As an Anishinaabe ecologist, Commonweal New School’s fall Visiting Scholar Melissa Nelson is working to find ways to return to and revitalize the Indigenous and feminist roots of science. Meet Melissa and find out more about her worldview at this event—first in conversation with Host Jaune Evans, and then in an experiential process around her new work.

Join New School Host Susan Grelock Yusem for this conversation with Zaya Ralitza Benazzo and Maurizio Benazzo—the amazingly prolific filmmakers and founders of SAND (Science and Non-Duality)——the amazingly prolific filmmakers and founders of SAND (Science and Non-Duality)—about their award-winning film The Eternal Song, the first in a documentary series that explores the devastating impact of colonization on indigenous people, lands, and cultures. Explore how our collective future depends on remembering the eternal song of existence which calls us back to our original sense of belonging.

In part 11 of the Secret Body series of conversations, Michael Lerner talks with author Jeffrey Kripal about his book How to Think Impossibly.

As part of Commonweal’s Omega Resilience Awards’ narrative research initiative, the Ecology Team of researchers led by Alejo di Risio—journalist, environmental consultant, and cultural strategist—set out to document emerging stories of resilience grounded in environmental stewardship, land connection, and sustainable practices across the Global South. In this conversation, Host Susan Grelock-Yusem will talk with Alejo to explore their journey and what they learned about ecological imagination, narrative as resistance, local wisdom at global scale, and the power of community. Following the conversation, join us for a live interactive dialogue with the full Ecology Research Team.

Bringing with her the traditional Aboriginal practices of dadirri—a sacred practice of deep listening, reflection, stillness, and connection to the land—and yarning—a conversational practice used by indigenous Australians to share knowledge, stories, and culture—Catherine Olweny talks about ways that art and narrative techniques allow difficult experiences to be shared.