Center for Mindfulness and Justice
Calendar
2010 Schedule of Events
View Past eventsIntroduction to Mindfulness & Nonviolent Communication
Wednesdays through May 19
Location: Waupun, WI
Description: Mindfulness & Healthy Communications Class at Burke Correctional Center for Women
April 14
Meditation & Dharma Talk With Cheri Maples
Location: Washington, D.C.
Description: Cheri will be the guest teacher for Tara Brach. For more information, see Insight Meditation Community of Washington
April 17
Workshop with Cheri Maples: "Transcending Our Internalized Notions"
Location: Washington, D.C.
Description: A day-long workshop for People of Color, LGBTQ & Allies. To more information and to register, see retreat flyer and Insight Meditation Community of Washington
April 24-25
Retreat with Cheri Maples: "The Sustaining Power of Mindfulness"
Location: Detroit, MI
Description: A weekend of Mindfulness in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh. For more information and to register, see Detroit Lotus Sangha
April 29 - May 2
Retreat with Cheri Maples: "Transforming Barriers with an Open Heart"
Location: Missoula, MT
Description: A weekend of Mindfulness in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh. For more information and to register, see retreat flyer and Open Way Sangha
May 21-23
Mindfulness Residential Retreat with Cheri Maples
Location: Appleton, WI - Monte Alverno Spirituality Center, hosted by Smiling Dandelion Sangha
To Register: see retreat flyer or contact Smilingdandelion@gmail.com, 920 915-7837 or Nel Gowak at 920 836-3000
May 26
Prison Graduation Ceremony
Location: Burke Correctional Institution, Waupun, WI
Description: Graduation from 20-week Mindfulness & Nonviolent Communication class
June 5
Day of Mindfulness: "The Sustaining Power of Mindfulness"
Location: Chicago
Description: for more information and to register, see retreat flyer.
June 15
Prison Mindfulness Trainings Transmission
Location: Waupun & Dodge Correctional Institutions, Waupun, WI
Description: Dharma Teacher Cheri Maples will transmit the 5 Mindfulness Trainings to inmates who have completed a Mindfulness class.
June 23
Presentation to Criminal Justice Field Students
Location: Madison, WI
Description: Talk and Q&A for students of UW's Center for Law, Society & Justice
July 8
Prison Day of Mindfulness with Sharon Salzberg & Cheri Maples
Location: Jackson Correctional Institution, Black River Falls, WI
Description: Dharma Teachers & volunteers spend a Mindful day with inmates
July 12
Online Radio Interview w/ Cheri Maples
Location: Online at VividLife Radio
Description: Listen in online as Lorraine Wilson, host of "Keeping Life Simple" Show on Vivid Life Radio, interviews Cheri Maples from 8:00-8:30 pm CST. This is talk radio, so call in with your questions and comments!
July 16-18
Retreat led by Cheri Maples & David Haskin, with Hal Dessel: "Mindfulness in Recovery: Healing & Acceptance in the Here & Now"
Location: Madison, WI
Description: A non-residential retreat particularly for those healing from addictions of any kind. For more information and to register, see retreat flyer.
Aug. 12
Presentation by Cheri Maples at Zen Peacemakers' Symposium (Aug. 9-14) for Western Socially Engaged Buddhism
Location: Montague, MA - Hosted by Roshi Bernie Glassman
Description: This week-long symposium is bringing together leading Western activist practitioners, academics and sponsors of Socially Engaged Buddhism. For more information and to register, please see Zen Peacemakers.
Aug. 15 - Sept. 19
Personal retreat for Cheri Maples
Sept. 24-26
Workshop with Cheri Maples & Sharon Salzberg at Omega's Women's Conference
Location: Rhinebeck, NY - Omega Institute
Description: Sharon & Cheri will co-lead a workshop at Omega's "Women and Power: Our Time to Lead" Conference. For more information and to register, please see Omega Institute
Oct. 8-10
SnowFlower Sangha Residential Retreat
Location: Bethel Horizons, Dodgeville, WI
Description: Annual retreat in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hahn, led by Dharma Teachers Jack & Laurie Lawlor, with Cheri Maples
Mindfulness Retreat with Cheri Maples
Oct. 22-24
Location: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Description: A weekend Mindfulness Retreat in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hahn at Queen's House Retreat Centre. For more info and to register, please see forthcoming details here on our site and at Saskatoon Community of Mindful Living.
November 13-14
"Mindfulness & Unconscious Bias: Transcending Internalized Notions" Workshop with Cheri Maples & Don Coleman
Location: Madison, WI
Description: A workshop for mindfulness practitioners: how do privilege and power relate to concepts such as no-self and the worldly dhammas of praise & blame, gain & loss, pleasure and pain, and fame & disrepute? We will explore how to keep our energies flowing toward rather than against one another while living, working, and practicing in challenging environments. Details forthcoming here on our site.
2011 Schedule of Events
Jan. 7-9
Mindfulness Retreat
Location: Madison, WI - Holy Wisdom Monastery
Description: This is offered with both residential and non-residential options, and designed particularly for experienced practitioners. Details forthcoming here on our site.
Feb. 3-6
Retreat with Cheri Maples and Tara Brach
Location: Washington, D.C.
Description: Tara & Cheri will co-lead a meditation retreat for women in the Washington, D.C. area. Watch for details here on our site and at Insight Meditation Community of Washington
Feb. 7 - March 8
Personal Retreat for Cheri Maples
May 2-4
Sangha Visits & Public Talk
Location: Missoula, MT
Description: Cheri sits with Missoula Sanghas and offers public talk. Details forthcoming here on our site and at Open Way Sangha.
May 5-8
Residential Mindfulness Retreat with Cheri Maples
Location: Lubrecht Forest Camp, Missoula, MT
Description: A weekend of Mindfulness in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh. Watch for details here on our site and at Open Way Sangha
May 20-22
Mindfulness Residential Retreat with Cheri Maples
Location: Appleton, WI
Description: A weekend of Mindfulness in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh, sponsored by Smiling Dandelion Sangha - watch for upcoming details here on our site.
Aug. 16-17
Presentation at Upaya Zen Center
Location: Santa Fe, NM
Description: Cheri will present on socially engaged Buddhism to the participants of Upaya Zen Center's Chaplaincy Program, founded by Roshi Joan Halifax.
Date TBD
Transforming Your Workplace Into A Place of Integrity - a Buddhist & Christian perspective
Location: Madison, WI
Description: an interfaith day exploring the sacredness of our work, with Cheri Maples and Reverend David Couper (Episcopal minister and former Chief, Madison Police Department)