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SUMMARY:John Cobb & Friends Gathering: John Cobb
DESCRIPTION:Topic: CONFESSIONS \n\n\n\nPresenters: John Cobb \n\n\n\nAnother book by John Cobb\, Confessions\, has been published this spring in the “Theological Explorations” series by Process Century Press. Dr. Cobb says in his preface\, “Before I died I wanted to write once to state\, if only for myself\, what I really feel most keenly about\, without worrying about whom I might offend. . . .I have felt called by Jesus’ Abba to do what I could for the healthy survival of the biosphere and for an ecological civilization for humanity.” He asks how\, as a disciple of Jesus\, we resist self-destructive planning toward nuclear holocaust and planetary destruction. \n\n\n\n The first six chapters articulate commitments we need to gain from Jesus–loving enemies\, loving Jesus’ Abba\, serving Abba rather than money\, opening science to wider truth\, loving ‘the least of these’ (including non-humans)\, and finding Jesus’ proclamation of the baseileia tou theou in the quest for ecological civilization. The next chapters aim to overcome the Western Worldview by “thinking historically\,” assisted by Alfred North Whitehead’s “Inclusive Vision.” Specific attention is given to what we can do in the United States\, especially in our Foreign Policy. Americans can “learn the truth” and “challenge the goal” of US global domination. He closes the book with reflection on “The Gender of God and the Role of Women in the Church.”  \n\n\n\nJohn invited the Rev. Bonnie Tarwater to write a final chapter\, “Can Women Save Discipleship to Jesus?” An Appendix provides specific suggestions for “Guidelines for Earth Crisis Support Groups.” Drawing from her experience in Twelve-Step programs\, Pastor Bonnie extends “an invitation to you to begin a group for sharing the truth of our interconnected lives.” \n\n\n\nBonnie Tarwater\, pastor of Church of Our Common Home\,  and Jeanyne Slettom\, publisher of Process Century Press\, will be available to join our conversation with John Cobb about his Confessions.  Read the book\, or at least scan the table of contents and preface\, and come prepared to “Ask Dr. Cobb” and to reflect on your own “confessions.” \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInformation about how to access each gathering is made available via email. To find out about a single meeting\, send an email to events@cobb.institute. If you would like to receive regular meeting announcements and updates about the Institute\, please join our list of Friends. \n\n\n\nCan’t make it to the live session? Click here to access our archive of Cobb & Friends recordings.
URL:https://cobb.institute/event/john-cobb-friends-gathering-2023-05-09/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Cobb & Friends
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SUMMARY:Learning Circle: Process & Coffee
DESCRIPTION:Process & Coffee is about spiritual integration and exploration. We meet weekly to dive into books by mystics and sages. The discussion that follows helps to deepen our own spiritual lives. \n\n\n\nClick here to learn more or join.
URL:https://cobb.institute/event/learning-circle-process-coffee-23/2023-05-04/
CATEGORIES:Learning Circle
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SUMMARY:Interfaith Explorations Spring 2023: Cultivating Spirituality in Daily Life
DESCRIPTION:In this offering\, qualities of heart and mind to help us in our daily life at home\, in family\, in the workplace\, and other situations in the journey of life\, such as births\, deaths\, joys\, traumas will be explored through the framework of Spiritual Alphabet\, developed by Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat. Our sessions will be facilitated by Dr. Jay McDaniel and Sophia Said\, who will bring two “letters” from the spiritual alphabet to each session (“A” is for attention\, “B” is for beauty\, “C” is for connection\, etc.)\, sharing quotations\, poems\, and stories from personal experiences that illuminate them; and then\, with help from prompting questions\, invite others to do the same. \n\n\n\nInterfaith Explorations is a program of the Interfaith Center of Arkansas\, and is co-sponsored by the Cobb Institute\, Spirituality & Practice\, and Process & Faith. \n\n\n\nThis event is free and open to the public. \n\n\n\n\nLEARN MORE & RSVP
URL:https://cobb.institute/event/interfaith-explorations-spring-2023-cultivating-spirituality-in-daily-life/2023-05-03/
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SUMMARY:Learning Circle: Readings on Faiths Around the World
