In our inaugural session of the Waking Up in the World online event, Tami Simon speaks with CNN correspondent and Dream Corps founder Van Jones. Together they explore a much-needed convergence between spirituality and activism, as well as the very real challenges posed by our current political climate and our potential to create change. Jones also provides a powerful perspective on how we must break out of “resistance bubbles” and build our capacity to be with differing views. This inspirational and instructive conversation is not to be missed. Highlights include:

• The need for spiritual people to become more active, and active people to become more spiritual
• Building a tolerance for difference—how to stay true to your values without succumbing to outrage and exhaustion
• The recent rise in hate groups and the creation of a #lovearmy
• Courage, power, and soulfulness—coming together to create real change

Van Jones, host of The Van Jones Show on CNN, is president and founder of the nonprofit Dream Corps, which houses the following initiatives: #cut50, #YesWeCode, #GreenForAll, and #LoveArmy. Van has led a number of other justice enterprises, including the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights and Color of Change. A Yale-educated attorney, Van has written three New York Times bestsellers, including his most recent book, Beyond the Messy Truth: How We Came Apart, How We Come Together. Van has earned many honors, such as the World Economic Forum's “Young Global Leader” designation, Rolling Stone's “12 Leaders Who Get Things Done,” Fast Company's “12 Most Creative Minds on Earth,” and Time's “100 Most Influential People in the World.” He is a correspondent for CNN and a regular guest on political talk shows.

We have a deeply conditioned habit in our individual and collective psyches of making others wrong, fixating on “bad others.” For us to evolve and move toward a more peaceful and loving world, we need to release this trance of blame and bring a deep and caring presence to the vulnerability and intrinsic goodness in all beings. Through didactic presentation, stories, and reflections, this session explores how we get imprisoned in the habit of blame and the ways that the practices of mindfulness and compassion can free us. Highlights include:

• The suffering of separation—how mistrust and fear are sustained by the habit of blame
• Beginning to release the armoring around your heart
• Learning to bring a compassionate presence to the unconscious, unmet needs that drive you
• Freedom from trance—recognize the vulnerability and sacredness that lives in others and all beings

Bonus Content:

1. “Holding Hands: Living Compassion” (PDF)—A chapter excerpted from True Refuge
2. “Facing My White Privilege” (PDF)—An article excerpted from Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Quarterly

Tara Brach, PhD, has been practicing and teaching meditation since 1975, as well as leading Buddhist meditation retreats at centers throughout North America. She is a clinical psychologist, the founder of the Insight Meditation Community of Washington (IMCW), and the author of Radical Acceptance and True Refuge.

Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés, one of our most revered and wise elders, uses her stories and decades-long experiences in the trenches of post-trauma recovery work to help us step into our callings as helper-healers and change-makers. Dr. Estés says, “We are living now in 'a cruel Spring,' a hazardous time wherein New Life will rise again, but requires our navigating through jagged ice melts and treacherous weathers. All in order to plant well, to watch over our best 'heritage seeds'—these being life-giving, life-sparing ways to strive to hold all with decency: human beings, creatures, air, land, water. To ever replant that which cannot be allowed to perish from the face of our Earth.” This program is about retrieving hope and igniting action. As Dr. Estés gently but fiercely encourages us: “We were made for these times.” Highlights include:

• Explore not just the why or what, but the actual how of making a difference
• Dr. Estés personal story of coming into her role as a change agent
• The need for fierce love in creating the world we want to see
• Ways to start helping right now—whether personal, grassroots, or political

Bonus Content:

1. “How to Silence a Woman” (PDF)—A poem written by Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés

Clarissa Pinkola Estés, PhD, is a lifelong activist, post-trauma recovery specialist, psychoanalyst for 48 years, and journalist covering stories of human suffering and hope. She served Columbine High School and community for three years after the massacre, and continues tending to 9/11 survivor families on both coasts. Dr. Estés is also a frequent human rights testifier before state and federal legislatures. As a Mestiza Latina (Mexican Spanish/Native American) presently in her seventies, she grew up in a war-torn country with immigrant, refugee, deportee families who could not read nor write, English being their third language overlying ancient natal tongues. The first generation of her family to complete grade school, high school, and college, her works are published in 40 languages. Dr. Estés was the first recipient of the Joseph Campbell Keeper of the Lore Award. Her activism has been recognized by the President's Medal for Social Justice from Union Graduate School and the Las Primeras Award (First of Her Kind) from the Mexican-American Women's Foundation in Washington, DC.

