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SUMMARY:SELAH: Exploring New Territories with Dr. Bayo Akomolafe and Rodney McKenzie Jr.
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an illuminating conversation with Dr. Bayo Akomolafe\, a visionary thinker at the forefront of reimagining our relationship with the world and each other. Dr. Akomolafe will sit down with Rodney McKenzie\, Jr.\, Vice President of Ally Development at the Fetzer Institute and veteran community organizer. We will explore the central themes and guideposts for Dr. Akomolafe’s work and areas of focus. \nIn his work\, Dr. Akomolafe\, rooted in Yoruba wisdom and embracing a “more-than-human world\,” invites us to explore: \n\nPostactivism: A radical approach to addressing our civilization’s most pressing challenges\nThe Emergence Network: How can we convene communities in novel ways to face global issues?\n“We Will Dance with Mountains”: Insights from his innovative course/festival that blends activism\, spirituality\, and indigenous wisdom\nPosthumanist thinking: Reimagining humanity’s place in an interconnected cosmos\nLessons from “These Wilds Beyond our Fences”: Reflections on our search for home in a changing world\n\nAs the inaugural Global Senior Fellow of UC Berkeley’s Othering and Belonging Institute and Special Fellow of the Schumacher Centre for New Economics\, Dr. Akomolafe brings a unique perspective that bridges academic rigor with grassroots wisdom. \nThis conversation promises to challenge our conventional thinking about: \n\nActivism and social change in an uncertain future\nThe role of indigenous knowledge in addressing global crises\nReimagining education and community in a post-pandemic world\nThe intersection of spirituality\, ecology\, and social justice\n\nWhether you’re an activist\, educator\, policymaker\, or simply curious about new paradigms for our shared future\, this event will expand your horizons and inspire fresh thinking about our place in the world. This conversation promises to challenge conventional thinking\, offering fresh perspectives on how we can dance with uncertainty\, embrace our interconnectedness\, and create bold new pathways for social change. \nDon’t miss this opportunity to engage with one of today’s most innovative and celebrated thinkers as we explore the wild territories beyond our conceptual fences and dance with the mountains of possibility. \nThis virtual conversation will occur on December 11 at 11:00 a.m. ET. Please allow 24 hours for your Zoom link confirmation. \n  \nComing up: SELAH An Online Course and In-Person Retreat \nJoin us in March/April for the SELAH course. We will explore the themes that will be touched upon by this illuminating course. Additional information HERE. \n  \nSPEAKERS\n  \nBayo Akomolafe (Ph.D.)\, rooted with the Yoruba people in a more-than-human world\, is the father to Alethea Aanya and Kyah Jayden Abayomi\, the grateful life-partner to Ije\, son and brother. A widely celebrated international speaker\, posthumanist thinker\, poet\, teacher\, public intellectual\, essayist\, and author of two books\, These Wilds Beyond our Fences: Letters to My Daughter on Humanity’s Search for Home (North Atlantic Books) and We Will Tell our Own Story: The Lions of Africa Speak\, Bayo Akomolafe is the Founder of The Emergence Network\, a planet-wide initiative that seeks to convene communities in new ways in response to the critical\, civilizational challenges we face as a species. He is host of the postactivist course/festival/event\, ‘We Will Dance with Mountains’. He currently lectures at Pacifica Graduate Institute\, California. He sits on the Board of many organizations including Science and Non-Duality (US) and Ancient Futures (Australia). \nIn July 2022\, Dr. Akomolafe was appointed the inaugural Global Senior Fellow of University of California’s (Berkeley) Othering and Belonging Institute. He is also the inaugural Special Fellow of the Schumacher Centre for New Economics\, the Inaugural Scholar in Residence for the Aspen Institute\, the inaugural Special Fellow for the Council of an Uncertain Human Future\, as well as Visiting Scholar to Clark University\, Massachusetts\, USA (2024). He has been Fellow for The New Institute in Hamburg\, Germany\, and Visiting Critic-in-Residence for the Otis College of Art and Design\, Los Angeles (2023). \nHe is the recipient of an Honorary Doctorate from the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) and has been Commencement Speaker in two universities convocation events. He is also the recipient of the New Thought Leadership Award 2021 and the Excellence in Ethnocultural Psychotherapy Award by the African Mental Health Summit 2022. In a ceremony in July 2023\, the City of Portland (Maine\, USA) awarded Dr. Akomolafe with the symbolic ‘Key to the City’ in recognition of his planet-wide work and achievements. \nDr. Akomolafe is a Member of the Club of Rome\, a Fellow for the Royal Society of Arts in the UK\, and an Ambassador for the Wellbeing Economy Alliance. To learn more about Dr. Akomolafe’s work\, please visit www.bayoakomolafe.net and www.emergencenetwork.org. \n  \n \nAs Vice President of Ally Development at Fetzer\, Rodney McKenzie Jr. creates transformative relationships with individual donors\, donor advisors\, and philanthropic institutions through engaged conversations\, open dialogue\, and internal reflection that result in increased giving to issues of faith and spirituality. To this role\, he brings over twenty years experience as a leader in philanthropy and movement spaces and as a community organizer focused on political campaigns and issues of democracy and social justice. Rodney’s work calls us all to be in deeper community together and creates spaces for philanthropic leaders to bring together notions of love\, faith\, and spirituality into their strategic giving so that everyday people have the opportunity to live bold and beautiful lives. \nPrior to Fetzer\, Rodney was with Demos\, a “‘think-and-do’ tank that powers the movement for a just\, inclusive\, multiracial democracy\,” most recently as Executive Vice President leading the organization’s programmatic\, movement building\, and communications functions. He holds a Master of Divinity from the Union Theological Seminary. He is from Dallas\, TX\, and currently resides in Brooklyn\, NY. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.garrisoninstitute.org/event/selah-exploring-new-territories-with-dr-bayo-akomolafe-and-rodney-mckenzie-jr-2/
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SUMMARY:Personality and Wholeness with Dr. Daniel J. Siegel
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Daniel J. Siegel & Steve Varley\nIn Conversation \nJoin author Daniel J. Siegel for this enlightening conversation with Steve Varley (Garrison Institute Managing Director) around the concepts explored in Dr. Seigel’s latest book “Personality and Wholeness in Psychotherapy.” \nThe session will feature a lively discussion\, followed by an interactive Q&A session. \nDiscover the Nine Patterns of\nDevelopmental Pathways\nDive deep into the fascinating world of interpersonal neurobiology and its application to the Enneagram of Personality. This innovative approach reveals nine distinct strategies people use to navigate life’s challenges and interactions. The Enneagram is a personality typing system based on ancient spiritual traditions which describes people in terms of their core motivations\, desires and fears. \nWhat You’ll Gain\n\nUnderstand the lifespan developmental personality model\nLearn how to implement this framework\nExplore integrative practices for each personality pattern\nUnlock deep and lasting change for yourself and others\nInnovative strategies for achieving well-being and wholeness\n\nPlease join us as we explore this unique opportunity to spend time with the author and gain insight into the themes of his work. Join us in unlocking the potential for transformative change and learn how to turn perplexing patterns into opportunities for growth and self-discovery. \nWe will hold this live Forum on Zoom at 3:00 p.m. ET on Thursday\, November 21\, 2024. After registering\, you will receive a link to join the session. Please email us at events@garrisoninstitute.org with questions. \n  \nSPEAKERS\n  \nDaniel Siegel\, MD is the executive director of the Mindsight Institute and founding co-director of the Mindful Awareness Research Center at UCLA\, where he was also principal co-investigator of the Center for Culture\, Brain and Development and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the School of Medicine. \nAn award-winning educator\, Dan is the author of five New York Times bestsellers and over fifteen other books which have been translated into over forty languages. As the founding editor of the Norton Professional Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology (“IPNB”)\, Dan has overseen the publication of over one hundred books in the transdisciplinary IPNB framework which focuses on the mind and mental health. \nA graduate of Harvard Medical School\, Dan completed his postgraduate training at UCLA specializing in pediatrics\, and adult\, adolescent\, and child psychiatry. He was trained in attachment research and narrative analysis through a National Institute of Mental Health research training fellowship focusing on how relationships shape our autobiographical ways of making sense of our lives and influence our development across the lifespan. To learn more about Daniel Siegel’s work\, please visit https://mindsightinstitute.com/ and https://drdansiegel.com/. \n  \nSteve Varley serves as the Managing Director at the Garrison Institute. In this role\, Steve is responsible for the comprehensive strategy and support of the Garrison Institute’s efforts to apply the wisdom developed from contemplative practice to modern problems\, with a special interest on the translation of individual practice to community\, organizational\, and systems-level problems. \nSteve’s previous experience includes leadership roles at prominent organizations such as National Public Radio (NPR) and the University of North Carolina. His leadership at UNC Pembroke resulted in record-breaking fundraising years and was defined by his orientation of service and partnership toward the local community and the Lumbee Tribe. Steve also served as President of the UNC Pembroke Foundation\, an independent organization with endowment management and fundraising responsibility\, where he oversaw millions of dollars in annual grantmaking for students with financial need. \nPreviously\, Steve served as associate dean of advancement at Yale University\, completing a long term of service in health-related fundraising and global health initiatives. Prior to Yale\, he was the vice president of development at Gardner-Webb University\, where he spearheaded the Higher Ground capital campaign\, the university’s most successful fundraising effort in its history. \n 
URL:https://www.garrisoninstitute.org/event/personality-and-wholeness-with-dr-daniel-j-siegel-3/
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SUMMARY:Personality and Wholeness with Dr. Daniel J. Siegel