DESCRIPTION:Readings on Faiths Around the World is a book group that reads and discusses books covering the vast diversity of world faiths. Beginning May 3rd and ending May 17th\, we will read and discuss Jonathan Clements’ biography of Confucius together. The group will meet weekly on Mondays online via Zoom at 8:30 AM Pacific / 10:30 AM Central. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFIND OUT MORE & JOIN\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis learning circle is made possible by a collaboration among friends:
URL:https://cobb.institute/event/learning-circle-readings-on-faiths-around-the-world-4/2023-05-03/
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SUMMARY:John Cobb & Friends Gathering: Meijun Fan
DESCRIPTION:Topic: Cobb & China \n\n\n\nPresenters: Meijun Fan \n\n\n\nDr. Meijun Fan is the Program Director for the Institute for Postmodern Development of China\, and Co-Director of the China Project of the Center for Process Studies. We celebrate with her the completion of a 5-year project to write a book in Chinese about John Cobb and China\, recently announced at the CPS website.  \n\n\n\nShe will be accompanied by a team of Chinese scholars who have assisted her. All of them have been visiting scholars at the Center for Process Studies. \n\n\n\n\nProf. Lu Liu\, one of the co-authors of the book\, from Harbin Normal University\, specializes in process education.\n\n\n\nProf. Jinhua Ke\, one of the book reviewers\, is from Zhejiang Shuren University. His major is in the philosophy of religion and ecological philosophy. One of his books is The Study of Cobb’s Postmodern Ecological Thought (2018).\n\n\n\nDr. Junfeng Wang\, one of the book reviewers\, is from Wenzhou Academy of Social Sciences. His research focuses on Charles Hartshorne’s thoughts.\n\n\n\n\nThe acceptance of process thought in contemporary China is a remarkable tale and has become a captivating cultural phenomenon. According to Jierong Lu and Honglin Liu’s article\, “The Fall of Substance and the Rise of Process—Interpreting Process Philosophy from the Evolution Logic of Western Metaphysics\,” process thought is considered to be “the biggest movement after John Dewey’s pragmatism was introduced into China.” [Theoretical Investigation\,1 (2014):47-52.] \n\n\n\nMeijun Fan is primarily responsible for overseeing Cultural Communication\, the newspaper publication of the project. Additionally\, she manages the Chinese visiting scholar program\, conference program\, and publicity efforts. Previously\, Fan held the position of Vice-Chair and Professor at Beijing Normal University’s Philosophy Department. She completed her doctoral studies in Chinese traditional aesthetics and aesthetic education at the same university. Fan has authored six books and co-authored seven\, including the recent notable work Cobb and China: An Intensive Study of Cobb’s Postmodern Ecological Civilization Thoughts. Her book Contemporary Interpretation of Chinese Traditional Aesthetic received the “Excellence Award in Philosophy and Social Science” in China in 1997. She has also published over 100 academic articles in Chinese and English. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInformation about how to access each gathering is made available via email. To find out about a single meeting\, send an email to events@cobb.institute. If you would like to receive regular meeting announcements and updates about the Institute\, please join our list of Friends. \n\n\n\nCan’t make it to the live session? Click here to access our archive of Cobb & Friends recordings.
URL:https://cobb.institute/event/john-cobb-friends-gathering-2023-05-02/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Cobb & Friends
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SUMMARY:Learning Circle: An Awakening Planet?
DESCRIPTION:A Discussion Group Contemplating the Vision of Teilhard de Chardin\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFacilitated by Dr. Ernie Tamminga\, this group meets every two weeks to carefully consider how and whether Teilhard de Chardin’s hope-filled perspective on the human evolutionary future can still inspire us in a time full of conflicts and division. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFIND OUT MORE
URL:https://cobb.institute/event/learning-circle-an-awakening-planet-2/2023-05-02/
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SUMMARY:Learning Circle: Process & Coffee
DESCRIPTION:Process & Coffee is about spiritual integration and exploration. We meet weekly to dive into books by mystics and sages. The discussion that follows helps to deepen our own spiritual lives. \n\n\n\nClick here to learn more or join.
