What we’re about
http://bit.ly/Conversation_Day_Pictures
https://photos.app.goo.gl/DxPyujK96qFauebW2
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 among New Yorkers at the grass-roots level,
2. Establish simple, affordable, and sustainable infrastructure to foster such conversations throughout the city year-round.
3. Add to the worldwide image of New York as a metropolis where culture and intellect thrive among the people.
4. Organize the plethora of conversations happening in the city and have them listed in one central and easily-accessible spot.
5. Maintain conversations with a human face by discussing topics in-person, while also allowing for further discussion online.
Note: For access to all CNY-sponsored events, go to http://www.conversationsnewyork.com and subscribe to our blog,
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THIS ANNUAL EVENT IS FREE
Reconnect with old friends and meet new ones. https://vimeo.com/342325098 (6 min.) — http://bit.ly/Conversation_Day_Pictures — https://youtu.be/srlpC5tmhYs
Celebrate Conversation Day 2024 on June 8th. Invite a friend! :)
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Conversations New York Presents
"CONVERSATION DAY"
ONLINE WORLDWIDE EVENT from 12-1 PM ET. Please RSVP here:______
Hosts: Ron Gross, Peter Gross, and Elizabeth Cohn
IN NYC: Bryant Park event from 3-5 pm ET by the Bryant Park Fountain at Sixth Avenue and 41st Street, Manhattan
Look for Yen at the yellow Welcome Table by the giant Fountain. He will be wearing a yellow safety vest. Meetup# _____ (Voice only. No text.).
Host: Yen, Manhattan Lectures & Conversations
Host: Laurence, Center for Inquiry NYC
Host: Bryan: The Dialectic
Host: Max, Lyceum
Host: Ed, Margarita, Michael, MBTI NYC
Host: Beverly
Host: Benjamin, NY Philosophy, Conversation Day in Prospect Park
EVENT STATUS: After 12 noon Saturday, please check www.ConversationsNewYork.com for this outdoor event's status. This event will be canceled by Yen if rain is expected.
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Conversation Day in Bryant Park is hailed as “one of the most enjoyable events in the City” by the dean of American travel writers, Arthur Frommer, and featured on major metropolitan radio and TV. http://bit.ly/Conversation_Day_Pictures
Discuss one of the exciting topics with other lively-minded New Yorkers, sharing your thoughts, experiences, and ideas. Conversations will start each hour on the hour.
Topics will include:
● Happiness, Peace, Friendship, Love,
● Truth, Wisdom, Language
● Overcoming Our Political Divides,
● Coping and Thriving in NYC,
● What’s Really Funny?,
● How does Technology Impact us,
● AI generated philosophical questions and many others!
Share your photos on our Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/events/1336597223153714/ #ConversationDay
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Worldwide, Conversation Day is celebrated annually on the second Saturday in June by social/cultural activists in over 20 cities including London, Paris, Lagos, Beijing, Tokyo, Bangalore, Kuala Lumpur, and Riyadh.
Conversations New York (CNY), the foremost program of free public conversations. www.ConversationsNewYork.com
Ronald Gross, Founder and Director of Conversations New York, grossassoc@AOL.com
Bryant Park webcam: https://youtu.be/srlpC5tmhYs
Bryant Park tour: https://youtu.be/tFuoWREu4QU
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Upcoming events (4+)
See all- FTI: Last Show at Rubin Museum!(Himalayan Art, FREE, a special Multi-Group EventRubin Museum of Art, New York, NY
Friends,
The Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art (on 17th St in Chelsea) is exhibiting its final show before permanently closing its doors in a few months! Let’s meet up, see the exhibits, and socialize in their K2 Lounge area. This is a multi-group event sponsored by CFI-NYC, the Secular Humanist Society of NY, Dharma Drink, the Free Thinkers Institute, and others (TBA).
Come join us! Bring your friends as we say goodbye to this wonderful NY institution.
Meet Laurence at the tables near the right side of the K2 bar. He’ll have a paper sign that says Meetup. Stragglers call Meryl at +1 (929) 251-3570
Get your free tickets here:
Your Order - Rubin Museum of Art (acmeticketing.com) - FTI: The Change Agent | how to flourishLink visible for attendees
On the paradoxical nature of chronic human problems, freedom and ethics
The Change Agent (TCA) paradigm describes and explains the etiology of chronic human problems. TCA, an online transformational program, teaches the paradigm and related skills for preventing, mitigating and solving chronic problems that resist conventional methods and interventions.
The TCA Promise:
Each participant will experience greater human flourishing, i.e. freedom, meaning and growth, in their work and/or personal life, to the extent they understand and apply TCA. Each participant is required to identify at least one chronic business or personal problem to which they will apply TCA during the course of the program.Each standard cohort meets 1-hour per week for approximately 12-16 weeks depending on the size of the cohort and level of participant engagement. One standard cohort begins each month. The duration and number of sessions are customizable upon request. Of the 75+ TCA graduates, over 95% report experiencing greater freedom, meaning and growth in their work and/or life, as a result of participating in TCA.
