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Housing and Development Newsletter
“We come together every month with speakers that give the community tools to help navigate COVID-19 through our illuminate Speaker Series. Sharon is one of the first to bring meditation and mindfulness into mainstream American culture over 45 years ago,” said David Selberg, CEO of Hospice of Santa Barbara.
“Her relatable, demystifying approach has inspired generations of meditation teachers and wellness influencers and we hope everyone is able to take part in this event,” he said.
In January, the illuminate Speaker Series hosted award-winning medical journalist and author Katy Butler who presented Ritual and Resilience: Building Meaning and Connection in a World Turned Upside Down where individuals attended from all over the world.
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Naropa University Announces Dr. Jasmine Syedullah as 2021 Lenz Foundation Distinguished Guest .
Naropa UniversityJanuary 22, 2021 GMT
Boulder, CO, Jan. 22, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Naropa University is happy to announce Jasmine Syedullah, PhD, as the 2021 Fredrick P. Lenz Foundation Distinguished Guest Lecturer. Syedullah is a black feminist political theorist of abolition and holds the first Assistant Professor line in Vassar College’s Africana Studies Program.
Syedullah will offer a free, public lecture on February 4th at 6 pm (MST), on “Surviving White Supremacy: Towards a Radical Dharma of Staying Fugitive” that will be broadcast live on Naropa’s Facebook page and YouTube Channel. Syedullah’s lecture will take us beyond binary moments of allegiance with antiracism efforts into The Radical Dharma Framework for Liberation. Her talk will outline “a collective, cumulative ste
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Playing Around
When his daughter Harper was four, G Cody QJ Goldberg realized most playgrounds just aren’t accessible. Harper uses a walker, and the wood chips at the playground got stuck in the wheels before she could even reach the play equipment. Her family founded Harper’s Playground, a nonprofit “driven by the vision of a world in which no one is left out,” according to their website.
To make playgrounds radically inclusive, Goldberg recommends “three levels of inviting,” meaning the space should be physically, socially, and emotionally welcoming to all ages and abilities. Spiral walkways allow wheelchair and walker access. Slides are extra wide so a care-giver and a child can go together. Before the pandemic, workshops were offered to help others create accessible playgrounds, and in the decade since Portland, Oregon-based HP began