URL:https://cobb.institute/event/learning-circle-process-coffee-23/2023-04-27/
CATEGORIES:Learning Circle
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SUMMARY:Interfaith Explorations Spring 2023: Cultivating Spirituality in Daily Life
DESCRIPTION:In this offering\, qualities of heart and mind to help us in our daily life at home\, in family\, in the workplace\, and other situations in the journey of life\, such as births\, deaths\, joys\, traumas will be explored through the framework of Spiritual Alphabet\, developed by Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat. Our sessions will be facilitated by Dr. Jay McDaniel and Sophia Said\, who will bring two “letters” from the spiritual alphabet to each session (“A” is for attention\, “B” is for beauty\, “C” is for connection\, etc.)\, sharing quotations\, poems\, and stories from personal experiences that illuminate them; and then\, with help from prompting questions\, invite others to do the same. \n\n\n\nInterfaith Explorations is a program of the Interfaith Center of Arkansas\, and is co-sponsored by the Cobb Institute\, Spirituality & Practice\, and Process & Faith. \n\n\n\nThis event is free and open to the public. \n\n\n\n\nLEARN MORE & RSVP
URL:https://cobb.institute/event/interfaith-explorations-spring-2023-cultivating-spirituality-in-daily-life/2023-04-26/
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SUMMARY:John Cobb & Friends Gathering: Mary Elizabeth Moore
DESCRIPTION:Topic: Responding to a Weeping Planet: Practical Theology as a Discipline Called by Crisis \n\n\n\nPresenters: Mary Elizabeth Moore \n\n\n\nMary Elizabeth Moore is Dean Emerita and Professor of Theology and Education\, Boston University School of Theology. Now retired\, she is the vice chair of the Cobb Institute Board\, and is currently guiding our strategic planning process. She currently studies the relationship of spirituality and tikkun olam\, or repair of the world\, focusing on ecological and social justice and the potential of theology to enhance or obstruct the planet’s thriving. She will discuss her 2022 Religions journal article\, “Responding to a Weeping Planet: Practical Theology as a Discipline Called by Crisis.” \n\n\n\nMary Elizabeth is an M.A. and Ph.D. graduate\, outstanding alumna\, and former teacher at Claremont School of Theology. She was active as a co-director of the Center for Process Studies from 1990 to 1999. From 1993-1999 she also served as the Allen J. Moore Multicultural Resource and Research Center’s co-founder and co-chair. An ordained deacon in the United Methodist Church\, she has been active in local\, regional\, and national church leadership. See this detailed biographical essay by her former student\, Claire Bischoff.  \n\n\n\nJohn Cobb affirmed her ground-breaking book\, Teaching from the Heart (Trinity Press International\, 1998)\, which bridges religious education and process theology\, as “a major advance both in relating Whitehead to education and in modeling a truly Whiteheadian way for testing his thought.” At the 2015 Claremont ecological civilization conference on “Seizing an Alternative\,” she presided over a section of conversations about “Reinventing and Reimagining The World’s Wisdom Traditions–World Loyalty.” \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInformation about how to access each gathering is made available via email. To find out about a single meeting\, send an email to events@cobb.institute. If you would like to receive regular meeting announcements and updates about the Institute\, please join our list of Friends. \n\n\n\nCan’t make it to the live session? Click here to access our archive of Cobb & Friends recordings.
URL:https://cobb.institute/event/john-cobb-friends-gathering-2023-04-25/
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SUMMARY:Starting With Whitehead: Session 5
DESCRIPTION:This five-part conversation series offers an analysis of learning events at each of the three stages of the rhythm of education\, described in Whitehead’s classic The Aims of Education. Each conversation will focus on the recently published book Starting with Whitehead\, by Lynn De Jonghe\, which bridges the gap between the theory and practice of educational reform\, and points the way for adults to help children thrive in a world of change. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“There is only one subject matter for education\, and that is Life in all its manifestations.”—Alfred North Whitehead \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAs we search for guidance on how to thrive in changing times\, we are led to the work of Alfred North Whitehead\, who brilliantly perceived that the process of change itself is fundamental to existence. Whitehead grasped the profound role of change in determining how we how we learn\, how we experience ourselves and others and how we interact with the world around us. In his classic work\, The Aims of Education\, he elaborated a three-stage process of learning\, involving romance\, precision and generalization. He called for an education that explored real life experiences and events rather than packing of scraps of information into passive students.  \n\n\n\n\n\nStarting with Whitehead: Raising Children to Thrive in Treacherous Times offers examples of learning events at each stage that point the way for adults to help children thrive in a world of change. These events are presented in the richness of their contexts and unfolding\, rather than as dry results of controlled data gathering procedures. The events recorded here are based on the author’s extensive experience working directly with children as a parent\, teacher\, principal and policy maker. Drawing on the best of psychological and educational research\, Dr. De Jonghe sets these exemplary events in a vigorous theoretical foundation and proposes specific strategies for success. Her recommendations have relevance not only for parents but also for teachers\, principals\, and educational policy makers. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nConversation Series Outline\n\n\n\nTakes place on Saturdays at 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Pacific\, from March 18th thru April 22nd \n\n\n\n\nSession 1: March 18: Introduction: Using events in context to inform theory; Whitehead’s Aims of Education in relation to his philosophy of process\n\n\n\nSession 2: March 25: The Rhythm of Education: Romance\n\n\n\nSession 3: April 1: The Rhythm of Education: Precision\n\n\n\nSession 4: April 15: The Rhythm of Education: Generalization\n\n\n\nSession 5: April 22: Conclusion: Using Process Philosophy to Help Meet the Challenges of Our Times\n\n\n\n\nEach session will begin with a talk and slide presentation by Dr. De Jonghe\, then follow with two or three respondents for comment\, critique\, and elaboration\, after which we will open for exploratory discussion by all attendees. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Change is constant\, endemic and necessary.”—Drew Gilpin Faust \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Author\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLynn De Jonghe’s career in progressive education has spanned more than forty years.  She served as the founding Head of East Bay Sierra School\, which later merged with another school to form Prospect Sierra School\, to become one of the preeminent schools in the San Francisco Bay Area. Prior to her work in independent schools\, Lynn spent fifteen years in public education administering federal funds to innovative programs\, advocating for project learning as an alternative to textbooks\, and pushing for integration in Massachusetts schools. She received her BA degree in History from Harvard University and a MS in Library Science from Simmons College before completing her PhD in Education at Cornell University.  Her doctoral work on children’s problem solving led her to push for challenging educational programs that encourage all students to pursue learning in depth and to use problem solving skills\, collaborative learning\, and exploration of values in an integrated curriculum. Her work in philosophy centers on the social methodology of scientific research programs and the process philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead. She is a member of the Philosophy of Education Society and serves on the advisory committee of the Cobb Institute. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo reserve your seat and receive the Zoom information\, click the Going button and enter your name and email.
