Washington Ethical Society

We are located in DC’s Shepherd Park neighborhood, right on 16th Street, with plenty of street parking.  

We are a vibrant community of over 500 adults, youth, and children going through life together and working to improve the world—while celebrating life passages and seasonal holidays with humanistic ceremonies. We strive through our relationships to elicit the best in the human spirit.  With faith in human goodness, we appreciate each person’s unique capacities.  We joyfully celebrate together and support each other through life.  We nurture a sense of reverence and responsibility for each other and the earth.