Mindfulness for the Marginalized: From Self-Care to Resistance
This workshop is open to the whole community, but will be catered to students from marginalized communities and to student activists. On the individual level, the workshop will focus on using mindfulness to sustain one's self in the face of adversity and to avoid "burning out" when working toward causes that have no end in sight. It will also focus on sustaining oneself as a marginalized person or as an activist while balancing academic and social pressures. On the community level, the workshop will focus on community healing and building, and it will explore the ways in which mindfulness can bring us together, promote understanding of one another, and help create cohesion within a community. 

Mindful Community Meal - Dinner, Speaking and Panel by HLF Teachers

This event is open and catered to the entire student body. The dinner will be an opportunity for students from around campus who are interested in mindfulness to get to know each other. There will be a short mindful eating exercise. During the second half of the dinner, the Holistic Life Foundation Teachers will speak on a panel about how mindfulness became a part of their lives and describe their work. There will be an opportunity for questions.

Community Meditation Session: 7:30-7:50

Community Mindfulness Workshop- 8:00-9:30 pm
This event is open and catered to the entire student body. It will have similar, but broadened, themes to the first workshop. It will touch on mindfulness as a self-care tool and discuss ways to conduct oneself in a mindful manner to sustain yourself and your community in a healthy way. It will focus on building community across divides-- building a community of communities-- by revealing how mindfulness can bring us together and promote understanding of one another despite innate differences.