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Daniel J. Siegel & Steve Varley\nIn Conversation \nJoin author Daniel J. Siegel for this enlightening conversation with Steve Varley (Garrison Institute Managing Director) around the concepts explored in Dr. Seigel’s latest book “Personality and Wholeness in Psychotherapy.” \nThe session will feature a lively discussion\, followed by an interactive Q&A session. \nDiscover the Nine Patterns of\nDevelopmental Pathways\nDive deep into the fascinating world of interpersonal neurobiology and its application to the Enneagram of Personality. This innovative approach reveals nine distinct strategies people use to navigate life’s challenges and interactions. The Enneagram is a personality typing system based on ancient spiritual traditions which describes people in terms of their core motivations\, desires and fears. \nWhat You’ll Gain\n\nUnderstand the lifespan developmental personality model\nLearn how to implement this framework\nExplore integrative practices for each personality pattern\nUnlock deep and lasting change for yourself and others\nInnovative strategies for achieving well-being and wholeness\n\nPlease join us as we explore this unique opportunity to spend time with the author and gain insight into the themes of his work. Join us in unlocking the potential for transformative change and learn how to turn perplexing patterns into opportunities for growth and self-discovery. \nWe will hold this live Forum on Zoom at 3:00 p.m. ET on Thursday\, November 21\, 2024. After registering\, you will receive a link to join the session. Please email us at events@garrisoninstitute.org with questions. \n  \nSPEAKERS\n  \nDaniel Siegel\, MD is the executive director of the Mindsight Institute and founding co-director of the Mindful Awareness Research Center at UCLA\, where he was also principal co-investigator of the Center for Culture\, Brain and Development and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the School of Medicine. \nAn award-winning educator\, Dan is the author of five New York Times bestsellers and over fifteen other books which have been translated into over forty languages. As the founding editor of the Norton Professional Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology (“IPNB”)\, Dan has overseen the publication of over one hundred books in the transdisciplinary IPNB framework which focuses on the mind and mental health. \nA graduate of Harvard Medical School\, Dan completed his postgraduate training at UCLA specializing in pediatrics\, and adult\, adolescent\, and child psychiatry. He was trained in attachment research and narrative analysis through a National Institute of Mental Health research training fellowship focusing on how relationships shape our autobiographical ways of making sense of our lives and influence our development across the lifespan. To learn more about Daniel Siegel’s work\, please visit https://mindsightinstitute.com/ and https://drdansiegel.com/. \n  \nSteve Varley serves as the Managing Director at the Garrison Institute. In this role\, Steve is responsible for the comprehensive strategy and support of the Garrison Institute’s efforts to apply the wisdom developed from contemplative practice to modern problems\, with a special interest on the translation of individual practice to community\, organizational\, and systems-level problems. \nSteve’s previous experience includes leadership roles at prominent organizations such as National Public Radio (NPR) and the University of North Carolina. His leadership at UNC Pembroke resulted in record-breaking fundraising years and was defined by his orientation of service and partnership toward the local community and the Lumbee Tribe. Steve also served as President of the UNC Pembroke Foundation\, an independent organization with endowment management and fundraising responsibility\, where he oversaw millions of dollars in annual grantmaking for students with financial need. \nPreviously\, Steve served as associate dean of advancement at Yale University\, completing a long term of service in health-related fundraising and global health initiatives. Prior to Yale\, he was the vice president of development at Gardner-Webb University\, where he spearheaded the Higher Ground capital campaign\, the university’s most successful fundraising effort in its history. \n 
URL:https://www.garrisoninstitute.org/event/personality-and-wholeness-with-dr-daniel-j-siegel-2/
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SUMMARY:Finding Awe in Nature: Pathways to Planetary Health Forum with Kim Nolan
DESCRIPTION:Finding Awe in Nature\nKim Nolan & Stephen Posner\nIn Conversation \nPlease join us for this interactive online Forum hosted by the Pathways to Planetary Health initiative at the Garrison Institute. \nKim Nolan and Stephen Posner will explore what it means to find awe in nature and to regard nature as teacher and source. This refreshing conversation will weave together insight and experience across sectors\, including passion for social justice\, appreciation for the power of business\, and commitment to education for the next generation of sustainability leaders. \nWe will hold this live Forum on Zoom at 12:00 p.m. ET on Thursday\, October 24\, 2024. After registering\, you will receive a link to join the session. Please email us at events@garrisoninstitute.org with questions. \n  \nSPEAKERS\n  \nKim Nolan\, PhD\nDirector of the Sustainable MBA Program with the University of Vermont and Buddhist Chaplain\n \n  \nKim is an ordained Buddhist chaplain and a lifelong advocate for social justice and human rights. She served as an appointed member of the