Writer and activist Dr. Parker J. Palmer has long been at the forefront of applying grassroots efforts for improving the democratic process. In this session, Parker speaks with Tami Simon about the current state of national politics and what we can do on both micro and macro levels to improve the situation. Parker notes that even though it may seem as if anger rules the day, “It's not actually the politics of rage; it's the politics of the brokenhearted.” Here, Parker teaches us that it's how we react to the million heartbreaks of everyday life that dictates the energy we put out into the world—and ultimately the health of our society as a whole. Highlights include:

• Recognizing inherent privilege and learning how to mindfully apply its advantages
• The ways in which the heart breaks
• Why periods of tension and distress can also be revelatory
• The difference between righteous and self-righteous anger

Bonus Content:

1. An excerpt from On the Brink of Everything: Grace, Gravity & Getting Old (PDF)

Parker J. Palmer, PhD, is a writer, speaker, activist, and founder and senior partner emeritus of the Center for Courage & Renewal. His wisdom has reached millions worldwide through his 10 books, including the bestselling Healing the Heart of Democracy and The Courage to Teach. Palmer holds a PhD in sociology from the University of California at Berkeley, along with 13 honorary doctorates. In 2010, Palmer was given the William Rainey Harper Award, and in 2017, the Shalem Institute in Washington, DC, gave Palmer its annual Contemplative Voices Award for his contributions to helping “others live from the divine wellspring of compassion, strength, and authentic vision.”

Racially homogeneous spaces are becoming less and less appealing, and they are in opposition to true transformation. The richness of multicultural voices at the table is critical to creating the world we all hope for. In this workshop, you’ll open your natural curiosity, free your heart, and learn some important steps toward building multicultural groups and communities. Highlights include:

• Key elements in multicultural interactions
• How to face the fear of saying the wrong thing in multicultural settings
• What “privilege” really is and how to use it positively
• The joy of leaving your comfort zone to find personal liberation

Konda Mason is a social entrepreneur, activist, and spiritual teacher. Her work is fueled by a passion to create a world that is environmentally regenerative, spiritually fulfilling, and socially and economically just. In addition to being a certified Kripalu yoga teacher and Vipassana meditation teacher, Mason has cofounded several successful business projects, including Impact Hub Oakland, the annual COCAP (Community Capital) conference, and Jubilee, LLC. An avid earth activist, Mason leads annual ecotourism trips to the Amazon in order to wake people up to become active stewards of this vital ecosystem.

Join Seane in this lively and inspired conversation on what it means to advocate for social change from the inside out, our role as conscious leaders, and how to engage our communities during these complicated times with awareness, compassion, and mindful action. Because stress and trauma live in the body, yoga practice is a perfect opportunity to confront and change some of the patterns that keep us stuck and suffering. When we change on an individual level, we are changing the collective level. If you're interested in seeing the world become a more healed and integrated place, curious about your own personal contribution, or overwhelmed by the state of the world, this session will offer insights and practices that can provide guidance, lead toward purpose, and ultimately inspire you to be the change you wish to see.

• How to bridge the gap between yoga, transformation, social justice, and action
• Understanding the mind-body connection and the impact of trauma on our health, wellness, and reactivity to crisis and conflict
• What it means to be a conscious leader and ally in the world today

Seane Corn is an internationally celebrated yoga teacher known for her impassioned activism, unique self-expression, and inspirational style of teaching. Featured in commercials, magazines, NPR, and Oprah.com, Seane now utilizes her national platform to bring awareness to global humanitarian issues. Since 2007, she has been training leaders of activism through her cofounded organization Off the Mat Into the World^®. Seane is also cofounder of the Seva Challenge Humanitarian Tours, which have raised almost $4 million since 2007. Her self-authored DVDs are available through Gaiam and Yoga Journal, as well as her most recent groundbreaking three-DVD set The Yoga of Awakening through Sounds True. She is currently working on her first book. For more, visit seanecorn.com.

We live in uncertain times. How can we keep our hearts open and wise without being lost in the confusion and fears presented to us daily? How can we serve our community and our world with loving awareness and act with the gracious spirit of the bodhisattva? Join Jack Kornfield, bestselling author and cofounder of the Insight Meditation Society, for an important and nourishing conversation. Jack will explore:

• Practices for tending the heart and setting our inner compass
• The power of our highest intention and the joy of the bodhisattva
• Skills for peace amidst all that is happening

Bonus Content:

1. Setting the Compass of Your Heart (audio)—A 10-minute guided meditation to reaffirm the direction of your heart
2. Shared Compassion (audio)—A 20-minute guided meditation to connect with your compassion for loved ones, friends, yourself, community members, and all beings

Jack Kornfield, PhD, trained as a Buddhist monk in Thailand, Burma, and India, and has taught worldwide since 1974. He is one of the key teachers to introduce Buddhist mindfulness practices to the West. He holds a PhD in clinical psychology and is the cofounder of the Insight Meditation Society and of Spirit Rock Center in Woodacre, California. His books include The Wise Heart; After the Ecstasy, the Laundry; and many others.

In this interview, Sounds True founder Tami Simon speaks with leading eco-philosopher, activist, and Buddhist scholar Joanna Macy. They discuss the need for hope in times of chaos and dissolution, as well as how hope is something we do rather than just feel. They consider apathy as a refusal to face the inevitability of suffering and why the state of the environment can be especially heartbreaking. Finally, Tami and Joanna talk about our relationship with the earth as a natural birthright—one that is actually the source of all our energy and joy. Highlights include:

• The earth as not just alive, but an extension of our bodies
• “The Great Turning”—which way will we go?
• Hope versus optimism, and choosing to participate in our own evolution

Joanna Macy, PhD, is a longtime activist and Buddhist scholar who has been at the forefront of movements for social justice and environmentalism for more than five decades. She founded the Work That Reconnects Network and has written many books, including World as Lover, World as Self.