URL:https://cobb.institute/event/starting-with-whitehead-session-5/
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SUMMARY:Learning Circle: Process & Coffee
DESCRIPTION:Process & Coffee is about spiritual integration and exploration. We meet weekly to dive into books by mystics and sages. The discussion that follows helps to deepen our own spiritual lives. \n\n\n\nClick here to learn more or join.
URL:https://cobb.institute/event/learning-circle-process-coffee-23/2023-04-20/
CATEGORIES:Learning Circle
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SUMMARY:Interfaith Explorations Spring 2023: Cultivating Spirituality in Daily Life
DESCRIPTION:In this offering\, qualities of heart and mind to help us in our daily life at home\, in family\, in the workplace\, and other situations in the journey of life\, such as births\, deaths\, joys\, traumas will be explored through the framework of Spiritual Alphabet\, developed by Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat. Our sessions will be facilitated by Dr. Jay McDaniel and Sophia Said\, who will bring two “letters” from the spiritual alphabet to each session (“A” is for attention\, “B” is for beauty\, “C” is for connection\, etc.)\, sharing quotations\, poems\, and stories from personal experiences that illuminate them; and then\, with help from prompting questions\, invite others to do the same. \n\n\n\nInterfaith Explorations is a program of the Interfaith Center of Arkansas\, and is co-sponsored by the Cobb Institute\, Spirituality & Practice\, and Process & Faith. \n\n\n\nThis event is free and open to the public. \n\n\n\n\nLEARN MORE & RSVP
URL:https://cobb.institute/event/interfaith-explorations-spring-2023-cultivating-spirituality-in-daily-life/2023-04-19/
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SUMMARY:Process Pop-Up: Process Mysticism
DESCRIPTION:Drawing from his latest book\, Process Mysticism\, Dan Dombrowski will offer a process philosophical approach to mysticism or religious experience. “Mysticism” can refer to either direct experience of God or the claim that such experience is ineffable and both senses of the term will be analyzed. In this Pop-Up\, Dan will use the process philosophies of Charles Hartshorne\, Alfred North Whitehead\, and Henri Bergson to explore this subject. His aim is not so much to demonstrate that such experiences are true or veridical as it is to understand\, in a William Jamesian fashion\, how they could be possible and not contradict the concept of God held by philosophers and theologians.  \n\n\n\nDan’s presentation will touch on divine world-inclusiveness\, ideal power and tragedy\, the ontological argument\, asceticism and the via negativa\, divine visions and voices\, and the aesthetics and ethics of mysticism. With an ecumenical approach\, Dan will attempt to illuminate mystical experiences as they occur around the world in different religious traditions\, while claiming familiarity only with the Abrahamic religions. \n\n\n\n\nRSVP at Process & Faith\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCo-sponsored by the following:
URL:https://cobb.institute/event/process-pop-up-process-mysticism/
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SUMMARY:John Cobb & Friends Gathering: Monica Coleman
DESCRIPTION:Topic: Processing Grief: An Afro-futurist Perspective \n\n\n\nPresenters: Monica Coleman \n\n\n\nDr. Monica A. Coleman is John and Patricia Cochran Scholar for Inclusive Excellence and Professor of Africana Studies at the University of Delaware. She spent nearly fifteen years in graduate theological education at Claremont School of Theology\, the Center for Process Studies and Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. Coleman has earned degrees from Harvard University\, Vanderbilt University and Claremont Graduate University. She has received funding from leading foundations in the United States\, including the Ford Foundation\, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation\, and the Institute for Citizens and Scholars (formerly the Woodrow Wilson Fellowship Foundation)\, among others. Answering her call to ministry at 19 years of age\, Coleman is an ordained minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church and an initiate in traditional Yoruba religion. \n\n\n\nExplore her website where she introduces herself\, her six books\, and recent podcasts\, including co-hosting\, along with writer Tananarive Due\, the popular webinar series Octavia (Butler) Tried to Tell Us: Parable for Today’s Pandemic\, addressing today’s most pressing issues with insights from Afrofuturist literature\, process theology and community values.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInformation about how to access each gathering is made available via email. To find out about a single meeting\, send an email to events@cobb.institute. If you would like to receive regular meeting announcements and updates about the Institute\, please join our list of Friends. \n\n\n\nCan’t make it to the live session? Click here to access our archive of Cobb & Friends recordings.
