When the World Feels Too Big
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Join American Ethical Union-certified Leader Louise Jett to reflect on how the scale and immediacy of global crises can overwhelm our emotional capacity, distancing us from the realities that sustain everyday life. While modern media often reduces complexity to spectacle, meaningful ethical engagement begins with attentive presence: noticing what is near, human, and actionable.
By reframing attention as a shared practice of care, Louise suggests that collective resilience grows not from mastering vast problems at once, but from cultivating sustained, relational awareness that reconnects individuals to one another and to the conditions that make dignity possible.
Louise serves as creative director for the Ethical Society of St. Louis and as Illinois statewide branding manager, leading initiatives that connect public service with purpose. A former community college professor, she specializes in connection, ethical reflection, and helping communities move toward shared understanding and collective flourishing.
“Cherry & Jerry” is Isaac Cherry on percussion and Jerry Rabushka on piano; they focus mainly on music from 1900-1920: ragtime, early blues and jazz, and popular songs from back in the day. The St. Louis duo has toured music of the ragtime era throughout the region, appearing at libraries, museums, pubs and restaurants, special events, and more. Appearances include the Illinois State Fair, the George Washington Carver National Monument, the DuSable Black History Museum in Chicago, the Big River Steampunk Festival, and the Missouri History Museum.