Tag: Education

Dr. Bob Kohl is an osteopathic physician, bodyworker, and Zen teacher in the Furnace Mountain Sangha. He will be teaching his Selfunwinding process for using movement and awareness to facilitate rediscovery of our function as an integrated, embodied whole.

The interactive format will emphasize our natural ability to move and express ourselves from our deepest and most honest selves, connecting sensation, emotion, and movement within our bodies. We will share the intention to turn within, exploring this thinking, feeling, moving creature we call a human being.

When we move from our authentic thoughts, emotions, and history, we begin to naturally heal. Participants may find greater freedom from tension, chronic pain, and physical and emotional discomfort as a result.

Participants should dress for comfortable movement. There will be a 1-hour lunch break, during which participants can brown-bag or dine locally. Suggested donation $80. REGISTER HERE

See selfunwinding.com for more info about Dr. Bob’s approach.

Sacred Connections is a program under the Festival of Faiths that organizes diverse religious groups to host an in-person event at their place of worship.

Event Details:
Join us at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for our worship service from Noon to 1:00 pm, followed by a short presentation by Alycia McClurg and then Q&A. “Munch and Mingle” afterwards.

Learn more and register for the event HERE.

Sacred Connections is a program under the Festival of Faiths that organizes diverse religious groups to host an in-person event at their place of worship.

Event details: (Free to attend, but registration is required)
6:30 PM Prayer ceremony with the Temple Priest
6:45 – 7:15 PM Presentation by Aruni on Teachings of Buddha, the Buddhist Community, and Temples in Tri-State area
7:15 -7:30 PM Q & A with the guests
7:30 – 8 PM light refreshments

Learn more and register for the event HERE.

Featuring a panel discussion by:
Dr. William Trollinger, Ph.D., Professor of History, University of Dayton
Rev. Dr. Jack Sullivan Jr., Executive Director of the Ohio Council of Churches
Rabbi Gary P. Zola, Ph.D., Executive Director of the Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives
Opening remarks by:
The Very Rev. Dean Owen C. Thompson of Christ Church Cathedral
Moderated by:
Dr. Marlaina Leppert-Wahl of Wilmington College

REGISTRATION REQUIRED.

When:   Sunday, June 25, 12:00 PM – Friday, June 30, 5:00 PM
Where:  Columbus, Ohio
The purpose of Weeklong Leadership Training is to deeply develop grassroots and community leaders to step into public leadership through people-centered power organizations. Trainings combine political education around multiracial solidarity across class and race; deep, transformative reflection on experiences of power and powerlessness; concrete public skills such as relationship building, team building, powerful invitations, and strategic action in the public arena. Participants will complete training with clarity on their personal purpose and mission and a plan to build power with others.

This training is designed for newer organizers and member leaders. Participants should arrive at weeklong training having had a deep and rigorous conversation with an organizer or top leader about themselves, their own sense of purpose, and their public leadership challenges. Participants should come prepared to reflect on themselves, knowing that they will be challenged to decide to become a more powerful public person.

Weeklong training is a deep investment of resources and belief in your public leadership. If selected to attend, scholarships are available for this training. For more information, please contact AMOS organizers & leadership staff directly.
** There are a limited number of seats available for this training. **

Dr. Samantha Baskind, Distinguished Professor of Art History at Cleveland State University and curator of this exhibition, will discuss how Siona Benjamin’s layered and multifaceted identity influences her artwork. Mingling styles derived from comic books, Pop Art, Bollywood, Indian and Persian miniatures, and Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Benjamin blends tradition with innovation, while navigating feelings of inclusion and exclusion. Dr. Baskind is the author of five books and more than 100 articles, mainly on Jewish American art.

Registration required at THIS LINK.

In August of 2023, the Parliament of the World’s Religions returns to the birthplace of the modern interfaith movement after 30 years away to celebrate 130 years of history in the city of Chicago. Parliament Convenings attract participants from more than 200 diverse religious, indigenous, and secular beliefs and more than 80 nations.

Registrants enjoy access to all the plenary sessions, hundreds of breakout sessions, art & cultural exhibits, performances, a film festival, and countless opportunities to connect with individuals and organizations committed to justice, peace, and sustainability.

The 2023 Parliament of the World’s Religions will be hosted in McCormick Place Lakeside Center from August 14-18, 2023

The World Interfaith Network is hosting its 7th annual Interfaith Awareness Week, with virtual events happening each day.  This is a great way to build connections, learn more about interfaith work and religious traditions.

You can see the full program and learn how to participate HERE.

Fr. Desbois has dedicated his life to educating the world about the Holocaust and anti-Semitism, and providing proof of crimes against humanity. His work has taken him from the killing fields of Eastern Europe in World War II to the contemporary war crimes in the Ukraine. His human rights work has brought him to Guatemala and to Iraq to work with the Yazidi survivors of ISIS atrocities. Fr. Desbois is also a Professor in the Center for the Study of Jewish Civilization at Georgetown University. He serves as
a consultant to the Vatican and was a personal aide to the late Archbishop of Paris, Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger.
This rare opportunity to meet this world leader and activist is courtesy of the Brueggeman Center for Dialogue and Yahad in Unum Mid-America.

Discussion facilitated by Deborah Jordan

Thursday, March 30th
7:30pm to 8:30pm

Live on Zoom: Register Here

Book:
Food from the Radical Center:
Healing Our Land and Communities
by Gary Nabhan

“In Food from the Radical Center (2018), Gary Nabhan tells the stories of diverse communities who are getting their hands dirty and bringing back North America’s unique fare: bison, sturgeon, camas lilies, ancient grains, turkeys, and more. These efforts have united people from the left and right, rural and urban, faith-based and science-based, in game-changing collaborations. Their successes are extraordinary by any measure, whether economic, ecological, or social.” quoted from Amazon.com.

Nabhan is an Agricultural Ecologist, Ethnobotanist, Ecumenical Franciscan Brother, and author whose work has focused primarily on the interaction of biodiversity and cultural diversity of the arid binational Southwest. A first generation Lebanese-American raised in Gary, IN., he is considered a pioneer in the local food movement.

There is a Cincinnati Public Library copy. It can be ordered from Island Press, the leading publisher on environmental issues in the U.S., for $30. There are copies available on Better World Books (a B corp) and Abe Books (a subsidiary of Amazon) for about $10.