Author: USA
World Philosophy Day (USA)
We celebrated International World Philosophy Day by highlighting Stoic teachings from Marcus Aurelius, Seneca and Epictetus. Despite the heavy rain, we had an enthusiastic discussion around ideas about Stoic philosophy […]
Crafts for Humanity: Holiday Gift Bags (USA)
Crafters gathered to decorate holiday gift bags for mothers and babies at the MGH Chelsea Prenatal Department. Aside from essential baby items like soft clothes and toys, participants brought gifts […]
Sharing Warmth with Homeless Neighbors (Chicago, USA)
Sharing warmth is an instinct. When we’re cold—or when we see someone enduring the harshness of winter—we instinctively seek to offer warmth. We might rub our hands together to bring […]
Mindworks Museum and Research Lab: The Science of Thinking (Chicago, USA)
Members and friends of NA Chicago visited @mindworkschicago – a museum and research lab studying the workings of the mind. In the museum we explored how external factors “nudge” us to […]
Sharing Warmth – Volunteering for the Unhoused (Chicago, USA)
On a cold January day volunteers from the New Acropolis school in Chicago met at their school to prepare home-cooked sandwiches for unhoused people in the city. After preparing the […]
Annual Food Drive (Boston, USA)
Each year during the holiday season members of New Acropolis Boston go door to door to collect nonperishable food and toiletries. What we collected was donated to the Somerville food […]
Open Class for Fall Living Philosophy (Chicago, USA)
New Acropolis Chicago had an Open Living Philosophy Class open to the public. The participants were introduced to the syllabus. In addition, a talk about the meaning of philosophy in […]
Sharing Warmth – Volunteering for the Unhoused (Chicago, USA)
On a cold December day volunteers from the New Acropolis school in Chicago met at their school to prepare home-cooked soup and sandwiches for unhoused people in the city. In […]
Fall Celebration (Boston, USA)
Members of New Acropolis Boston gathered to celebrate the Fall and partake in our yearly tradition of performing the myth of Demeter and Persephone. Autumn marks the days where Persephone […]
The Power of Dialogue – World Philosophy Day Panel (Chicago, IL)
The New Acropolis school in Chicago hosted an online discussion for World Philosophy Day about the power of dialogue. The director of the school, Gilad Sommer moderated a discussion with […]
