Our Social Justice Program will use your donation to provide instruction, information, and support to those who are working to heal the wounds of injustice and oppression in our society. At our retreats, workshops and training sessions, we offer practical methods of bringing contemplative awareness into organizations, going beyond stress reduction to integrate contemplative practices into meetings, strategic planning, decision making and communication.

Our team of Mentors is a unique strength of our Social Justice Program. At our mentoring retreats, these experienced activists, who also specialize in a range of professions--art, alternative healing, education, organizational development, conflict resolution and more--work with participants to help them understand how social action and spirituality can work together.

Our country faces a growing wealth divide, and increasing numbers of people are requiring assistance from social service organizations. Activists and community organizers on the front lines of this work are facing greater demands and shrinking resources. Yet this is also a time of tremendous hope, opportunity and openness for change. Your donation will help us strengthen existing social movements and all who work in them to create and deepen personal sources of motivation, inspiration and sustenance through contemplative practice.

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Our Academic Program is changing higher education. Your financial support has enabled thousands of students to experience new approaches to learning through contemplative courses and programs. Our program activities, including retreats, conferences, Contemplative Practice Fellowships and an annual week-long curriculum development workshop support pioneering instructors who are discovering ways to integrate contemplative practices into their teaching methods to create a deep, enriching, and transformative learning environment.

In 2008, your support also helped us produce a research report on the use of meditation in higher education and establish the Association for Contemplative Mind in Higher Education, the first professional association for institutions and academics committed to the contemplative dimension of teaching, learning, and knowing. For 2009, we are developing a handbook on using contemplative practices in the classroom.Your donation will help us continue to serve the educators, administrators, support staff and students who are part of the growing movement to create a more contemplative educational system.

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The Law Program is a leading voice in the growing movement to integrate contemplative awareness and the practice of law. Our retreats address questions from both the contemplative and legal perspectives, such as the role of compassion in adversarial situations, conflict resolution, ethics, and trust. We are helping lawyers, judges, and law students reconnect with their deepest values and bring balance to their professional and personal lives.

Our long range hope is that legal professionals will both to respond to the question “how can I use contemplative practices to make my life as a lawyer better?” and go beyond this question to contribute to a re-envisioning of the legal profession.

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