Firesidechat with Shawn Ginwright

 This was a relaxed conversation and opportunity to chat with Dr. Shawn Ginwright about his upcoming book and about the powerful work he has done to legitimize the study and practice of healing in urban education at the level of theory, practice and policy.

Opening Ceremony

This was the formal launch of the summit. Providing a grounding meditation, ceremony, and opening lecture.   

Cross-Cultural Wisdom on Collective Recovery

 This panel is filled with wisdom keepers from different disciplines and cultural traditions. Drawing on insights from contemplative education, public health, biogenetics, psychology and sociology, this conversation will explore what practice and approaches to collective recovery look like from a variety of different perspectives.  

Hip Hop as Art, Science and Medicine

This panel explores the power of Hip-Hop, not only as an art form and cultural force, but as a tool for instruction, communal transformation, and individual/collective healing. Each speaker will share experiences on how to leverage Hip-Hop culture in different contexts. From learning about how this work shows up in higher education and high schools to how it moves local communities, this conversation will be a party in and of itself.

To Wholeness: Educate with Thriving at the Center

Drawing on years of research and practice, Dr. Kia Darling-Hammond in this panel, she used her Bridge to Thriving educational framework as a point of departure to a hand-on presentation on how we can create conditions for people to flourish. 

Abolitionist Teaching and Critical Pedagogy for our Times

This panel draws on the collective wisdom of three extraordinary practitioners, theorists and researchers who work across higher education, K-12 schooling and social activism. Each will wrestle with the contributions of critical pedagogy and abolitionist thinking in their work and it may serve the collective with engaging deeper truths about the ways might engage in healing and social change.

Rest, Restoration and Resistance for Collective Recovery

With the acceleration of the pace of change the concentrated nature of compounded crises--pervasive racial inequality, climate change and political polarization to name a few--this panel explored social justice from a restorative and emergent strategy lens. This panels allowed it's participant to gently hold the possibility of experiencing ease and wellbeing while engaging in deep transformative and healing-centered work.  

Liberating Wisdom Through Contemplative Practices in Education

Although decolonizing education has been a part of the contemporary discourse for sometime now, the goal of decolonized education is not always made clear. What does decolonized education look like?  In her forthcoming book, Joyfully Just, Dr. Majied discusses liberating wisdom as both the process and product of decolonized education. During the Healing Centered Education Summit, Dr. Majied discussed how contemplative practices support our capacity to liberate wisdom itself so that we may experience freedom and joy in education.   

Enabling Conditions for Thriving Through Archeology of Self

This panel explored the methodology and framework created by Dr. Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz, Archaeology of Self, in terms of how it relates to healing and enabling conditions for thriving. Each panelist will explore and engage in a deep excavation of their work and its role on moving equity-based and healing-centered education forward.

Research and Activism within the Healing-Centered Turn

This panel invited scholars who have conducted research with decolonial, healing-centered, and activist-orieneted agendas to share their findings, insights and challenges. 

 Healing at the Intersections of the Arts, Justice, and Contemplative Practice

Drawing on the performative arts, language arts and contemplative arts, this panel explored the power that can be channeled through these mediums and disciplines. 

 INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S DAY

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Closing Ceremony with Somatic Archeology Practice

Honoring Indigenous People's Day, this session will be the formal closing of the summit with the support of elders through a contemplative and heartfelt ceremony. 

Collective Breathwork Session

Jessica Dibbs  45 minutes facilitation of lightly guided breathwork practice followed by a collective discussion for integration.