“Waking up,” reflects Adyashanti, “is a fundamental alteration in the way we perceive ourselves—in who and what we take ourselves to be.” And this shift can make all the difference in how we bring our truest beliefs into action. Join Adyashanti to explore:

• Moving from “goodness” to “wholeness”—why we need to question our abstract, utopian visions and stay focused on helping others in our actions
• How vulnerability and undiluted clarity help us embrace our shadow dimensions, such as rage and despair
• Bringing our higher “soul values”—including truth and love—to the real-world problems that surround us

Bonus Content:

1. “Be What You Want the World to Become” (audio)—An episode from Moments of Grace discussing the importance of taking small but consistent actions toward your dreams and aspirations

Adyashanti is an American-born spiritual teacher devoted to serving the awakening of all beings. His teachings are an open invitation to stop, inquire, and recognize what is true and liberating at the core of all existence. His books include Emptiness Dancing, The End of Your World, True Meditation, The Way of Liberation, and Falling into Grace. Asked to teach in 1996 by his Zen teacher of 14 years, Adyashanti offers teachings that are free of any tradition or ideology. For more information, visit adyashanti.org.

Rhonda V. Magee is an internationally recognized thought and practice leader focused on integrating mindfulness into higher education, law, and social justice. In this moving conversation and training session, Rhonda speaks with Kriste Peoples in the wake of yet another fatal mass shooting in the United States. Rhonda helps us explore ways to engage with the feelings of outrage, exhaustion, and fearfulness that often peak after such events and guides listeners through a powerful guided practice for healing. Topics include:

• Meeting all of life with “friendly awareness”—not as bypassing or denial, but as cultivating a capacity to be with what is
• Awareness practices as keys to personal, interpersonal, and collective transformation in the face of challenge and opportunity
• Disrupting the harm done by our biases and building multicultural communities
• Reckoning with the suffering caused by bias in general, and creating a pathway to healing and redemption

Rhonda V. Magee, MA, JD, is a professor of law at the University of San Francisco and a leading voice on bringing mindfulness into education, the legal system, and social justice. A fellow of the Mind and Life Institute, she recently served on its Steering Council. She is a member of the Board of Advisors of the University of Massachusetts Center for Mindfulness and the Board of Directors for the Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute.

In this session, Leon discusses his incredible journey around the world—one that relied solely on the kindness of others. What these Good Samaritans didn't know is that as they gave from their hearts, they would be given life-changing gifts. From a sending a homeless man back to school to building a house for a HIV-diagnosed mom in Cambodia, these gifts were Leon's way of giving back. Leon's journey will inspire you to recognize your own potential and give back in any way you can. He'll discuss his long trek out of the corporate world and into the life he was always meant to live: real, raw, rewarding. In this refreshing presentation, you'll explore:

• The power of helping someone feel less alone
• How kindness can change your life forever
• How you can change the world one kind act at a time

Bonus Content:

1. “The Mojo Diaries: How a Dangerous and Hilarious Journey Changed Everything” (PDF)—A pithy guide on how to get your mojo back!
2. An excerpt from Live, Love, Explore: Discover the Way of the Traveler: A Roadmap to the Life You Were Meant to Live (PDF)

Leon Logothetis is a global adventurer, motivational speaker, and philanthropist—though it wasn't always that way. He used to be a broker in the city of London where he felt uninspired and chronically depressed. He gave it all up for a life on the road. This radical life change was sparked by the inspirational movie The Motorcycle Diaries. To date, Leon has visited more than 90 countries and has traveled to every continent. His show The Kindness Diaries is streaming on Netflix. His books include Amazing Adventures of a Nobody, The Kindness Diaries, and Live, Love, Explore.

As our world grapples with the ever-widening gap of the “haves” and “have nots,” many of us struggle with the moral dilemma of making money while also wanting to make a difference. Is it OK to be spiritual and profitable? Is it wrong to want more than just having your basic needs met when so many other people are struggling? We’ll investigate all this and more. Highlights include:

• Understand your personal relationship with the current economy
• Discover your unique internal dialogue associated with money and business
• Identify the most influential messages that have shaped your financial reality
• Cultivate a new definition for success that feels more aligned with your values and desired impact

Rha Goddess is the entrepreneurial soul coach behind hundreds of breakthrough change-makers, cultural visionaries, and social entrepreneurs. From multiple New York Times bestsellers to multimillion-dollar social enterprises, Rha's unique methodology has empowered a new generation of conscious entrepreneurs to stay true, get paid, and do good. Her work has been featured in numerous publications, including Time, Variety, Essence, and Forbes, among others. A sought-after speaker, Rha has presented at Bioneers, TedXBroadStreet, Emerging Women, and more. As CEO of Move The Crowd, Rha is galvanizing a movement of one million entrepreneurs dedicated to reimagining “work” as a vehicle for creative expression, financial freedom, and societal transformation. Visit movethecrowd.me.