URL:https://cobb.institute/event/john-cobb-friends-gathering-2023-04-18/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Cobb & Friends
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SUMMARY:Learning Circle: An Awakening Planet?
DESCRIPTION:A Discussion Group Contemplating the Vision of Teilhard de Chardin\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFacilitated by Dr. Ernie Tamminga\, this group meets every two weeks to carefully consider how and whether Teilhard de Chardin’s hope-filled perspective on the human evolutionary future can still inspire us in a time full of conflicts and division. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFIND OUT MORE
URL:https://cobb.institute/event/learning-circle-an-awakening-planet-2/2023-04-18/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Learning Circle
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230415T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230415T120000
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SUMMARY:Starting With Whitehead: Session 4
DESCRIPTION:This five-part conversation series offers an analysis of learning events at each of the three stages of the rhythm of education\, described in Whitehead’s classic The Aims of Education. Each conversation will focus on the recently published book Starting with Whitehead\, by Lynn De Jonghe\, which bridges the gap between the theory and practice of educational reform\, and points the way for adults to help children thrive in a world of change. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“There is only one subject matter for education\, and that is Life in all its manifestations.”—Alfred North Whitehead \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAs we search for guidance on how to thrive in changing times\, we are led to the work of Alfred North Whitehead\, who brilliantly perceived that the process of change itself is fundamental to existence. Whitehead grasped the profound role of change in determining how we how we learn\, how we experience ourselves and others and how we interact with the world around us. In his classic work\, The Aims of Education\, he elaborated a three-stage process of learning\, involving romance\, precision and generalization. He called for an education that explored real life experiences and events rather than packing of scraps of information into passive students.  \n\n\n\n\n\nStarting with Whitehead: Raising Children to Thrive in Treacherous Times offers examples of learning events at each stage that point the way for adults to help children thrive in a world of change. These events are presented in the richness of their contexts and unfolding\, rather than as dry results of controlled data gathering procedures. The events recorded here are based on the author’s extensive experience working directly with children as a parent\, teacher\, principal and policy maker. Drawing on the best of psychological and educational research\, Dr. De Jonghe sets these exemplary events in a vigorous theoretical foundation and proposes specific strategies for success. Her recommendations have relevance not only for parents but also for teachers\, principals\, and educational policy makers. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nConversation Series Outline\n\n\n\nTakes place on Saturdays at 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Pacific\, from March 18th thru April 22nd \n\n\n\n\nSession 1: March 18: Introduction: Using events in context to inform theory; Whitehead’s Aims of Education in relation to his philosophy of process\n\n\n\nSession 2: March 25: The Rhythm of Education: Romance\n\n\n\nSession 3: April 1: The Rhythm of Education: Precision\n\n\n\nSession 4: April 15: The Rhythm of Education: Generalization\n\n\n\nSession 5: April 22: Conclusion: Using Process Philosophy to Help Meet the Challenges of Our Times\n\n\n\n\nEach session will begin with a talk and slide presentation by Dr. De Jonghe\, then follow with two or three respondents for comment\, critique\, and elaboration\, after which we will open for exploratory discussion by all attendees. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Change is constant\, endemic and necessary.”—Drew Gilpin Faust \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Author\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLynn De Jonghe’s career in progressive education has spanned more than forty years.  She served as the founding Head of East Bay Sierra School\, which later merged with another school to form Prospect Sierra School\, to become one of the preeminent schools in the San Francisco Bay Area. Prior to her work in independent schools\, Lynn spent fifteen years in public education administering federal funds to innovative programs\, advocating for project learning as an alternative to textbooks\, and pushing for integration in Massachusetts schools. She received her BA degree in History from Harvard University and a MS in Library Science from Simmons College before completing her PhD in Education at Cornell University.  Her doctoral work on children’s problem solving led her to push for challenging educational programs that encourage all students to pursue learning in depth and to use problem solving skills\, collaborative learning\, and exploration of values in an integrated curriculum. Her work in philosophy centers on the social methodology of scientific research programs and the process philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead. She is a member of the Philosophy of Education Society and serves on the advisory committee of the Cobb Institute. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo reserve your seat and receive the Zoom information\, click the Going button and enter your name and email.
