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Shilpa Jain with Host Serena Bian
Beyond Cancel Culture: on Healing, Conflict, and Community
Join Host Serena Bian with community builder, facilitator, and writer Shilpa Jain for a conversation exploring how conflict can bring us into greater clarity, purpose, and alignment.
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Jessica Dunne
Subplots
Join us on October 18 for a reception for artist Jessica Dunne. Her show is in Gallery Commonweal October 6 through January 2.
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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.
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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 help things “glisten.” The conversation will explore ways to accompany communities to bring forward their deepest sense of their nature and purpose, as well as the “glowing” aspect of what can be fully lived into.
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Anne and Terry Symens-Bucher with Host Serena Bian
The Courage to Love: Building Community through the Work that Reconnects
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Jeanine Canty
Bridging Dualities with Nature and Self
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.
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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.
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Mind and Spirit
Mend Your Mind and Reinhabit Your Greater Self with Visiting Scholar Jeanine Canty
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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.
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Rachel Remen and Host Irwin Keller
Life Wisdom from a Lifelong Healer
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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.
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Susan Page Tillett
The Labyrinth Within: A Metaphor for Our Life’s Journey
In the sacred geometry of the Commonweal Labyrinth—designed and built by alumni of our Commonweal Cancer Help Program—discover how the simple act of placing one foot before the other becomes a meditation on patience, trust, and letting go.
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Rako Fabionar and Host Cassandra Ferrera
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.
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Visiting Scholar Craig Chalquist
Walk, Dream, Write: Writing Workshop
Join us for writing, dreaming, and discussion about the earth around us in this culminating event with our spring 2025 visiting scholar Craig Chalquist.
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