In this session, we're joined by Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor, whose TED Talk, “My Stroke of Insight”, was the first-ever TED Talk to go viral. When Dr. Bolte Taylor suffered a severe hemorrhage in the left half of her brain, she was left unable to walk, talk, read, write, or recall any of her life. She also lost all perception of the boundaries of where she began and ended, experiencing an enveloping feeling of deep inner peace, which she describes as ”feeling at one with the universe.“ Dr. Bolte Taylor now focuses much of her teaching on how we are neurologically wired to experience deep inner peace. This session explores:

• How our society tends to be overly focused on using the left brain—we must balance this to create a whole-brained approach
• We have the power to choose who and how we want to be in the world
• The call for each of us to take responsibility for the world we live in
• How changing our brains just might change everything

Jill Bolte Taylor, PhD, is a Harvard-trained neuroanatomist who experienced a severe stroke in the left half of her brain that gave her a new perspective on life. Dr. Bolte Taylor's TED Talk on her experience has been viewed over 20 million times and her memoir My Stroke of Insight spent 17 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. Dr. Bolte Taylor was chosen as one of Time magazine's “100 Most Influential People in the World,” and she was the premier guest on Oprah's SuperSoul series.

Many of us struggle with anger and aggression. Sometimes we are aware of our anger, but often we are out of touch with how anger manifests in most parts of our lives. Historically and of late, we have witnessed how anger often gives way to violence. Unfortunately, we seem to be surrounded by this negative energy in our homes, our workplaces, and our schools. In this powerful session, you'll explore anger as a teacher, learning to harness the energy of this powerful state. Highlights include:

• Working with the energy of anger in our mindfulness and spiritual practices so we may transform it
• The role of love in taking care of our anger
• Exploring the relationship between anger and woundedness
• How we can healthily channel our anger into social justice

Bonus Content:

1. Self-Preservation for Queer Folx (audio)—A dharma talk on strategies for loving self-care, resistance and liberation, and how spiritual and healing practices can have a positive impact on our LGBTQ communities
2. Metabolizing Anger in the Body (audio)—A guided practice to support the necessary processing of anger that we hold and that often gets trapped in our bodies

Lama Rod Owens, MDiv, is an author, activist, lover, and Lama (Buddhist teacher) in the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism. He is the guiding teacher for the Radical Dharma Boston Collective, a teacher at Inward Bound Mindfulness Education, and a visiting teacher with Natural Dharma Fellowship, the Brooklyn Zen Center, and Against the Stream Boston. He holds an MDiv in Buddhist ministry from Harvard Divinity School, where he was a Hopkins Shareholder. Lama Rod is the coauthor of Radical Dharma: Talking Race, Love, and Liberation, and is a founding teacher for the Awaken meditation app, which offers meditations and contemplations focused on social change. He is a regular guest on SiriusXM's Urban View, where he explores the integration of contemporary Buddhism and black urban life. For more information, visit lamarod.com.

In this session, Matthew Fox discusses the importance of reconnecting with the sacred in a technological world. Drawing on many faith traditions, Matthew shares how working with difficult emotions can awaken new energies in us and how specific practices can deepen our connection with the sacred. He also shares a newly forming movement called the Order of the Sacred Earth. Join Matthew to learn:

• How working with anger and grief can awaken our creativity
• How practices like gratitude can bring renewal and courage
• The power of taking a vow to defend and protect Mother Earth
• How to discover your unique contribution in today's world

Bonus Content:

1. Excerpts from Order of the Sacred Earth (Published by Monkfish Book Publishing Company, Rhinebeck, NY) (PDF)—Matthew Fox, Skylar Wilson, and Jen Listug present their “intergenerational vision for love and action“
2. An excerpt from The Lotus and the Rose: A Conversation Between Tibetan Buddhism and Mystical Christianity—From a filmed series of conversations; for more from Matthew Fox and Lama Tsomo, please visit the Namchak Foundation

Matthew Fox, PhD, has been called a maverick, a rebel, and by some a heretic. Drawing on many traditions, Matthew shares how we can honor the sacredness of all creation. He has worked closely with Native spiritual leaders, feminists, scientists, and activists, getting himself in trouble with his mother church and the pope. He has written 34 books on spirituality and culture, now translated into 67 languages. He is a visiting scholar at the Academy for the Love of Learning and a professor at the new Fox Institute for Creation Spirituality, as well as a cofounder of the Order of the Sacred Earth, a community of people who share one sacred vow: to become the best lovers and defenders of Mother Earth that they can.

