Sun, Sep 27 · 11:00 AM CDT
A community begins to feel like home when we are welcomed as we are, celebrated for what we bring, and invited to grow alongside one another.
We’ll consider how shared values can hold us together without requiring conformity, and how curiosity, compassion, accountability, and delight can help us create a community where more people can belong and flourish.
Louise Jett is an American Ethical Union-certified Ethical Culture Leader, creative director, storyteller, and educator who believes ideas matter most when they help people feel seen, connected, and inspired to act. As creative director for the Ethical Society of St. Louis, she brings Humanist values to life through programming, visual storytelling, community-building, and joyful invitations to belong.
Louise also serves as the statewide branding manager for the State of Illinois, where she helps people see public service as meaningful, human-centered work. Her career has spanned journalism, higher education, graphic design, photography, organizational leadership, and social media, but the thread connecting it all is her gift for turning complex ideas into stories and experiences people can understand, remember, and share.
This Platform will feature music from Dave Farver. From Dave, "My story is a winding road. I developed my sax chops and vocal range playing in original and cover bands, touring the States, Europe, and South America. I played on hundreds of recordings, to crowds in the thousands, and had international airplay with a couple children’s albums.
Now, I’m creating my own music. 'You got the horn don’t ya? Turn the goddamn Page!' declared one Bob Seger fan at a gig. This directive lead me to decide then and there that I wasn’t totally happy playing other peoples’ songs for the thousandth time. I’ve always written songs on the side, but I’ve finally buckled down and woodshedded the music. I’ve been singing my heart out for years, finding out what kind of music moves people. What makes them feel alive? What’s on their go-to playlist? I’m hoping these songs have the grit and the polish that people remember about the powerhouses of rock, funk and soul. I wanna make people move, bob their head, feel that surge and groove I felt when I wrote and recorded them."
