and planting in tree beds. We also collected food and diaper donations for Camp Friendship, which distributes food each week to over 500 households in need, including food deliveries to homebound seniors.
Thanks to a grant from the American Humanist Association, we also offered refreshments to all who came to Brooklyn Ethical for a break and to refuel.
It was fun, multigenerational service day, and our avenue looks even more lovely thanks to all the volunteers!