URL:https://cobb.institute/event/starting-with-whitehead-session-4/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Conversation Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230413T080000
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SUMMARY:Learning Circle: Process & Coffee
DESCRIPTION:Process & Coffee is about spiritual integration and exploration. We meet weekly to dive into books by mystics and sages. The discussion that follows helps to deepen our own spiritual lives. \n\n\n\nClick here to learn more or join.
URL:https://cobb.institute/event/learning-circle-process-coffee-23/2023-04-13/
CATEGORIES:Learning Circle
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230412T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230412T110000
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SUMMARY:Interfaith Explorations Spring 2023: Cultivating Spirituality in Daily Life
DESCRIPTION:In this offering\, qualities of heart and mind to help us in our daily life at home\, in family\, in the workplace\, and other situations in the journey of life\, such as births\, deaths\, joys\, traumas will be explored through the framework of Spiritual Alphabet\, developed by Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat. Our sessions will be facilitated by Dr. Jay McDaniel and Sophia Said\, who will bring two “letters” from the spiritual alphabet to each session (“A” is for attention\, “B” is for beauty\, “C” is for connection\, etc.)\, sharing quotations\, poems\, and stories from personal experiences that illuminate them; and then\, with help from prompting questions\, invite others to do the same. \n\n\n\nInterfaith Explorations is a program of the Interfaith Center of Arkansas\, and is co-sponsored by the Cobb Institute\, Spirituality & Practice\, and Process & Faith. \n\n\n\nThis event is free and open to the public. \n\n\n\n\nLEARN MORE & RSVP
URL:https://cobb.institute/event/interfaith-explorations-spring-2023-cultivating-spirituality-in-daily-life/2023-04-12/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230411T100000
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SUMMARY:John Cobb & Friends Gathering: Herman Greene
DESCRIPTION:Topic: Process & Law: The New Ecological Social Contract \n\n\n\nPresenters: Herman Greene \n\n\n\nHerman Greene will begin with a discussion of the past work done of process thinkers on legal theory. He will then move to his own work in the emerging field of Earth law and the new ecological social contract. (See his attached Earth Law chapter\, “Ecocentric Governance: The New Ecological Social Contract.”)  Bruno Latour argued in his 2013 Gifford lectures that we humans have entered a new state of nature\, a Hobbesian condition of a war of all against all\, with the protagonists now including tuna\, and sea levels\, and carbon emissions\, as well as the various human factions. This time though it is not a condition before people entered into a social contract\, it is a present condition\, and calls for a new social contract that includes nature—a task that will take “two hundred” years. It is the primary task of humans in the Anthropocene. \n\n\n\nHerman Greene\, JD\, MA\, MDiv\, DMin is founder and president of the Center for Ecozoic Studies in Chapel Hill\, North Carolina\, a research and education center for an ecological-cultural age. He is Thomas Berry Scholar-in-Residence of the Earth Law Center and is co-author and co-editor of Earth Law: Emerging Ecocentric Law—A Guide for Practitioners. He serves on the Board of the International Process Network\, and on the Advisory Boards of the Center for Process Studies and the Institute for the Post-Modern Development of China. He is a retired business lawyer and holds graduate degrees in law (University of North Carolina-JD)\, theology (University of Chicago-MTh & MDiv\, and United Theological Seminary-DMin)\, and political science (Stanford University-MA).  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInformation about how to access each gathering is made available via email. To find out about a single meeting\, send an email to events@cobb.institute. If you would like to receive regular meeting announcements and updates about the Institute\, please join our list of Friends. \n\n\n\nCan’t make it to the live session? Click here to access our archive of Cobb & Friends recordings.
URL:https://cobb.institute/event/john-cobb-friends-gathering-2023-04-11/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Cobb & Friends
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230406T080000
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SUMMARY:Learning Circle: Process & Coffee
DESCRIPTION:Process & Coffee is about spiritual integration and exploration. We meet weekly to dive into books by mystics and sages. The discussion that follows helps to deepen our own spiritual lives. \n\n\n\nClick here to learn more or join.
