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1. Abolish The Death Penalty
   Letter writing* and group demonstrations to abolish the death penalty. For information and current activities, contact Richard.
   Contact: Richard via richard@phillyethics.org, (215) 735-3456
   
   
2. Fixing America's Health Care system
   Letter writing* and other actions to reform the health care system to provide adequate coverage for all. Contact Bob for information and current activities.
   Contact: Bob via bobm@phillyethics.org,(215) 735-3456

• Supreme Court Nominee Samuel Alito
• 2006-2007 Annual Report of the EAC

To offer an Ethical Humanist response to social problems,with an area of responsibility that includes community outreach programs and political involvement.

For EAC meetings and other activities, contact chairperson via temma@phillyethics.org or (215) 735-3456.

(Note that our listing a group here does not mean we agree with everything that the listed group says or does.)

• Joined Clean Water Action and the Community Labor Refinery Tracking Committee to collect petition signatures and to canvas door to door in a campaign to have the Sunoco refineries in Philadelphia replace the use of the deadly hydrogen fluoride gas for a safer alternative in their oil refining processes.
• Called for member and attender letters to Congress based the alerts of the Coalition for Human Concerns on pending Congressional actions to cut social spending from the federal budget.
• Using research conducted, and statements made by, the Union for Reform Judaism, the Unitarian Universalist Association, and Americans United for Separation of Church and State, drafted a letter to Senator Arlen Specter, Chairperson of the Senate Judiciary Committee, opposing the nomination of Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court.
• Called for member and attender actions as suggested in the monthly American Ethical Union's monthly Ethical Action Report for many actions during the past year. (Click here for a listing of ethical actions of the American Ethical Union, our national organization.)
• In support of a Grandmothers for Peace, held a demonstration and sought petition signatures from the public to urge Philadelphia City Council to resolve to bring the troops home from Iraq.
• Made a special collection of over $440 in support of Oxfam USA's Fast Day, a day of fasting and giving the resultant savings to support Oxfam's work to alleviate starvation among the poor of the world.
• In response to a suggestion by the Pennsylvania Abolitionists United Against the Death Penalty, called for members and attenders living in Pennsylvania to write their Pennsylvania Commonwealth legislators in support of a more humane trial procedure in capital crime cases.
• Joined in a Planned Parenthood demonstration against legislation by other states that would be similar to the anti-abortion legislation in South Dakota.
• Conducted with the United Nations Association of Greater Philadelphia a celebration of the 60th anniversary of the signing of the charter establishing the United Nations and a forum on the International Criminal Court.
• Sponsor: monthly Amnesty International letter signings with the local AI chapter.
• Demonstrated for Scouting for All at Boy Scout conference at Philadelphia Constitutional Center.

* Some Ethical Actions encourage members to write or call their elected representatives. Don't know your Congressman's address or phone number? Here's a handy source: visit People for the American Way and type your address into the "Find My Elected Officials" column on the right of the page.