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Audrey Kindred: What it Takes to Start an Ethics for Children Program at an Ethical Culture Society

Audrey
Kindred has been involved in ethical culture’s religious education for children
on both national and societal levels for over 15 years. Former director of
religious education at the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture, Kindred now
leads the Ethics for Children team at the New York Society for Ethical Culture.
She is a “teaching artist” in the New York City school system. Her approach is
holistic and integrated with children’s emotional development. She has
organized events with children in the community such as the neighborhood March
for Children on International Peace Day in Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY; Happy
Bones Festival; and The Nurture Festival, to name a few.



Kindred
explores and teaches PEACE: Practices in Ethics, Arts, Creativity, and Energy.
Her own studies in Non-Violent Communication and Yoga have grounded her
creative teaching practices in a deep sense of wellbeing and nurture.



Dance
and early childhood studies at Bennington College laid primary ground work
leading to many years of choreography, performance, community organizing, and
program development through Movement Research. A long-time Bent on Learning
teacher, Kindred has taught yoga to children of diverse ages and needs. Through
her own “Peaceful Yoga” programming she has also taught adults in many venues.
Focusing on the kinship between yoga, ethics, and creativity, she has created a
curriculum titled “The Ethical Body.” Kindred’s blogs can be linked to from:
akindred.blogspot.com. She can be reached at: akindred@gmail.com.

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The Ethical Culture Society of Essex
County is a progressive non-theist religion dedicated to living ethically in a
complex world. Founded in l876 and established in Maplewood in l945, over the
years the ethical culture movement (known as The American Ethical Union) has
been instrumental in launching Planned Parenthood, the NAACP, Visiting Nurses, New
York Settlement House, Fieldston School, and National Ethical Service at the UN.
The Society began a long-running Ethics for Children program and most recently,
Essex Time Exchange (a time bank facilitating the exchange of services) among
other initiatives. The Maplewood Society was the first peace site in the
country. Its motto is: to act so as to bring out the best in ourselves by
bringing out the best in others.  



Contact
information: 973-763-1905; www.essexethical.org. Join us for weekly programs,
discussions, and fellowship Sundays at 11 am. All are welcome.

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