Ethical Culture is a movement centered on ethics, not theology, whose mission is to encourage respect for humanity and nature and to create a better world. Members are committed to personal ethical development in their relationships with others and in activities involving social justice and environmental stewardship. What We Believe We believe all individuals have inherent worth and dignity, the potential to grow and change, a responsibility to strive for ethical growth, and a responsibility to …

The Ethical Culture Society of Bergen County, in Teaneck, NJ, was founded in 1953 as a religious, progressive and humanistic community. While most religions are concerned with ethics, Ethical Culture puts ethics, human flourishing, social justice and political action at the center of the search for a meaningful life. Join this Meetup group and, better yet, come for a visit! All our Meetup group meetings are open to the public and include more than just Meetup members. Our typical audience is …

Welcome to the Reasonable New York meetup site. http://reasonablenewyork.com/members for more information, and to sign-up with one of our many member organizations' meetups and websites.

New York Business Opportunity Seekers and Providers Join Us With ONE EASY Click - All Profile Questions are Optional! Hello Opportunity Seeker and Provider. Welcome To Your New Wave of Prosperity! If you're here, this is probably a good description of who you are: Whether you work for yourself or others, YOU, like our members have an outstanding entrepreneurial mind, a spirit that believes in yourself and are truly passionate about the work you do. You exemplify professionalism because dail …

This group is geared to Leaders and Educators - Meetup Organizers, Teachers, Political Activists etc. Join us in turning the "Fundamental Transformation of America" into the "Fundamental RESTORATION of America". Why? How? Find the answers at www.TheSocietyProject.org This group is not about protesting it is the blueprint for what we are protesting about! Our Mission is to: Create a blueprint that envisions both the short and long term goals for Restoring America and presents the steps to take. B …

As the name suggests, Vegunks is a group of ethical vegan and vegetarian climbers/mountaineers, created for the purpose of organizing daytrips to the Gunks (and possibly other areas).  ALL levels and abilities are welcome, including folks who had never climbed before.  The point here is not to climb 5.12, but rather to create a community of compassionate, easy-going climbers, make new, like-minded friends, and have fun!  If the group shows interest, we may also plan extended mountaineering trips …

Welcome to NYC Socrates Cafe! Socrates Cafe groups are held all over the world - all groups are similar in many ways, but each is also unique in its own way. The purpose of this group is to bring together people who enjoy discussing philosophical ideas in a roundtable setting. The group focuses on a new topic each month and all members have a chance to share their ideas. At Socrates Cafe, everyone is a teacher and everyone is a student - we all have brilliance to offer. Together we can contribut …

"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." Arthur C. Clarke Become a Communication Rock Star, a magician of Conversational Influence. Social Status Relationships Leadership Change When you excell at, Conversational Mind Control Nonverbal Power Protocols The Code of Influence Stealth Hypnosis and Hypnotic Language Patterns There is no other group in the area that delivers anything like this. We will be having fun and learning, using State of the Art learning …

We are an international organization for progressive business people to connect, and grow, with colleagues who share similar ethical values.  We also function as a non-partisan think tank, and organizing platform, for the moral transformation of corporate life. For too long, an ethos of selfishness and greed has permeated our corporate world.  From the Robber Barons of the 19th century, to the corrupt bankers and financeers who tanked the economy in 2008-- with their predatory lending and toxic …

This Meetup is designed to help people enrich their social relationships, increase creativity, enhance spontaneity, and meet new friends. This is not a superficial singles discussion; it’s an exclusive social experience based on the concepts of Fromm, Maslow, Reich, Ellis, and other greats in humanistic philosophy and psychology. The philosopher Martin Buber said that life is an encounter with oneself, others and nature, but we need to have these encounters enhance warmth, mutual understanding a …

This meetup is for anyone who is interested in enterprise mobile security trends from seasoned security experts to mobile developers who would like to protect their app and their users in a BYOD world. We feature talks by innovators, developers, security professionals, and privacy experts.

Imagine… Hundreds of New Yorkers coming together in small groups of neighbors and fellow citizens to discuss topics of intensive interest… Hosted at no cost and at convenient locations and times… Aided by simple guiding principles… Inspired by the city’s grand tradition of robust conversation… Our vision is to inspire, organize, publicize, facilitate and celebrate a renaissance of healthy dialogue in New York City. Our Mission: 1. Encourage and support interesting and important conversations a …

Help build your business by interacting with other professionals to increaseing referral base. Seek advise on insurance issues: billing, delay in payments, cut in reimbursment rates and ways to get around these challanges. Provides a forum for clinical and ethical discussions on healthcare practice, procedures, laws and challanges.

The Science of Spirituality (SOS) is directed by Sant Rajinder Singh. Anyone can be initiated for free into the Meditation practices by agreeing to become a vegetarean and to avoid intoxicants. There are many SOS centers throughout the country. In Manhattan, SOS meets each Saturday in the Community Church at 40 East 35 Street, downstairs. There is a quite meditation from 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM, followed by a free Public talk from 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM, followed by a free vegetarean lunch and social …

This is a group for IT folks to get together, network and learn from each other.

Let's get together to share great ideas in philanthropic fundraising thru non-profit pro bono/volunteering and creative micro-financing to help the disadvantage kids, elderlies, the homeless, the unemployed, uninsured, the poor and hungry and victims of disasters. There are alternative ways to tap these funds without going thru rigorous grant writing (not sure if your project gets funded). Have fun meeting other do-gooders, venture-philanthropists with friendly free biz ideas, pro bono volunteer …

Home owners need many professional services from time to time and deserve the best.  This is a group of home service professionals who have an opportunity to refer business to each other in the best interests of their clients. We seek to create a group of professionals dedicated to growing their business by being advocates for each other. Business opportunities increase when cross pollination of referrals occur. This networking group will focus on methods to create sound business practices, esta …

I want to bring local vegans living in the Northern NJ area together to bring awareness to the plight of animals living in the US. and globally. Serious issues regarding the mistreatment of animals being raised for food in the farming industry. Animals held captive and skinned alive for their fur. Dogs and cats still being gassed to death in gas chambers all over this country. How ag-gag laws could affect the future of reporting violence against animals in factories. I would like to enlighten th …

The Hispanic Atheists Society of America addresses the specific needs of Hispanic Americans breaking away and recovering from religion. We are a group of freethinkers, atheists, agnostics, secular humanists, rationalists, skeptics and other non-theists, with the purpose of preserving the separation of church and state and promoting logic, ethics and leadership through community and eduction. Facebook:  www.facebook.com/HispanicAtheistsSocietyofAmerica Twitter:  www.twitter.com/HispanicAtheist