Facilitator: Richard Messing
Course Syllabus
- Expectations & program agreements
- The Promise
- Ethics defined
- The Ethic of Human Repair
- Loyalty: the ethic of Service
- 3 human factors of personal fulfillment
- Language: a system of symbols
- Belief: perception, uncertainty, bias, myth
- The Survival Imperative
- Paradox: the nature of chronic problems
- Freedom and ethics
- The Hack Imperative
- The Language of Action
- Summary and recap
The Change Agent program is offered through the Kotel® Business Community.
Richard - richard.messing@kotelgroup.com - FTI: Thinkers Multi-group BYOB potluckNeeds location
Come join us for a BYOB potluck with thoughtful discussion. The first time I’ll be joining this event will be March 29th, if it goes well I’ll attend regularly, probably monthly.
1st & 4th Fridays: 7:00PM-09:00PM
NYSEC Meeting House: Ceremonial Hall
All are welcome!
BYOB (no hard liquors)/Potluck
Donations Appreciated but Not Required
Donate Here via Ethical NYC to Support this Event
https://ethicalnyc.app.neoncrm.com/forms/54
+1 (212) 874-5210
info@nysec.org
https://ethical.nyc/
· Location is subject to change for special events. Check website calendars and Meetup pages for various groups for updates and changes.
· Default room is Ceremonial on the 4th Floor. Room is subject to change depending on capacity or activity. Check for any posted signs.
· Use the wheelchair ramp entrance at the Meeting House NOT the Fieldston School. Press both doorbells if the door is locked. The elevator and stairs are right there to take to the 4th floor.
Our friends at various groups are cross-posting this event. Some groups have after-parties.
RULES for In-Person Meeting:- GROUP PROMOTION: Each group may bring flyers or posters advertising membership, donations, and meetings.
- DRINKING: Bring your own booze should be limited to beer and wine, no hard liquors. Everyone should drink responsibly and don't get sloshed. Save the hard drinking for the after parties in outside bars.
- RESPECT FOR DIFFERENCES: While there is overlap among the groups, not every group is the same and thinks the same. Respect each other's differences and different ideologies. Look for common ground not for things to hate. We're all friends here, treat each other as such.
- ARGUMENTS: Listen to each other’s opinion completely in good faith. Ask questions about other's points instead of immediately dismissing. Approach taboo subjects--such as sex, religion, and politics--with strangers cautiously; back out if getting heated. Agree to disagree and walk away if necessary.
- RESPECT FOR THE MEETING HOUSE: Use appropriate trash/recycling cans and clean up after yourselves. Leave the Meeting House better than you found it. Respect the neighborhood, don't act foolishly on the streets when entering and leaving or loitering.
- NO ELECTIONEERING: Due to tax restrictions for many groups being §501(c)(3) tax-exempt, do not discuss, promote, denigrate, or leave/display/hand out materials for any candidate, campaign, party, or proposition on any upcoming election. No electioneering during the event. Other activities prohibited by tax-restrictions are also not allowed.
- SELF-RECOGNITION: Try to speak from your own experiences and own your intentions and impacts. Recognize your own privileges and different backgrounds.
- CONFIDENTIALITY: Meetings are private despite being open to the public. Recordings are prohibited. You may share what you learned, but not direct quotes and identities.
- MEETING MODERATION: The organizers, hosts, co-hosts, moderators, and discussion leaders will use various methods available to ensure compliance with the rules and maintain decorum.
Attending any meeting or event implies agreement with the above rules.
- "I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO..." -- Socratic Salon convo via Zoom -- RSVPLink visible for attendees
"I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO..."
Socrates Salon on Tuesday, May 7, 2024,
3:00-4:00 EST via Zoom
RSVP to Eventbrite to reserve your place:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/i-pledge-allegiance-to-socrates-salon-6724-300-pm-est-tickets-882065209787Link to the Zoom Room on May 7th: https://tinyurl.com/2p927yut
For further information: Ron Gross at grossassoc@aol.comRichard Haass of the Council on Foreign Relations, has proposed that the very idea of citizenship in the United States may need to be revised and expanded. He argues in The Bill of Obligations, that the vaunted American Bill of Rights should be complemented by a Bill of Obligations (e.g., put country first, respect government service, teach civics, value norms, and remain civil).
At this session, we will discuss a wider range of alternative "obligations" to which we might want to consider “pledging our allegiances. Do any of these speak to you?
"I pledge allegiance to..."
o Humankind
o Scientific Truth
o Your Spiritual/Religious Conviction
o Your Heritage
o The Planet
o Dialogue and Collaboration
o Your Family
o Your Friends
o OR?
