Families for Ethical Education Opens Season with New Director
Amy Blake, Sunday, September 27th, 11:00am
Families for the Ethical Education Initiative (FEEI), a program
sponsored by The Ethical Culture Society of Essex County in
Maplewood will welcome Ms. Amy Blake as the director of their
Educational Initiative. Ms. Blake has been a teacher in the
Millburn School District for over 15 years. She is dedicated to
nurturing global citizenship along with academics in her classroom.
Ms. Blake holds a certification from the Institute For The
Advancement of Philosophy For Children to teach children how to
live deep, questioning, philosophical lives. Through the arts and
exploration of the self, Ms. Blake believes that we can grow
children into kind, caring, compassionate, human beings with a
worldview beyond themselves.
We welcome all to attend the first Sunday morning program at
11:00 on Sunday, September 27, 2015 at The Ethical Culture
Society of Essex County, 516 Prospect Street in Maplewood. Ms.
Blake will be joined by singer/songwriter, activist Joe Jencks.
Joe has worked alongside Ms. Blake and with a school wide
songwriting project based on character work done within the
school. You may find him at: www.joejencks.com .
The Ethical Culture Society is a non-theist religion dedicated to
living ethically in a complex world. Founded in 1876 and
established in Maplewood in 1945, it helped to launch over the
NAACP, Planned Parenthood, the First Free Kindergarten, the
N.Y. Settlement House and the National Ethical Service at the
United Nations. The Maplewood Society is the first official Peace
Site in the country. Their motto “Bring out the best in others and
thereby in oneself” .
Please join us Sunday morning September 27th at 11:00 as we
begin to grow a new generation of global citizens. All ages are
welcome. There is a suggested donation of $10.00 - $20.00 per
family if you are not a member of the society. No one will be
turned away. More information may be obtained by calling 973763-1905 or visiting www.essexethical.org.
Picture caption … Amy Blake, director and former students
Becker and Raneem Kotob along with E. Betty Levin, planning
committee of Families For Ethical Education Initiative at ECSC.