Center for Mindfulness and Justice
Archive: 2011
2011 Schedule of Events
View Past eventsJan. 7-9, 2011
Silent Mindfulness Retreat - "New Beginnings: Deepening Our Practice"
Location: Madison, WI - Holy Wisdom Monastery
Description: An intensive meditation retreat led by Cheri Maples & David Haskin. This is offered with both residential and non-residential options, and designed particularly for experienced & newer practitioners wishing to deepen their meditative practice. For more info and to register, please see retreat flyer.
January 22-25
Metro New York-area Events
Saturday, Jan. 22: Day of Mindfulness at Unitarian Universalist Shelter Rock, Manhasset, NY (right over the Queens border in Nassau). Details at Community of Mindfulness New York.
Sunday, Jan. 23: Day of Mindfulness for Thich Nhat Hanh's Order of Interbeing members & Aspirants at Iona College in the Arrigoni Center, New Rochelle, NY - click for details.
Tuesday evening, Jan. 25: An evening with Cheri at CUNY Law School, Flushing, NY for students, the law school community and those interested in contemplative law and contemplative criminal justice. See flyer for details.
January 27-30
Mindfulness Program for Helping Professionals with Cheri Maples, Sharon Salzberg & Gina Sharpe
Location: Garrison Institute, Garrison, NY
Description: "People Who Work With People: Tools for Resiliency." This retreat explores the dimensions of resiliency in response to stress, burnout and secondary trauma, (if you are exposed to others’ traumatic events, you may find you are yourself feeling traumatized, and can’t quite shake it.) We will help attendees enhance skillful and healing coping strategies they already naturally possess, as well as offer training in meditation and yoga as tools for resiliency, balance and compassion for oneself as well as for others. For more information and to register, please see retreat flyer or Garrison Institute.
Feb. 3-6
Retreat with Cheri Maples and Tara Brach, with La Sarmiento
Location: Washington, D.C.
Description: Tara, Cheri & La will co-lead a meditation retreat for women in the Washington, D.C. area, hosted by Insight Meditation Community of Washington. For more information & to register, please see retreat flyer.
Feb. 8 - March 17
Personal Retreat for Cheri Maples
Feb. 17
An Evening with Maureen Brady
Location: Evansville, WIDescription: Maureen is guest leader at Open Mountain Sangha in Evansville @ 7pm. For more information, please contact Amelia Royko Maurer: amelia@freemarketorganics.com or 608-882-0397.
March 31
An Evening with Cheri Maples
Location: Evansville, WI
Description: Cheri is guest teacher at Open Mountain Sangha in Evansville @ 7pm. For more information, please contact Amelia Royko Maurer: amelia@freemarketorganics.com or 608-882-0397.
April 1
Radio Interview with Cheri Maples
Location: 89.9 fm WORT, Madison, WI
Description: Cheri is the guest of Jonathan Zarov on his morning show, The Buzz - tune into Madison's WORTRadio, 89.9 from 8:30-9:00am as they discuss the Mindfulness Retreat for people in recovery (see calendar entry below for more info).
April 15-17
Recovery Retreat led by Cheri Maples & David Haskin, with Hal Dessel
Location: Madison, WI
Description: "Mindfulness in Recovery: The Path to Deep Acceptance" - a non-residential retreat particularly for those healing from addictions of any kind. For more information and to register, please see retreat flyer.
May 4
Public Talk
Location: Missoula, MT
Description: Cheri Maples offers a public talk on Wednesday evening, May 4 @ 7pm entitled "Peace in Oneself, Peace in the World; Mindfulness & Social Justice." Hosted by Open Way Sangha.
May 5-8
Residential Mindfulness Retreat with Cheri Maples
Location: Missoula, MT - Lubrecht Forest Camp
Description: A weekend of Mindfulness in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh hosted by Open Way Sangha. For more info and to register, please see retreat flyer.
May 20-22
Mindfulness Residential Retreat with Cheri Maples
Location: Appleton, WI - Monte Alverno Retreat and Spirituality Center
Description: "Awakening the Inner Buddha" - A weekend of Mindfulness in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh, sponsored by Smiling Dandelion Sangha. For more information and to register, please see retreat flyer.
May 28-29
Mindfulness Retreat with Cheri Maples
Location: Ferndale, Michigan
Description: "Awakening the Inner Buddha" - A weekend of Mindfulness in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh, sponsored by Detroit Lotus Sangha. For more information and to register, please see retreat flyer.
June 4
Day of Mindfulness in downtown Chicago
Location: Chicago
Description: "The Sustaining Power of Mindfulness" - Cheri will lead a Day of Mindfulness at Fourth Presbyterian on Michigan Avenue, hosted by Insight Chicago & Lakeside Vipassana.
June 26
Cheri Speaking at Prairie Unitarian Universalist Society
Location: Madison
Description: "Mindfulness & Social Justice in Our Daily Lives" - 10:00am, 2010 Whenona Drive,
Madison. For more information, please see Prairie UUS.
June 5 - August 15
Cheri on personal retreat
Aug. 16-17
Presentations 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.
Aug. 17
Dharma Talk at Upaya Zen Center
Location: Santa Fe, NM
Description: Cheri will present a dharma talk at 5:30 p.m., open to the public. For more information, please see Upaya's web site.
Aug. 19-24
Thich Nhat Hanh Retreat at YMCA of the Rockies
Location: Estes Park, CO
Description: We'll be in Estes Park at Thay's retreat! For more information, please see Thay's 2011 U.S. Tour.
Nov. 4
Sharon Salzberg Public Talk - "Real Happiness"
Location: Madison, WI - UW's Pyle Center
Description: 7-9pm; book sales and signing following presentation. Sponsored by the Center for Mindfulness & Justice. Please see flyer for more info.
Nov. 5-6
Mindfulness Retreat with Cheri Maples & Sharon Salzberg
Location: Madison, WI - Pyle Center
Description: "Fierce Compassion" retreat with Cheri & nationally renowned spiritual teacher Sharon Salzberg. Please see flyer for more info and to register.