Humanist author to speak in White Plains on March 23

Author, editor, and 2008 Harvard Humanist of the Year Dale McGowan will be the guest speaker on Sunday, March 23 at the Ethical Culture Society of Westchester, 7 Saxon Wood Road (off Mamaroneck Avenue) in White Plains. The free program begins at 10:30 a.m., and childcare is available.

McGowan, whose books include “Parenting Beyond Belief” and “Raising Freethinkers,” teaches nonreligious parenting workshops across the U.S. and serves as executive director of Foundation Beyond Belief, a non-profit putting compassionate humanism to work for a better world.

Ethical Culture is a liberal religious and educational fellowship without formal creed or dogma. The Westchester society recently celebrated its fiftieth anniversary in White Plains. For more information, contact ECSW at 914-948-1120 or visit its website, ethicalsocietywestchester.org.