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Please note the following activites for the month of November:

Sustainability Calendar Challenge (Self-directed)
All month long in November

https://events-tm.dal.ca/workshop.php?id=4128

Live Events

Dalhousie Mental Health Forum (in person)
October 26, 2022, 4:00 to 5:30, SUB Council Chambers, 2^nd floor

Transformative Journeys for Racial Justice: An evening in conversation with Angela Davis, Fania Davis and Margaret Burnham (in person)
October 26, 2022

How to Practice Allyship in the Workplace (virtual)
October 27, 2022
Register here

Burnout and Emotional Awareness (virtual)
November 2, 2022

Sustainability Series: How to plan sustainable events
November 2, 2022

Effectively Setting Boundaries at Work (virtual)
November 3, 2022

Dalhousie Legacy Awards Presentation (in person and virtual)
November 7, 2022Register here

Living Your Life on Purpose(virtual)
Starts November 8, 2022

Why am I here?: Mission statements for faculty (virtual)
November 8, 2022

Sustainability Series: What waste goes where
November 9, 2022

Menopause Support Group
November 10, 2022

Making Flexible Work Work (Audience: Managers and Supervisors) (virtual)
November 16, 2022

Mental Health 101: Recognizing and Responding to Students in Distress (in person)
November 18, 2022

Register here

Contemplative Action for Social Change: Exploring the Myths and Harms of Race (in person)
November 18/19, 2022
See description below

Caregiver Support Group (virtual)
November 23, 2022

Managing Hybrid Teams (virtual)
November 23, 2022

Effective Workload Discussions (virtual)
November 24, 2022

Clifton StrengthsFinder: Discover and harness your key talents (virtual)
November 30, 2022

On Demand Learning

Optimizing your workplace well-being (Percipio)

What is psychological safety? (Percipio)

Men’s Health: Five things to know and do

Leadership communication tip (YouTube; 3.43mins)

Inquiries: healthy@dal.ca

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Contemplative Action for Social Change: Exploring the Myths and Harms of Race

Workshop led by Dr. Damita Brown, with Barry Boyce

Friday evening, November 18 at 7:00 and Saturday, November 19 from 9:30-5:30

Atlantic School of Theology President’s Lodge, 660 Francklyn St., Halifax

During this workshop you will:

• Share healing and supportive space to engage tough questions about race and social transformation

• Strengthen your anti-racism using a contemplative framework

• Identify and work through obstacles in your anti-racism

• Leave feeling connected to your power

Surrounding the Work with Gentleness

In order to surround this difficult work with gentleness and openness, we encourage participants to engage in meditation practice daily —before, during, and after the workshop. You can join us online on Tuesday, Nov. 1 at 12:00 noon (via Zoom) to receive basic meditation instruction from Damita. At that time, Barry will interview Damita about her work and what to expect at the workshop.

Cost: $115 requested. For more information or to register, email coordinator Michael Speraw at: contemplativeactionhfx@gmail.com

Damita Brown, PhD is a Madison, WI based activist, writer and workshop leader. She prioritizes work that brings contemplative practices and transformative action together. Brown’s research has focused on integrative analyses of race, class, gender and other categories. Her workshops offer supportive yet challenging space for us to liberate identity from the toxic traps and harmful norms of white supremacist culture. A longtime meditator and student of Buddhism, Damita helps participants gain deeper understanding of the role of inner friendship in dismantling egotism, us-versus-them narratives and aggression. In 2017 she developed the Community Lab for Intentional Practice (CLIP) approach for anti-racist community building. 

Barry Boyce co-founded Mindful magazine, mindful.org, and the Foundation for a Mindful Society in 2013 to help bring mindfulness into as many everyday contexts as possible A longtime meditation practitioner and teacher—as well as a professional writer and editor—he is the editor of and primary contributor to The Mindfulness Revolution: Leading Psychologists, Scientists, Artists, and Meditation Teachers on the Power of Mindfulness in Daily Life. He is also co-founder of the Profound Treasury Retreat, a nine-day residential Buddhist retreat. 

Event Sponsors: Atlantic Contemplative Centre and Ocean