Events that bring us together
Leading Through the Polycrisis: Healing, Resilience, and the Future of Environmental Health and Justice
Sunday, Oct 18
1:00 pm – 3:30 pm PDT
In Gallery Commonweal and on Zoom
$15 suggested donation, no one turned away
Gary Cohen, Annie Leonard, and Brandi Jenkins, with Host Michael Lerner
Some leaders have said we are the first generation to understand the full dimensions of the climate crisis and the last generation to do something about it. As leaders, how can we hold the polycrisis without being crushed by the enormity of the personal, political and planetary challenges? Join Host Michael Lerner for a conversation with Gary Cohen, Annie Leonard, and Brandi Jenkins about the long road that has brought the environmental health and justice movement to where we are in this moment.
Listening to the Land with Visiting Scholar Melissa Nelson
September 2026
Reimagining the Future
Gallery Exhibit Oct 1 - Jan 24
Our Genuinely Unprecedented Moment in History
Wednesday, Oct 28
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm PDT
In Commonweal Library or on Zoom
$15 suggested donation, no one turned away
Richard Tarnas and Host Michael Lerner
The crisis of our current moment in time demands that we do our utmost to see through a glass darkly. In this conversation, Richard Tarnas will join Host Michael Lerner to discuss insights and perspectives that might help shed light on the current turning point in human evolution.
Medicine for the Long Dark: Conversation, Listening, Ritual
Sunday, November 8
1 pm – 4 pm PST
In Gallery Commonweal and on Zoom
In-person seats are filled; join us online
$25 suggested donation, no one turned away
Francis Weller and Host Jaune Evans
Join Francis Weller and Host Jaune Evans as we explore the medicine we need for the Long Dark, the medicine we bring to the Long Dark, and surprisingly, the medicine we find in the Long Dark. The event will include conversation with Francis, time to listen, and a community ritual to allow for receiving and “risking revelation.”
The Poem as This Moment’s Response
Sunday, December 6
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm PST
In Gallery Commonweal and on Zoom
$25 suggested donation, no one turned away
Jane Hirshfield and Host Michael Lerner
As the winter solstice approaches—a time for contemplation, exchange, and renewal—and Commonweal nears the end of our 50th year celebrations, this conversation with Jane Hirshfield and Host Michael Lerner will attend to how we might best address ourselves to the invitations of precipice and turn: with a spirit of permeability, imagination, and embrace of change.