URL:https://cobb.institute/event/learning-circle-process-coffee-23/2023-04-06/
CATEGORIES:Learning Circle
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230405T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230405T110000
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SUMMARY:Interfaith Explorations Spring 2023: Cultivating Spirituality in Daily Life
DESCRIPTION:In this offering\, qualities of heart and mind to help us in our daily life at home\, in family\, in the workplace\, and other situations in the journey of life\, such as births\, deaths\, joys\, traumas will be explored through the framework of Spiritual Alphabet\, developed by Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat. Our sessions will be facilitated by Dr. Jay McDaniel and Sophia Said\, who will bring two “letters” from the spiritual alphabet to each session (“A” is for attention\, “B” is for beauty\, “C” is for connection\, etc.)\, sharing quotations\, poems\, and stories from personal experiences that illuminate them; and then\, with help from prompting questions\, invite others to do the same. \n\n\n\nInterfaith Explorations is a program of the Interfaith Center of Arkansas\, and is co-sponsored by the Cobb Institute\, Spirituality & Practice\, and Process & Faith. \n\n\n\nThis event is free and open to the public. \n\n\n\n\nLEARN MORE & RSVP
URL:https://cobb.institute/event/interfaith-explorations-spring-2023-cultivating-spirituality-in-daily-life/2023-04-05/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230404T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230404T120000
DTSTAMP:20260419T190724
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SUMMARY:John Cobb & Friends Gathering: Ellyn Polsky\, Sophia Said\, and Jay McDaniel
DESCRIPTION:Topic: Passover\, Ramadan\, and Holy Week: An Interfaith Conversation \n\n\n\nPresenters: Ellyn Polsky\, Sophia Said\, and Jay McDaniel \n\n\n\nThis conversation\, co-sponsored with the Interfaith Center of Arkansas\, will honor holy seasons of Jews\, Muslims\, and Christians.   \n\n\n\nEllyn Polsky will guide our understanding of Passover. She has been teaching in secular and Jewish schools and camps for over 50 years\, most recently as Director of Lifelong Learning at Reform Jewish congregations in St. Louis and then in Little Rock. You can see her in the following 10-minute video about a program for elementary school children. She worked tirelessly to help Sophia Said establish\, teach and have fun in—Interfaith Friendship Camp of Arkansas. An educator at The Interfaith Center\, she has been curriculum director of the camp for the last 6 years.   \n\n\n\nSophia Said\, Executive Director of The Interfaith Center of Arkansas\, will discuss Ramadan. She has received multiple awards recognizing her contributions to civil society. Perhaps you remember her previous conversation with John Cobb & Friends “On Being Muslim in America.” A native of Pakistan who came to America when her husband came to study\, she responded to the 9-11 tragedy by founding the Interfaith Center. Explore Open Horizons website for her story\, her affirmation of “The America I believe in\,” and Jay McDaniel’s “process appreciation” of her vision. Also\, Sophia and Jay reflect on interfaith relations in light of the results of the 2016 US Presidential election. Explore her personal story\, plus course materials she developed with Jay McDaniel for a class they taught at Hendrix College on “Leadership in a Multi-Faith World.”  \n\n\n\nJay McDaniel will discuss Holy Week. He is Professor Emeritus of World Religions at Hendrix College\, board chair for Cobb Institute\, active supporter of the Institute for Postmodern Development of China and of the Becomings Collective for Emerging Artists (becomingscollective.org). He is curator of OpenHorizons.org. He has collaborated often with Sophia Said\, contributing to the programs of the Interfaith Center of Arkansas. See the page with his biodata on the website of Spirituality & Practice.   \n\n\n\nFor basic information about Jewish\, Muslim\, and Christian holy seasons\, you may explore these resources available from the Harvard Pluralism Project: \n\n\n\n\nPassover\n\n\n\nRamadan\n\n\n\nAsh Wednesday to Easter Sunday\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInformation about how to access each gathering is made available via email. To find out about a single meeting\, send an email to events@cobb.institute. If you would like to receive regular meeting announcements and updates about the Institute\, please join our list of Friends. \n\n\n\nCan’t make it to the live session? Click here to access our archive of Cobb & Friends recordings.
URL:https://cobb.institute/event/john-cobb-friends-gathering-2023-04-04/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Cobb & Friends
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230404T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230404T093000
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SUMMARY:Learning Circle: An Awakening Planet?