We live in unstable times, times when fear and hatred have become a political force. And yet these times contain within them the possibility for a new future—one where we are released from the shackles of fear and able to bring love and decency back into our politics. In this session, Marianne Williamson shares the need for whole-person politics and a deeper, more nuanced understanding of our national stories. Highlights include:

• The need to protect our children now, rather than wait for them to grow up and right the wrongs we've created
• Restoring a sense of dignity and positive direction in our politics
• What if, instead of running the government like a business, we ran it like a family?
• Doing the hard work of mending our bridges

Marianne Williamson is an internationally acclaimed author and lecturer. For the last 35 years, she has been one of America's most well-known public voices, having been a popular guest on television programs such as The Oprah Winfrey Show, Larry King Live, Good Morning America, and Real Time with Bill Maher. Seven of her 12 published books have been New York Times bestsellers, and four of these were #1. Her mega-bestseller A Return to Love is considered a must-read of the New Spirituality. Marianne also cofounded the Peace Alliance and founded Project Angel Food. Marianne is currently on her Love America Tour, articulating an evolutionary wave of new possibility as principles of higher consciousness are brought to bear on our politics

Rap saved his life, but the focus on material pursuit led him to leave the industry. In this session, we’re joined by Prince Ea, an artist known for his powerful spoken-word videos, which have over a billion views on YouTube and Facebook. Prince Ea shares his own journey of following his bliss to pursue the spiritual teachings of the ancients, and how he returned to his original love of writing lyrics that inspire us to create a better world. Highlights include:

• The importance of spending real time with people, not succumbing to the numbing effects of technology
• Tuning in to the truth in our hearts, even as we remain aware of the very real social, cultural, and racial issues that plague us
• Engaging life from a place of love—it is the root of all things, and only love has the power to save us

Richard Williams, or Prince Ea, is a rapper, spoken-word artist, and passionate environmentalist. His videos focus on the power of individual growth and the importance of sustainable lifestyles. By producing creative, inspirational, and thought-provoking content, he has touched the hearts, minds, and souls of millions of people worldwide. Last year, he was featured in one of Oprah's SuperSoul 100 posts. Today, Prince Ea continues to make waves with his message of spiritual unity. When he’s not creating, he speaks at conferences and gives lectures to high school and university students nationwide on the topics of self-development, living your passion, and the importance of being motivated and engaged in the classroom.

Is the idea of “evil” a bygone notion of little relevance in our modern age of rationality and neuroscience? How about calling on the power of invisible forces like “angels” in times of need but denying the existence of “demons”? Caroline Myss has never turned away from such questions. In this thought- and soul-provoking talk, she explores:

• Blame, sin, honesty, confession, and conscience—the very real power of words to manifest good and evil in the world
• Between our “caterpillar” and “butterfly” stages—how both vulnerability and possibility are now arising globally in the transition from our old myths to new ones
• Tapping into our “high-voltage, spiritual-sensory perceptual systems,” so crucial in guiding our collective future; and many other topics

Bonus Content:

1. The Discipline of Gratitude During Challenging Times (audio)—A teaching by Caroline Myss on the discipline of living in gratitude, even when you're not feeling it

Caroline Myss is the author of four New York Times bestsellers: Anatomy of the Spirit, Sacred Contracts, Invisible Acts of Power, and Why People Don't Heal and How They Can. A leading voice in the field of energy medicine and human consciousness, she holds degrees in journalism, theology, intuition, and energy medicine. She has appeared on two highly successful public television programs and on The Oprah Winfrey Show.

How can you keep going when you want to numb out? In this conversation with Tami Simon, Glennon Doyle shares her journey from writing about family and faith to becoming a leading activist for civil and human rights. She shares the importance of resting versus quitting, as well as how we must allow our emotions to inspire action. She explores not only Christianity's long history with activism and helping those who are hurting, but also the struggles many encounter when searching for a church that truly represents their values. Glennon also dives headfirst into the delicate balance of asking white women to show up as empowered change-makers while at the same time to recognize where their privilege might be blinding them. Highlights include:

• The civil rights movement past and present—what do our current actions say about us?
• The revolutionary power in women not asking for permission or explaining themselves
• Anger as a signal—something is demanding you take action
• Finding joy, beauty, and hope in the chaos of the world

Bonus Content:

1. A chapter from Love Warrior, Glennon Doyle's #1 New York Times bestselling memoir (PDF)

Glennon Doyle is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Love Warrior, a 2016 Oprah's Book Club selection, as well as the bestseller Carry On, Warrior. She is the founder and president of Together Rising, a nonprofit organization that has raised $9 million for women, families, and children in crisis. An activist, speaker, and thought leader, Glennon was named among OWN Network's SuperSoul 100 inaugural group as one of 100 “awakened leaders who are using their voices and talent to elevate humanity.” Follow @glennondoyle to experience her shameless and hilarious writing about faith, family, mental health, addiction, recovery, social justice, and connection.

