Storytelling for Thriving Communities: A Spiritual Biography

Join host Michael Lerner for an exploration of Jerry Millhon’s life and work—his life journey to founding Thriving Communities and the many other projects he helped found or nourish in a life dedicated to service.
CHE Café: Protecting Scientists from Industry Intimidation

At a time when strong, independent science is more important than ever, corporations are ramping up attacks on scientists in the environmental health field. In this conversation, Dr. Lisa Bero and Dr. Lariah Edwards will share their own stories of industry intimidation, and reflect on steps needed to protect researchers and maintain scientific integrity. Hosted by CHE Director Kristin Schafer.
What Does Love Have To Do With It? Bringing Mystery to Peacebuilding, Part 3

In this series, join Host Serena Bian in speaking with three people who bear witness to the best and worst of humanity, holding a courageous moral imagination. Working and witnessing the front lines of injustice, war, climate change, these peacebuilders, mystics, and storytellers hold space for the miraculous to emerge, refusing to be bound by a perceived reality of “what is possible.”
Festival of Sacred Music

Join us for the first in a series of sacred music celebrations at Commonweal, designed to elevate the soul and be a source of inspiration and delight for the months in between concerts. In this first concert of the series, join us in welcoming pianist Maryliz Smith, who brings pieces of her own composition as well as other inspiring and sacred music.
What Does Love Have To Do With It? Bringing Mystery to Peacebuilding, Part 2

In this series, join Host Serena Bian in speaking with three people who bear witness to the best and worst of humanity, holding a courageous moral imagination. Working and witnessing the front lines of injustice, war, climate change, these peacebuilders, mystics, and storytellers hold space for the miraculous to emerge, refusing to be bound by a perceived reality of “what is possible.”
Welcome, Wild Times: Conversation with Resilience Leaders in the Global South

In session number three of our Wild Times conversation series, join Host Michael Lerner in conversation with Anabella Museri and Sofia Nemenmann from Asociación Argentina de Abogados/as Ambientalistas/Colectivo de Acción por la Justicia Ecosocial in Argentina.
Things As It Is, A Roving Discussion of Zen in the Vernacular, Crow Poetry, and Beyond

Join Host Steve Heilig as we bring back author, actor, and local celebrity Peter Coyote to Commonweal New School to talk about Peter’s recent books—Zen in the Vernacular: Things As It Is, and Tongue of A Crow—and ramble across many other topics.
Welcome, Wild Times: Conversation with Resilience Leaders in the Global South

Join Host Michael Lerner in conversation with Manisha Gupta from Start Up! in India in part 2 of our series talking with the co-creators of Commonweal’s Omega Resilience Awards global resilience community.
What Does Love Have To Do With It? Bringing Mystery to Peacebuilding, Part 1

In this series, join Host Serena Bian in speaking with those who bear witness to the best and worst of humanity, holding a courageous moral imagination. Working and witnessing the front lines of injustice, war, climate change, these peacebuilders, mystics, and storytellers hold space for the miraculous to emerge, refusing to be bound by a perceived reality of “what is possible.”