The Courage to Love: Building Community through the Work that Reconnects
Join host Serena Bian in conversation with Anne and Terry Symens-Bucher, founders of Canticle Farm, a land-based community in Oakland, California, inspired by Franciscan spirituality and Joanna Macy’s body of teachings known as the Work That Reconnects.
On a Roll: A Story of Change, Courage, and the Road Still Rising
Join us for a live conversation with Jerry Millhon—father, life partner, friend, educator, and founder of Thriving Communities—as he reflects on the life-changing impact of a devastating bike accident. Together, they reflect on vulnerability, healing, perseverance, and the daily, courageous work of believing in what’s still possible.
Life Wisdom from a Lifelong Healer
Host Rabbi Irwin Keller sits with Dr. Rachel Naomi Remen to explore the influences of her childhood and young life on her lifelong calling as a healer and teacher.
An Afternoon of Indian Classical Music
Join us for the third in a series of sacred music celebrations at Commonweal, this time with Manik Khan (sarod) and Nilan Chaudhuri (tabla). Held at the solstice and equinox, the concerts—and gatherings afterward—are designed to bring people together in a convivial setting around music which delights, inspires, and elevates the soul.
Liberating Places
Join Host Cassandra Lynn Ferrera with Rako Fabionar as they share about how they are personally and professionally engaging in place-based liberation work—and how the kinds of wayfinding and inhabited learning they are exploring to grow and deepen kinship might be of service to other place-based and bioregional projects.
Walk, Dream, Write: Writing Workshop
Join us for writing, dreaming, and discussion about the earth around us in this culminating event with our 2025 summer visiting scholar Craig Chalquist.
Dreaming the Soul of the Earth: Re-imagination as a Remedy for Our Times
In this conversation with 2025 Summer Visiting Scholar Craig Chalquist, Host Susan Grelock Yusem talks with Craig about how we can approach land with curiosity and how we can work with our imagination to re-envision our relationship with the land all around us.
Imagination as a Tool of Wisdom and Transformation
In this introductory lecture from Summer 2025 Visiting Scholar Craig Chalquist, meet him, and learn how imagination has been used in various traditions as a source of wisdom and change-making. To prepare for this lecture, bring an example of a dream with some aspect of nature in it. What about this dream inspires(d) you? How has that inspiration changed you?
The Plants Know, but Do We? Healing Ourselves by Healing the Earth
Join us for conversation and a ritual on the Commonweal land with author and spiritual advisor Yeye Teish and host Cassandra Ferrera, director of Commonweal’s Center for Ethical Land Transition.