Event Calendar
From Allyship to Solidarity: A Workshop for White People Working for Racial Justice
Zoom your computerGeared toward white people committed to doing anti-racism work: a workshop for developing skills for realizing racial justice.
Climate Justice, Contemplative Practice and Performative Gestures
Zoom your computerA mini-retreat with Devora Neumark: contemplative practices to cultivate awareness and address environmental racism and climate equity.
Music for Healing and Balance
Zoom your computerReginald Cyntje will discuss and demonstrate how he uses music in the classroom and on the stage as a tool for healing, balance, and activism.
Complexity Resilience: Mindful Leadership for Being with This Moment
Zoom your computerIn “Complexity Resilience: Mindful Leadership for Being with This Moment.” we will learn new skills for active listening during moments of tension, techniques for difficult dialogues, and tools for being present with compassion and empathy.
Becoming a Contemplative Change Agent for Your Organization
Zoom your computerLearn tools and perspectives arising from organizational change and community engagement leadership; share your stories and expertise; and develop an action plan for infusing contemplative practices into your organization.
Critical Social Mindfulness: Foundations and Emergent Practices for a New Mindful Deal
Zoom your computerThe October 2020 ACMHE webinar, presented by David Forbes, will be “Critical Social Mindfulness: Foundations and Emergent Practices for a New Mindful Deal.” Join us on Friday, October 30th at 3pm ET.
Embodied Leadership for Administrators
Zoom your computerIn this 3-hour online workshop for administrators, you’ll engage with the fundamentals of embodied leadership to support you in a time of overwhelm and re-connect you to your sense of purpose as an academic leader.
Storytelling Through Creative Arts and Contemplative Pedagogies: Fostering Embodiment, Inclusion, and Empowerment
Zoom your computerDr. Leonard A. Cruz will present “Storytelling Through Creative Arts and Contemplative Pedagogies: Fostering Embodiment, Inclusion, and Empowerment” on Friday, January 8th.
Arts Workshop with Dr. Doreen Maller
Zoom your computerThrough guided visualization, art practice, mindful sharing, and listening, we will be able to turn within to each other to restore the beauty of life that can be found through interconnection.
Learning with the Labyrinth
Zoom your computerAfter a guided imagery meditation, we will explore the interdisciplinary role of labyrinths on college campuses and discuss the permanent labyrinth installation in the works at UMass Amherst.
Satisfaction as Activism
Zoom your computerIn this experiential rest-shop, we will explore satisfaction as a source of power and resistance through meditation, visualization, gentle movement, poetry, music and more.
The Joy of Seeing; Sketching and Drawing as Mindfulness
Zoom your computerIn this session, Bradford Grant explores drawing as a route to mindfulness and reflection. How can we use sketching and drawing to see ourselves and the world more clearly?