A living legend whose career as a university professor, author, environmental activist, and media personality has spanned nearly 60 years, David Suzuki is now 82 and reflecting on his legacy, his future, and the state of the world. In this interview with Kriste Peoples, Dr. Suzuki has much to say about the impact of his life's work, the deep challenges facing modern societies, and the unfortunately dire prognosis of global climate change. He speaks on how we prioritize human-made concepts such as nation-states, corporations, and economic philosophies over the undeniable necessities of life: sustainably clean air, water, soil, and energy. Highlights include:

• How Dr. Suzuki's early life experiences led to a lifelong career working for all of humanity
• The responsibility of elders to speak truth to power
• Why Dr. Suzuki believes the environmental movement has largely failed to achieve its long-term goals
• Safeguarding the invaluable environmental wisdom of indigenous peoples from around the world

David Suzuki, PhD, is a scientist, broadcaster, author, and cofounder of the David Suzuki Foundation and is widely recognized as a world leader in sustainable ecology. Dr. Suzuki is professor emeritus at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver and holds 29 honorary degrees from universities around the world. He is familiar to television audiences as host of the CBC science and natural history television series The Nature of Things and to radio audiences as the original host of CBC Radio's Quirks & Quarks. Dr. Suzuki has received numerous awards for his work, including a UNESCO prize for science and a United Nations Environment Programme medal. For his support of Canada's indigenous peoples, Dr. Suzuki has been honored with eight names and formal adoption by three First Nations. His written work includes more than 55 books, 19 of them for children. For more, visit davidsuzuki.org.

Join Eckhart Tolle as he answers questions about our current political climate, our ecological crisis, and the simultaneous rise of both consciousness and unconsciousness. Eckhart teaches us the importance of taking action, but allowing it to arise from Presence rather than from fear or anger. He also discusses the need for us to be willing to see the world through the eyes of those we oppose. Join Eckhart as he explores:

• How life takes us out of our comfort zones, including entire groups
• The ecological crisis and how we must take action to change how we live on this planet
• The difference between focused thinking and useless thinking as well as how each relates to the present moment
• Growing our consciousness and shortening the cycles of unconscious reaction

Eckhart Tolle is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Power of Now (translated into 33 languages) and the highly acclaimed follow-up A New Earth, which are widely regarded as two of the most influential spiritual books of our time. Eckhart's profound yet simple teachings have already helped countless people throughout the world find inner peace and greater fulfillment in their lives. At the core of the teachings lies the transformation of consciousness, a spiritual awakening that he sees as the next step in human evolution.

We need righteous bravery to transform our society during challenging times. Social, spiritual, and physical violence won’t stop until each and every one of us is audacious enough to take ownership of building a more just world by tackling the root causes of systems that perpetuate violence, hate, and injustice within our institutions and culture. Join Jamia Wilson to explore how we can powerfully and gracefully amplify our voices to transform our culture and ignite change in our communities. We’ll discuss:

• How to rise together through storytelling
• Creating a joyful resistance
• Caring for our communities
• The art of radical solidarity

Jamia Wilson is the director of the Feminist Press. Wilson has contributed to the New York Times, Glamour, Elle, The Today Show, CNN, BBC, and more. She is the author of Young, Gifted, and Black: Meet 52 Black Heroes from Past and Present and wrote the oral history in Together We Rise: Behind the Scenes at the Protest Heard Around the World. She coauthored Road Map for Revolutionaries: Resistance, Activism, and Advocacy for All, which will be released in September.

In this conversation, Tami Simon speaks with Fr. Richard Rohr, founder of the Center for Action and Contemplation. Together, they explore how we can cultivate a more sustainable approach to creating change and helping others, particularly those in marginalized groups. Drawing from his background in Christian mysticism and the teachings of Saint Francis, Fr. Richard shares how deep contemplation can lead to an alternative consciousness, one where the ego can let go so you can open to your experiences in new ways. He also explores how to cultivate a healthier relationship with your emotions—particularly the outrage so many of us are experiencing on a daily basis. Highlights include:

• How the younger generation of today is even more prepared and motivated to make a difference
• The dangers of becoming the loyal opposition—righteousness and resistance create more of the same
• Are you using your anger as a teacher, or has it become an addiction that's using you?
• Order, disorder, and reorder: how we find true freedom

Bonus Content:

1. Loss Is Not Real, There Is Only Transformation (audio)—In this selection, Fr. Richard Rohr teaches us that although we perceive loss as affliction, it is simply a gateway into transformation and eternity
2. Moving Outside of What We are Comfortable With (audio)—A teaching about moving outside of our comfort zones and the mystery of the Divine

Richard Rohr, OFM, is a globally recognized ecumenical teacher bearing witness to the universal awakening within Christian mysticism and the Perennial Tradition. He is a Franciscan priest of the New Mexico Province and the founder of the Center for Action and Contemplation (CAC) in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Fr. Richard's teaching is grounded in the Franciscan alternative orthodoxy—practices of contemplation and self-emptying, expressing itself in radical compassion, particularly for the socially marginalized. Fr. Richard is the author of numerous books, his newest being The Divine Dance: The Trinity and Your Transformation (with Mike Morrell). Fr. Richard is academic dean of the Living School for Action and Contemplation, which aims to produce compassionate and powerfully learned individuals who will work for positive change in the world based on awareness of our common union with God and all beings. Follow @RichardRohrOFM on Twitter.

