Event Calendar
Parable of the Sower: Octavia’s Lessons to Ground for Well Being
Zoom your computerOffering a contemplative practice for well-being and self-reflection, Sequoya will center Black sci-fi author Octavia Butler and the 12 lessons mentioned throughout the Parable of the Sower. Sequoya will facilitate an interactive session, integrating contemplative practices and creativity, such as guided visualization with oracle card images, intentions, and guided journaling.
South Asian Identity Development and Contemplative Pedagogy: A Journey Reconciling Spirituality, Culture, and Appropriation
Zoom your computerUsing personal story, the speakers will discuss their respective journeys navigating South Asian identity development, the influence of colonialism on this process, and how they have navigated contemplative pedagogy work within a broader context of cultural appropriation, racism, and islamophobia. The session will begin with a brief contemplative practice.
Contemplative Practice Webinar: Drawing on Compassion
Zoom your computerJudy Spark leads a webinar exploring how the activity of drawing can help us consider self-care and compassion.
Integrative Environmental Spaces: Finding Settings to Inspire Your Contemplative Pedagogy
Zoom your computerJoin Dr. Leonard Cruz to creatively explore environments that can be found throughout campuses to support your contemplative pedagogy and students' well-being.
Weaving the Waves of Awe: Indigenous Cosmologies for Ecological Belonging
Zoom your computerFree for ACMHE members: Dr. Yuria Celidwen invites us to come together into a shared experiential practice of empowerment for individuals, relationships, communities, and the planet by cultivating a sense of responsibility, adaptability, balance, purpose, and belonging.
Contemplative Environmentalism
Zoom your computerFree for ACMHE members: Jillian Lain will discuss the philosophy and practice of yoga in the context of environmental activism, equitable access to nature, and the decolonization of yoga.
Town Hall Session with Dr. Michelle Chatman & Dr. David Robinson-Morris
Zoom your computerNov. 17th, 7pm ET: a chance to meet Dr. David Robinson-Morris, share your voice, and learn about the vision for CMind.
Healing Higher Education: Confronting the Issues
Zoom your computerJoin Dr. Joy Blanchard, Associate Professor of Higher Education at Louisiana State University, Dr. Hollie Chessman, Director of Research at the American Council on Education, and CMind Executive Director Dr. David Robinson-Morris in a data-driven conversation where the issues are identified, named, and confronted as a beginning of the healing process.
Healing Higher Education: Embodying the Institution, Healing Faculty
Zoom your computerJoin Dr. Maria Hamilton Abegunde and Dr. Ricardo Montelongo as they discuss the role of faculty in healing and embodying the institution. What might healing might look, feel, and be like on campuses across the country?
Healing Higher Education: Reimagining Contemplative Practice at the Community College
Zoom your computerThe presenters will share their experiences and discuss research, looking at themes of access, language and community. We'll also discuss practical ways contemplative practices can be used in the community college classroom and beyond.
Healing Higher Education: Racial Reckoning, Racial Justice
Zoom your computerJoin the AAC&U’s Dr. Tia Brown McNair and Professor Rhonda Magee, JD in a webinar exploring how colleges and universities might begin the institutional work of racial justice, truth-telling, reconciliation, and healing while simultaneously understanding the inner work of racial justice and healing.
Healing Higher Education: Pedagogies of Healing and Practices of Reimagining
Zoom your computerIn dialogue, Drs. Imad and Nielsen will center pedagogies of healing and practices of reimagining that any member of the college and university community can employ to heal themselves, their respective institutions, and their corners of the world.