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  • John Paul Lederach with Host Serena Bian

    The Art of Peacebuilding: Haiku, Accompaniment, and Courageous Love

    Join Host Serena Bian and international peacebuilder John Paul Lederach in exploring questions about how—in a world filled with animosity—we can choose courageous love.

  • Jeanine Canty and Host Susan Grelock Yusem

    Bridging Mind and Nature

    During this second event with our visiting scholar Jeanine Canty, we will look at our various notions of self—ecological, multicultural, and transpersonal—and engage in some experiences and reflections that embody this. Meet our visiting scholar, and join the conversation about mind and healing.

  • Jeanine Canty

    Reclaiming Wildness: Integrating Self Through Practice

    Within this introductory lecture with our visiting scholar Jeanine Canty, we will dive into the dualities within the western human’s psyche in order to reclaim our ecological and transpersonal identities and to access pathways for healing. Meet our visiting scholar, and join the conversation about mind and healing.

  • Michelle Jacques and Matt Berkeley

    Afternoon of Gospel and Jazz

    Join us for an afternoon of Gospel and Jazz the next in our series of sacred music celebrations at Commonweal.

  • Arthur Colman with Host Michael Lerner

    A Life Immersed in the Imaginal

  • Francis Weller and Anderson Cooper

    Tending the Soul in Uncertain Times

    Join us along the wild coast of California, for an afternoon of dialogue, community, and ritual with author and soul activist, Francis Weller, and host of the All There Is podcast and CNN commentator, Anderson Cooper. This event was held live in September 2025 as a conversation and community grief ritual.

  • Ray Dorsey, Ted Schettler, and Host Kristin Schafer

    CHE Café: Why Parkinson’s Disease Is Preventable

    In this CHE Café conversation hosted by CHE Director Kristin Schafer, we will explore new approaches to Parkinson’s disease prevention. We will hear from Dr. Ray Dorsey, a co-author of The Parkinson’s Plan, and Dr. Ted Schettler, longtime researcher of environmental influences on aging and co-creator of Sam’s Story, the Story of Health ebook on environmental drivers of cognitive decline.

  • Christine Tulis

    Opening the Gate of the Heart: An Afternoon of Celtic Harp

    Join us for a special concert of original sacred music to free your imagination and open your heart to the celestial sounds of the Celtic harp. Christine Tulis shares songs inspired by the poetry of Rumi, other mystical saints, and her personal inner experiences. 

  • Shodo Harada Roshi, Chisan Storandt, Host Michael Lerner

    The Way of the Buddha

    Join us for a unique and precious experience of the Buddhist truth, the Buddhist way, and the Buddhist community with Shodo Harada Roshi and Chisan Storandt.

  • Jeffrey J. Kripal and Host Michael Lerner

    The Secret Body (Series)

    In this series, Author and Professor Jeffrey J. Kripal talks with Host Michael Lerner about his body of work—more than 13 groundbreaking books about the mystical and the erotic, the relationship of mind and matter, and parapsychological phenomena.

  • Anne and Terry Symens-Bucher with Host Serena Bian

    The Courage to Love: Building Community through the Work that Reconnects

  • Mind and Spirit

    Mend Your Mind and Reinhabit Your Greater Self with Visiting Scholar Jeanine Canty

  • Jerry Millhon and Host Elin Stebbins Waldal

    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.

  • Rachel Remen and Host Irwin Keller

    Life Wisdom from a Lifelong Healer

  • Manik Khan and Nilan Chaudhuri

    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.