Wednesday, May 21 National Leaders Council evening
	Thursday, May 22 National Leaders Council all day & evening
	Friday, May 23 National Leaders Council morning
	Friday, May 23 AEU Board of Directors 8:30 am - 4:00 pm
	Monday, May 26 AEU Board of Directors 8:30 am - 9:30 am

	FRIDAY, May 23 at the Philadelphia Ethical Society: 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Registration 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm Welcome - Opening Words Arnold Fishman, President, Philadelphia Ethical Society Richard Kiniry, Leader, Philadelphia Ethical Society Brian King, President, The American Ethical Union Jone Johnson Lewis, President, National Leaders Council of the American Ethical Union Introduction of John Hartman, Executive Director of the AEU by Brian King, AEU President Evening Presentation - General Ethical Platform (GEP) - The Ethical Humanist Vision - The AEU Leaders Refreshments
	SATURDAY, May 24 at the Radisson Hotel: 8:30 am Registration 8:00 am- 8:45 am Colloquy 9:00 am- 9:15 am Ethical Affirmation 9:15 am- 11:45 am AEU Business Meeting - Brian King, President 12:00- 2:00 pm National Service Conference Luncheon Rose L. Walker, President, National Service Conference. “Refugees in the New World Disorder.” Speaker, Susan Benesch, Esq. Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, Washington, D.C. Bernstein Fellow in International Human Rights. 2:15 pm - 3:45 pm Workshops and Presentations  Dr. Joseph Chuman, Leader - Felix Adler's Philosophy of the Destruction of the Wall of Separation between Church and State. Lois Kellerman, Leader - Marriage From the Heart. How to use Lois's book (available at the workshop in paperback) to create authentic sustained relationships. How the book can help membership growth will also be discussed. National Service Conference of the AEU. Using our core convictions to create visibility: How the NSC does it at the UN. At least four tools will be offered to create ethical networks that will heighten Ethical Society visibility. Stan Wayne and Tom Hoeppner, Adjunct Leaders, and a Leader (TBA). Sharing our successes as adjunct leaders and continuing ceremonial training. 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Workshops and Presentations Fred Edwords, Editor of The Humanist and Free Mind. Making Humanism Relevant, The Shared Mission of the American Ethical Union and The American Humanist Association. Dr. Marc Bernstein, American Ethical Union Archivist. How to Use Ethical Culture History to Enrich your Society. Dr. Dale Drews, Leader. Humanist and Feminist Responses to the Masculinity of God. Carol Wolff, Director of Religious Education AEU. The Past to the Future. The new primary booklet on ethical values will be available as part of this workshop. 7:00 pm Dinner at the Philadelphia Ethical Society: Honoring our members. AEU Awards - Brian King General Ethical Platform (GEP) - AEU Leaders will lead a round table discussion
	SUNDAY, May 25 At the Radisson Hotel 8:30 am - 9:30 am: President's Breakfast Arnold Fishman, Coordinator At the Philadelphia Society: 9:30 am - 10:30 am Emersonian Roots of Ethical Culture  Jone Johnson Lewis, President, Leaders Council of the AEU. 11:00 am Platform and certification ceremony for new Leaders Robert Greenwell, Anne Klaeysen and David Reis 12:30 - 1:30 pm Lunch At the Radisson Hotel: 2:00 pm - Ethical Affirmation 2:15 pm - 4:30 pm AEU business meeting. Brian King, President 6:30-8:00 pm Elliott-Black Banquet Dinner 8:30 pm: Presentation of the Elliott-Black Award to Sam Daly-Harris by John Taylor, Ethical Action Committee of the AEU. Mr. Daly-Harris is president and co-founder of RESULTS Educational Fund, which is dedicated to strategies for ending world hunger. He is the author of Reclaiming our Democracy: Healing the Break Between People and Government, about which President Carter said "(Daley-Harris) provides a road map for global involvement in planning a better future." Entertainment
	MONDAY, May 26 At the Philadelphia Ethical Society 8:00 am - 8:45 am Colloquy Workshops and presentations 8:45 am - 10:15 am Workshops and Presentations Jone Johnson Lewis, Leader and AEU Webmaster. Ethical Society websites--Trends and successes: Ideas for making Ethical Society web sites more successful for publicity and member information and exchange. Sheila Kleinwald, member New York Society. Developing Authentic Ethical Culture Holidays. The goal of the workshop is to begin a project to develop more common holidays based on our own history, achievements, core values and dreams, which might be embraced and celebrated by Societies throughout the Ethical movement. 9:00 am bus to Camp Linden. Tour of the camp. For those attending the first workshops there will be a second bus and/or car-pooling at 10:30 am. 10:30 am Second bus to Camp Linden At Camp Linden 11:15 am - 12:30 pm Workshops and presentations Randy Best, Leader-in-training. The Spiritual Experience. Presentation on Spirituality, including guided meditation and discussion. Curt Collier, Leader- Guidelines for Ethical Culture Theory of Social Action. Youth of Ethical Societies, Susan Buzek, AEU YES Coordinator. "What can we do to make Ethical Societies youth-friendly?" In order for the Ethical Culture movement to grow, we must attract, support and retain younger members. Come hear teens and teen leaders give their thoughts on what binds them to their respective Societies and what would further support them as Ethical Culturists. 12:30 pm Sunday at Camp Linden Assembly closes with a barbecue

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