Vermont Commission on Women and as board member on several national and local non-profit organizations. Recognized as an effective and compassionate leader\, Kim facilitates training\, provides coaching\, and guides diverse teams through strategic vision and action planning. Kim is the Founder and Director of the Dignity Foundation\, working at the intersection of cultural transformation\, leadership & change management\, and contemplative science. Prior to this work\, Kim served as Professor and Program Director of Mindfulness Studies at Lesley University\, Program Officer of the Mind and Life Institute – where she designed an Academy of Contemplative and Ethical Leadership – and Department Chair of Integral Psychology and founder of the Institute of Contemplative Studies at Burlington College in Vermont. Kim holds a Ph.D. in Leadership and Change from Antioch University and a M.Ed. from Boston University in Counseling Psychology. \n  \n \nStephen Posner\, PhD\nDirector of Pathways to Planetary Health with the Garrison Institute \n  \n  \nStephen is responsible for Pathways to Planetary Health at the Garrison Institute. In this role\, he creates strategic partnerships that promote planetary health. Stephen’s work integrates scientific inquiry and contemplative ways of knowing across traditions to create a more compassionate and balanced world. He has over 20 years of experience building understanding across sectors and is a trusted advisor to policymakers\, funders\, and companies who seek to assess how they impact and depend on nature. Stephen previously worked at the University of Vermont\, where he launched a new university-wide research theme on Equity\, Justice\, and the Environment and led the publication and release of the Vermont Climate Assessment\, leading to a new U.S. Federal Center of Excellence focused on measuring climate impacts. He received a B.S. in astronomy and physics and earned a Ph.D. in natural resources and economics. A native of Baltimore\, Stephen has lived in the Bay Area of California\, the Hudson Valley of New York\, and St. Andrews in Scotland. He now lives in the Green Mountains of Vermont.
URL:https://www.garrisoninstitute.org/event/finding-awe-in-nature-pathways-to-planetary-health-forum-with-kim-nolan-3/
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SUMMARY:Finding Awe in Nature: Pathways to Planetary Health Forum with Kim Nolan
DESCRIPTION:Finding Awe in Nature\nKim Nolan & Stephen Posner\nIn Conversation \nPlease join us for this interactive online Forum hosted by the Pathways to Planetary Health initiative at the Garrison Institute. \nKim Nolan and Stephen Posner will explore what it means to find awe in nature and to regard nature as teacher and source. This refreshing conversation will weave together insight and experience across sectors\, including passion for social justice\, appreciation for the power of business\, and commitment to education for the next generation of sustainability leaders. \nWe will hold this live Forum on Zoom at 12:00 p.m. ET on Thursday\, October 24\, 2024. After registering\, you will receive a link to join the session. Please email us at events@garrisoninstitute.org with questions. \n  \nSPEAKERS\n  \nKim Nolan\, PhD\nDirector of the Sustainable MBA Program with the University of Vermont and Buddhist Chaplain\n \n  \nKim is an ordained Buddhist chaplain and a lifelong advocate for social justice and human rights. She served as an appointed member of the Vermont Commission on Women and as board member on several national and local non-profit organizations. Recognized as an effective and compassionate leader\, Kim facilitates training\, provides coaching\, and guides diverse teams through strategic vision and action planning. Kim is the Founder and Director of the Dignity Foundation\, working at the intersection of cultural transformation\, leadership & change management\, and contemplative science. Prior to this work\, Kim served as Professor and Program Director of Mindfulness Studies at Lesley University\, Program Officer of the Mind and Life Institute – where she designed an Academy of Contemplative and Ethical Leadership – and Department Chair of Integral Psychology and founder of the Institute of Contemplative Studies at Burlington College in Vermont. Kim holds a Ph.D. in Leadership and Change from Antioch University and a M.Ed. from Boston University in Counseling Psychology. \n  \n \nStephen Posner\, PhD\nDirector of Pathways to Planetary Health with the Garrison Institute \n  \n  \nStephen is responsible for Pathways to Planetary Health at the Garrison Institute. In this role\, he creates strategic partnerships that promote planetary health. Stephen’s work integrates scientific inquiry and contemplative ways of knowing across traditions to create a more compassionate and balanced world. He has over 20 years of experience building understanding across sectors and is a trusted advisor to policymakers\, funders\, and companies who seek to assess how they impact and depend on nature. Stephen previously worked at the University of Vermont\, where he launched a new university-wide research theme on Equity\, Justice\, and the Environment and led the publication and release of the Vermont Climate Assessment\, leading to a new U.S. Federal Center of Excellence focused on measuring climate impacts. He received a B.S. in astronomy and physics and earned a Ph.D. in natural resources and economics. A native of Baltimore\, Stephen has lived in the Bay Area of California\, the Hudson Valley of New York\, and St. Andrews in Scotland. He now lives in the Green Mountains of Vermont.