The compassion and wisdom of mindfulness invite us into the experience that community is not just possible, but that it is necessary for our spiritual growth and path—and that it is, most times, a difficult thing to accomplish. Building community is not a luxury. It is not a hobby. It is a dire necessity in the intensities of this current world. The personal and the collective are one and the same awakening. Highlights include:

• The community as an internal and external spiritual practice
• Relationship and safety as components of mindfulness
• Shifting the dynamics of difference and “breaking together,” rather than “breaking apart”

Larry Yang teaches mindfulness and lovingkindness retreats and has a special interest in creating access to the dharma for diverse, multicultural communities. He has practiced meditation for almost 30 years, with extensive time in Burma and Thailand and a six-month period of ordination as a Buddhist monastic. Larry is on the Teachers Council of Spirit Rock Meditation Center and is a founding teacher at both East Bay Meditation Center (Oakland) and Insight Community of the Desert (Palm Springs). His current focus is training spiritual leadership within communities of color and LGBTQIA communities. Larry was honored for his work in racial justice by being selected as the community's choice for Grand Marshal in the 2016 San Francisco LGBTQIA Pride Parade. His new book is Awakening Together: The Spiritual Practice of Inclusivity and Community. Visit larryyang.org.

In this session, Earth Guardians youth director Xiuhtezcatl Martinez teaches us to find our way in a world where the planet is collapsing, revolution is on the horizon, and the youth are rising to lead the movements that will shape our future. Martinez's generation was born into rapidly changing world. “We are facing total systemic collapse on nearly every level,” he says. “Temperatures are escalating and oceans are rising as violent weather patterns devastate the world my generation will inherit.” But rather than give up hope, Martinez shares how the youth of the world are standing up and joining hearts and hands to make a difference. In this eye-opening and inspirational presentation, Martinez explores:

• Building resilient movements and communities that can overcome our current planetary crisis
• How young people around the globe are facing some of the most powerful industries in the world
• Ways to take action on some of the biggest problems we face today—including changing the face of activism itself

Earth Guardians youth director Xiuhtezcatl Martinez is an 18-year-old indigenous climate activist, hip-hop artist, and powerful voice on the front lines of a global, youth-led environmental movement. At the young age of six, he began speaking around the world, from the Rio+20 United Nations Summit to addressing the General Assembly at the United Nations in New York City. Locally, Xiuhtezcatl has worked to get pesticides out of parks, coal ash contained, and moratoriums placed on fracking. His work has been featured by National Geographic, Rolling Stone, the Guardian, and CNN, among others, and he is the recipient of numerous awards, including the 2013 United States Volunteer Service Award from President Obama.

We are in a potentially terminal world crisis in which all the structures we've created out of our hubris threaten our survival. “And this crisis,” reflects Andrew Harvey, “is showing itself on every level: social, environmental, psychological, and spiritual.” But it is also a birthing crisis—the emergence of a wholly new way of doing and being for humanity. In this dialogue with Jono Fisher, you'll learn more about:

• Sacred Activism: the force created when we merge the light of our mystic's passion with the fire of our activist's heart
• Inspiration and vision from Rumi, Teilhard de Chardin, Saint Francis of Assisi, William Blake, and others
• How heartbreak points the way to your true purpose—and ignites the passion to fulfill that mission
• Why only the greatest crises can awaken the most brilliant and divine within us

Bonus Content:

1. Serving Love (audio)—Andrew discusses the five types of service in love that he teaches as a part of Sacred Activism
2. Embracing All of Humanity (audio)—A selection in which Andrew explores unconditional love and putting love into action in your local community right now

Andrew Harvey is a poet, writer, teacher, and mystic. He is a former fellow at All Souls College, Oxford, and has taught at Cornell University, Hobart College, and the California Institute of Integral Studies. He is the author and editor of many books, including Hidden Journey, The Return of the Mother, A Journey in Ladakh, The Essential Mystics, Son of Man, and his latest book, The Direct Path.

In this session, LaDonna Brave Bull Allard shares the wisdom, experience, and insights she’s gained as a leading force in the movement to prevent the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline. A member of the Standing Rock Sioux, Allard not only founded the first camp in resistance of the pipeline, but she became a key figure in what turned out to be one of the most historic and widespread grassroots movements of our time. Allard teaches the importance of knowing our histories—when we witness yet another repetition of past violence and betrayal, when that which we hold sacred is threatened, we must take a stand. Highlights in this powerful session include:

• The unique and powerful merging of spirit and action in the Dakota Access Pipeline resistance
• The role of social media in increasing attention and connecting people from all over the world
• We need everyone to show up on the front lines—elders and children, women and men—even if you’ve never considered yourself a “warrior”
• Saying yes to a cause and taking action one step at a time

LaDonna Brave Bull Allard is an enrolled member of the Standing Rock Sioux and the former tribal historian. She is the founder of Sacred Stone Camp, the first occupation to oppose the Dakota Access Pipeline. Now that the camps are closed, Allard is returning to her roots as an educator, traveling the country to speak about environmental issues and indigenous rights and to call on international banks to divest from fossil fuel companies that violate indigenous peoples' rights.

