We invite you to attend the webinar: a space space to hear their stories
If you’re interested in how to unlearn and relearn the truth about individuals and communities who suffer by hearing their stories – while using a foundation of mindfulness and loving kindness - join our monthly Making-Visible webinars.
Topics range from Immigration, to Native American Genocide, to Anti-Black Racism. In 2019, we will focus on indigenous communities and women’s issues.
Our Next Call: The Indigineous Community Webinar 4
June 12, 2019. 7pm - 8pm
You’re invited to a register for a video call to share our learnings from the first three webinars, which were curated by various leaders in the Indigenous Community.
2019 Calendar
June 12 7pm - 8pm - Sharing Session - Indigenous Communities
July 17 7pm - 8:30pm - Women’s Issues
September 25 7pm - 8:30pm - Women’s Issues
October 23 7pm - 8:30pm - Women’s Issues
November 20 7pm - 8:30pm - Dharma Sharing Session - Women’s Issues
HOW TO SUPPORT MAKING-VISIBLE
In lieu of fees, we ask you to consider making a donation. 100% of the offerings help offset costs for operations and guest speaker fees. All monies beyond those costs to back to these communities in distress.
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Information on the Latino Community
Hispanic people are the largest minority in the United States, and fully one in six people in the U.S. are Latinx, and one in ten are of Mexican heritage. Only Mexico has a larger Hispanic population than the United States.The Census Bureau describes Hispanic or Latino ethnicity as "a person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race."
In lieu of fees, we ask you to consider making a donation to Nueva Vida to benefit Latinas with cancer in the DC area.
In 2018 we focused on the Latino Community. Sessions were in English, accessible, and co-led by Adriana Arizpe and Annie Mahon. Translations and physical accommodations are provided.
Adriana is a Mexican woman who has lived in the DC area for 8 years. She has degrees in Communications and Gastronomy and is an executive in media, research, marketing and communication. Adriana has been practicing mindfulness since 2014 and has extensive knowledge of relationships and cultural contrasts and a special interest in how Latin-American culture contributes to US culture as a whole.
Annie is a white, Armenian-American, ordained (lay) in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh, founder of Circle Yoga Cooperative, DC Yoga Week, and Opening Heart Mindfulness community, and founder and treasurer of the Pink House Foundation, a grant making organization supporting the development political and social capital for marginalized groups in the US. She has been a student of mindfulness since the early 1990's.
Our Call Format
1 Bell and short breathing/meditation
2 Welcome/ Introductions
3 Short presentation of the topic and why the person who is leading want to share about it.
4 Bell
5 Informational segment: video, journalistic or academic reports, testimonies and/or examples of the social injustice we are trying to make visible
6 A connection piece with the mindfulness tradition (short video/reading of Thich Nat Hann or other masters)
7 Sharings
8 Steps to contribute financially or otherwise
9 Closing Bell