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September: Listen to Commonweal’s Ladybird Morgan in conversation at both City Arts and Lectures in San Francisco and KQED’s The Forum radio show.
May 23: In this video, Nnimmo Bassey describes the cohort of fellows for ORA Africa, one of three hubs around the world participating in this new fellowship program through Commonweal’s OMEGA program that launches today.
March 1: Poetry as an Antidote: Listen to or watch these conversations from The New School at Commonweal about poetry.
February 17: Listen to or watch these conversations from The New School at Commonweal that explore the terrain of love.
January 24: apply for an ORA fellowship in Africa.
December 19: Commonweal’s Gift of Compassion program has a new, art-infused website up that shows some of the amazing work the program does: offering art, meditation, and other support to asylum-seekers in Mexico, youth, and adults in diverse communities in Southern California. Explore it at gocompassion.org
December 15: Explore our Year-End Report! You can find the entire publication on our e-reader website, where you can download the pdf, zoom into pages for larger font sizes, search for words or articles, or flip back and forth through the pages. Donate to Commonweal or one of Commonweal’s programs at https://commonweal.kinsta.cloud/support/ .
November 23: Looking for some recipe inspiration for your Thanksgiving? See this blog post by our “chefnurcian” (chef, nurse, and musician) Laura Pole for her health-promoting recipes like Kale Salad with Winter Squash and Almonds, Cream of Turkey and Wild Rice Soup, and Spiced Pear and Cranberry Muffins!
October 11: Healing Circles Global fall fundraiser webinar series.
September 21: Katrina Mayo-Smith: Offering a Banquet Twenty-Five Years with the Commonweal Cancer Help Program by Kyra Epstein, Commonweal Communications Manager:
https://commonweal.kinsta.cloud/news/offering-a-banquet/
September 14: Wayfinders: Embarking on a New Adventure Soon by M. Rako Fabionar, Program Director, ILALI: https://commonweal.kinsta.cloud/news/wayfinders-ilali/
September 9: Finding out about supplements from our CancerChoices website: https://cancerchoices.org/your-choices/choices-in-complementary-care/reviews-of-complementary-therapies/sourcing-quality-herbs-supplements/
Sign up for email notices and news from CancerChoices: https://cancerchoices.org/find-support/sign-up
August 19, 2022: Find our news pages to read articles about the Collaborative on Health and the Environment and the Power of Hope youth camp. https://commonweal.org/news.
August 17, 2022: Commonweal Biomonitoring Resource Center Director Sharyle Patton helped organize efforts through the United Fire Service Women of San Francisco to support Ukrainian firefighters who are in desperate need of supplies and trucks. Read the story (paywall): https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/Ukraine-Kharkiv-17328288.php
August 15, 2022: Listen to the Yes to Life show UK Health Radio — Choices in Healing with Michael Lerner. https://yestolife.org.uk/radio_shows/choices-in-healing/
August 11, 2022: West Marin Climate Action’s Compassionate Sharing Circle in support of people who feel distressed by climate change. Sunday Aug 21, 7-8:30 pm. westmarinclimateaction.org
July 8, 2022: Wondered about Healing Circles? Hear more about what Healing Circles are and how they work on a new video.
July 1, 2022: We’re hiring! Find out more about the six jobs our programs are hiring for: Info at: commonweal.org/join-us
June 29, 2022: Congratulations to Movement Liberation, a fiscally sponsored program at Commonweal, who just got a grant from the California Arts Council. Find out more about the program: www.dancesanctuary.com/movement-liberation.
June 20, 2022: Listen to the Yes to Life podcast featuring Commonweal Healing Circles Global’s co-founder, Diana Lindsay.
June 8, 2022: View photos from the Open House in the Open House 2022 photo album.
June 8, 2022: Watch the video we looped at the Open House to meet some of our programs and program directors.
May 21, 2022: In this video, Leslie Adler-Ivanbrook of the West Marin Climate Action talks about their program as part of a series of videos created for the Commonweal Open House on May 22, 2022. Watch the video on our YouTube site.
May 20, 2022: In this video, Millicent Johnson, the director of The Octavia Fund, talks about her program as part of a series of videos created for the Commonweal Open House on May 22, 2022. Watch the video on our YouTube site.
May 19, 2022: Hannah Donart, the interim director of the Collaborative on Health and the Environment (CHE), and Kristin Schafer, the incoming director, talk about CHE as part of a series of videos created for the Commonweal Open House on May 22. Watch the video on our YouTube site.
May 18, 2022: Dr. Anna O’Malley, the director of Natura Institute for Ecology and Medicine, talks about her program as part of a series of videos created for the Commonweal Open House on May 22, 2022. Watch the video on our YouTube site.
May 17, 2022: Diana Lindsay, the co-director of Healing Circles Global, talks about her program as part of a series of videos created for the Commonweal Open House on May 22, 2022. Watch the video on our YouTube site.
Watch all of our program director videos and find out more about Commonweal’s many programs here.