URL:https://www.garrisoninstitute.org/event/finding-awe-in-nature-pathways-to-planetary-health-forum-with-kim-nolan-2/
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SUMMARY:Home Is Here: Healing Racial Harm with Compassionate Care - A 3-Part Course
DESCRIPTION:Home Is Here\n Healing Racial Harm with Compassionate Connection\nHosted by Rev. Liên Shutt\n  \nWhat does it mean to attend to our suffering in body\, heart\, and mind when racism has caused such intense hurt and pain; individually and collectively? \nIn this 3-part series\, we’ll begin our journey on the Path of restoration from the results of the dominant culture’s racism by examining deeply and fully individual and collective conditioning. With courageous honesty\, we investigate how we may have been misled\, misinformed\, perhaps\, even colluded in perpetuating or creating hurt and harm. \nWe’ll engage in readings and practices from Rev. Liên’s book Home is Here: Practicing Antiracism with the Engaged Eightfold Path which emphasizes wholeness-based interactions\, or Compassionate Connections\, with each other. \nCourse series format includes meditations and opportunities for participants to engage in mindful\, compassion exercises and interactions individually and with each other\, supporting and allowing us to let go of old beliefs. We’ll engage in anti-oppressive practices\, building new skills and behaviors\, strengthening confidence in individual and collective abilities to heal from the hurts and harms of racism as we practice co-creating liberation for all. \nTo foster brave spaces\, this workshop will have teachings and instructions for the full group while exercises and processing will be in BIPOC or white-identified affinity dyads or small groups. \nThis course is open to all. \n  \nTIMING\nAll sessions will run from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. ET \nTuesday October 15\nTuesday October 22\nTuesday October 29 \nThe Zoom link will be emailed to you within 24 hours of signup. \n  \nSCHOLARSHIPS\nA limited number of scholarships are available for this retreat. Please click here to apply. Please do not sign up for the retreat if you have submitted an application. Please wait to hear from us. For questions\, please contact us at: scholarships@garrisoninstitute.org \nTEACHER\n  \n REV. LIÊN SHUTT (she/they) is a priest lineage holder in the Shunryu Suzuki tradition. Born to a Buddhist family in Vietnam\, she received her meditation training in the Insight and Soto Zen traditions in the United States\, Japan\, Thailand\, and Vietnam. A founding member of the Buddhists of Color in 1998\, she currently is the guiding teacher of Access to Zen\, an inclusive\, anti-oppression sangha and nonprofit in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her book\, Home is Here: Practicing Antiracism with the Engaged Eightfold Path\, was published by North Atlantic Books in 2023. As the creator\, producer\, and host\, she launched Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers podcast series with Kaira Jewel Lingo and Lama Karma Yeshe Chodron in 2021. She lives north of San Francisco\, on Southern Pomo land\, with her partner\, exploring waterways and forests as often as they can. Visit AccessToZen.org for ways to connect. \nPhoto credit: Deborah Svoboda (https://outoftheshadowsmedia.com/)\n  \nRequired Reading for the Course\nHome is Here: Practicing Antiracism with the Engaged Eightfold Path by Liên Shutt. The book may be purchased at your favorite bookstore or order options may be found HERE \n  \nPlease email us at events@garrisoninstitute.org with any questions.
URL:https://www.garrisoninstitute.org/event/home-is-here-healing-racial-harm-with-compassionate-care-a-3-part-course-2/
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