On June 2, we continued the Garrison Institute Forum on Pathways to Planetary Health (PPH) with a conversation between award-winning economist and scholar Tim Jackson and Garrison Institute co-founder Jonathan F. P. Rose. Their discussion focused on imagining a world where the shifts in worldviews and systems changes we need for a viable future, redress the underlying cause of climate change,…
On May 20, we continued the Garrison Institute Fellowship Forum with a conversation between Jerry Michalski and Dr. Angel Acosta, the Director of the Garrison Institute Fellowship. Michalski joined us to explore his framework Design from Trust — an innovative & contemplative-based design approach that begins with the assumption that most people are trustworthy. If you’ve ever thought about how Wikipedia works,…
On May 16, we continued the Garrison Institute Fellowship Forum with a conversation between Dr. Bayo Akomolafe and Dr. Angel Acosta, the Director of the Garrison Institute Fellowship. Dr. Akomolafe is a Western-trained psychologist from Nigeria, with roots in the West African Yoruba tradition, and a leader of The Emergence Network. Their dialogue on re-framing our notions of social or environmental…
On April 14, we invited Dr. Michael Eric Dyson to join us for the next installment of the Garrison Institute Fellowship Forum. Dr. Dyson spoke with Dr. Angel Acosta, Director of the Garrison Institute Fellowship, about critical social thought, prophetic witness, contemplative wisdom and Dr. Dyson’s latest book, Long Time Coming: Reckoning with Race in America. We invite you to revisit…
On April 8, we shared an update on the resonance and impact of the Garrison Institute Fellowship in its first sixth months. This transformative program launched in 2020, and our inaugural cohort of Fellows will participate in a two-year fellowship journey under the direction of Dr. Angel Acosta, Director of the Garrison Institute Fellowship. Dr. Acosta was joined by some…
On March 11, we continued the Garrison Institute Fellowship Forum with a conversation between Arawana Hayashi and Dr. Angel Acosta, Director of the Garrison Institute Fellowship. They discussed Hayashi’s work on embodied presence and awareness practices for getting unstuck in the face of uncertainty. As the events of the past year have reminded us all, one of the only certainties…
The Fellowship This is a momentous occasion for our organization. We would like to welcome our inaugural cohort of Garrison Institute Fellows. This cohort is constituted by artists, researchers, healers, trauma-informed care practitioners, and much more. Together, the Fellows will draw from multiple disciplines and movements including—but not limited to—psychology, public health, mindfulness, social justice, the performing arts, architecture, just…