In this interview, Jono Fisher speaks with Valarie Kaur about the Revolutionary Love movement, a movement that envisions a world where love is a public ethic. During this very moving conversation, Valarie shares how love is not just a feeling, but a form of sweet labor—fierce, bloody, imperfect, and life-giving. She also shares very practical ways each of us can become part of this movement, which has already gained the support of leading public figures. Join this conversation to learn:

• How we can train our eyes to see each other as brothers and sisters
• Why Valarie's 2016 New Year's Eve talk has been viewed over 30 million times
• The importance of protecting our capacity for joy even in dark times
• How spiritual practice can be the fuel to bring love into our world

Valarie Kaur, JD, is a seasoned civil rights activist, award-winning filmmaker, lawyer, faith leader, prolific speaker, and founder of the Revolutionary Love Project. Born and raised in California's Central Valley where her family settled as Sikh farmers a century ago, Kaur made her first film on hate violence in America when a Sikh family friend was the first person murdered in a hate crime after 9/11. Since then, her story-based advocacy has helped win policy change on hate crimes, racial profiling, immigration detention, marriage equality, and more. In order to equip a new generation of advocates, she founded Groundswell Movement, America's largest multifaith online organizing community. She also founded the Yale Visual Law Project and cofounded Faithful Internet. Recognized as a leading prophetic voice, Kaur has been a senior fellow at Auburn Theological Seminary since 2013 and has degrees from Stanford University, Harvard Divinity School, and Yale Law School. Join the Revolutionary Love Movement at revolutionarylove.net.

When women heal, the world heals. We must get back into our bodies, dance, tell our stories, and disrupt the dominant narrative by using our creative power. In this session, Eve Ensler shares how when she first wrote and performed The Vagina Monologues as a one-woman show, she had no idea that what she was really doing was starting a global movement. Now, over 20 years later, Eve looks at how far we've come—and how far we still need to go in healing the ongoing global violence against women and girls. She also explores what it takes to launch a successful movement for whatever cause you’re passionate about, and how you don’t need to look very far to find a way that you, even as an individual, can make a difference. Highlights include:

• Moving beyond social media and sharing stories—what do we do now that our silence is broken?
• Being more than an ally and the need to examine our own roles in the oppression of others
• Colonization and activism—how to have tough conversations and serve in a way that's truly needed
• Becoming a better steward of your own home, land, and community

Eve Ensler is the Tony Award®-winning playwright, activist, and author of the award-winning phenomenon The Vagina Monologues, published in 48 languages and performed in over 140 countries. Ensler is the founder of V-Day, the 20-year-old global movement to end violence against women and girls, as well as One Billion Rising, the largest global mass action to end violence against women in over 200 countries. She is a regular contributor for the Guardian, which named her among the “100 Most Influential Women,” and she is the recent recipient of the Lortel 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award and a 2018 Lily Award. Her books include Insecure at Last: A Political Memoir and the New York Times bestseller I Am an Emotional Creature.

There has never been a more important moment and the stakes never higher for us to wake up as a species to the name we have given ourselves: Homo Sapiens. Sapiens . . . the species that is aware and knows that it is aware. This is the promise and the potential of the broad cultivation of mindfulness/heartfulness as a meditation practice and as a way of being and of acting in the world. More people are meditating in a deeply committed way—as a love affair with life and an effective antidote to our own ignorance and greed and hatred—than ever before on the planet. People are driven by both the scientific and medical evidence for the effectiveness of mindfulness, and by the stress, pain, and dis-ease that we are all suffering under. These factors are compounded by divisive dystopian forces rising up out of fear of change and of the other, which are especially strong when one has an understandable but too narrow sense of one’s own “identity” as a person or as a community or a nation. In this talk and conversation, we'll explore:

• The potential for developing nondual approaches to social activism
• How to recognize our own tendency toward “othering,” and how to subsume and transform it in the fires our meditation practices
• The necessary, imaginative, and inclusive social actions we must choose to engage in on all fronts
• Current causes for optimism and strong motivation for healing in the face of fear and darkness

Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD, is professor of medicine emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, where he founded the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society in 1995, and its world-renowned Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Clinic in 1979. He is the author of 10 books, including the bestsellers Full Catastrophe Living; Wherever You Go, There You Are; and Mindfulness for Beginners. His books are published in over 40 languages and his work has contributed to a growing movement of mindfulness into mainstream institutions. Over 700 hospitals, clinics, and medical centers around the world now offer MBSR programs. Jon received his scientific training in molecular biology at MIT in the laboratory of the Nobel laureate Salvador Luria. He lectures and leads mindfulness workshops and retreats around the world.