DESCRIPTION:A Discussion Group Contemplating the Vision of Teilhard de Chardin\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFacilitated by Dr. Ernie Tamminga\, this group meets every two weeks to carefully consider how and whether Teilhard de Chardin’s hope-filled perspective on the human evolutionary future can still inspire us in a time full of conflicts and division. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFIND OUT MORE
URL:https://cobb.institute/event/learning-circle-an-awakening-planet-2/2023-04-04/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Learning Circle
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230401T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230401T120000
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SUMMARY:Starting With Whitehead: Session 3
DESCRIPTION:This five-part conversation series offers an analysis of learning events at each of the three stages of the rhythm of education\, described in Whitehead’s classic The Aims of Education. Each conversation will focus on the recently published book Starting with Whitehead\, by Lynn De Jonghe\, which bridges the gap between the theory and practice of educational reform\, and points the way for adults to help children thrive in a world of change. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“There is only one subject matter for education\, and that is Life in all its manifestations.”—Alfred North Whitehead \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAs we search for guidance on how to thrive in changing times\, we are led to the work of Alfred North Whitehead\, who brilliantly perceived that the process of change itself is fundamental to existence. Whitehead grasped the profound role of change in determining how we how we learn\, how we experience ourselves and others and how we interact with the world around us. In his classic work\, The Aims of Education\, he elaborated a three-stage process of learning\, involving romance\, precision and generalization. He called for an education that explored real life experiences and events rather than packing of scraps of information into passive students.  \n\n\n\n\n\nStarting with Whitehead: Raising Children to Thrive in Treacherous Times offers examples of learning events at each stage that point the way for adults to help children thrive in a world of change. These events are presented in the richness of their contexts and unfolding\, rather than as dry results of controlled data gathering procedures. The events recorded here are based on the author’s extensive experience working directly with children as a parent\, teacher\, principal and policy maker. Drawing on the best of psychological and educational research\, Dr. De Jonghe sets these exemplary events in a vigorous theoretical foundation and proposes specific strategies for success. Her recommendations have relevance not only for parents but also for teachers\, principals\, and educational policy makers. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nConversation Series Outline\n\n\n\nTakes place on Saturdays at 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Pacific\, from March 18th thru April 22nd \n\n\n\n\nSession 1: March 18: Introduction: Using events in context to inform theory; Whitehead’s Aims of Education in relation to his philosophy of process\n\n\n\nSession 2: March 25: The Rhythm of Education: Romance\n\n\n\nSession 3: April 1: The Rhythm of Education: Precision\n\n\n\nSession 4: April 15: The Rhythm of Education: Generalization\n\n\n\nSession 5: April 22: Conclusion: Using Process Philosophy to Help Meet the Challenges of Our Times\n\n\n\n\nEach session will begin with a talk and slide presentation by Dr. De Jonghe\, then follow with two or three respondents for comment\, critique\, and elaboration\, after which we will open for exploratory discussion by all attendees. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Change is constant\, endemic and necessary.”—Drew Gilpin Faust \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Author\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLynn De Jonghe’s career in progressive education has spanned more than forty years.  She served as the founding Head of East Bay Sierra School\, which later merged with another school to form Prospect Sierra School\, to become one of the preeminent schools in the San Francisco Bay Area. Prior to her work in independent schools\, Lynn spent fifteen years in public education administering federal funds to innovative programs\, advocating for project learning as an alternative to textbooks\, and pushing for integration in Massachusetts schools. She received her BA degree in History from Harvard University and a MS in Library Science from Simmons College before completing her PhD in Education at Cornell University.  Her doctoral work on children’s problem solving led her to push for challenging educational programs that encourage all students to pursue learning in depth and to use problem solving skills\, collaborative learning\, and exploration of values in an integrated curriculum. Her work in philosophy centers on the social methodology of scientific research programs and the process philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead. She is a member of the Philosophy of Education Society and serves on the advisory committee of the Cobb Institute. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo reserve your seat and receive the Zoom information\, click the Going button and enter your name and email.
URL:https://cobb.institute/event/starting-with-whitehead-session-3/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Conversation Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230330T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230330T090000
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SUMMARY:Learning Circle: Process & Coffee
DESCRIPTION:Process & Coffee is about spiritual integration and exploration. We meet weekly to dive into books by mystics and sages. The discussion that follows helps to deepen our own spiritual lives. \n\n\n\nClick here to learn more or join.
URL:https://cobb.institute/event/learning-circle-process-coffee-23/2023-03-30/
CATEGORIES:Learning Circle
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230329T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230329T110000
DTSTAMP:20260419T190724
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SUMMARY:Interfaith Explorations Spring 2023: Cultivating Spirituality in Daily Life
DESCRIPTION:In this offering\, qualities of heart and mind to help us in our daily life at home\, in family\, in the workplace\, and other situations in the journey of life\, such as births\, deaths\, joys\, traumas will be explored through the framework of Spiritual Alphabet\, developed by Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat. Our sessions will be facilitated by Dr. Jay McDaniel and Sophia Said\, who will bring two “letters” from the spiritual alphabet to each session (“A” is for attention\, “B” is for beauty\, “C” is for connection\, etc.)\, sharing quotations\, poems\, and stories from personal experiences that illuminate them; and then\, with help from prompting questions\, invite others to do the same. \n\n\n\nInterfaith Explorations is a program of the Interfaith Center of Arkansas\, and is co-sponsored by the Cobb Institute\, Spirituality & Practice\, and Process & Faith. \n\n\n\nThis event is free and open to the public. \n\n\n\n\nLEARN MORE & RSVP
URL:https://cobb.institute/event/interfaith-explorations-spring-2023-cultivating-spirituality-in-daily-life/2023-03-29/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230328T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230328T120000
DTSTAMP:20260419T190724
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SUMMARY:John Cobb & Friends Gathering: Mark Anielski
DESCRIPTION:Topic: Economic Strategies We Can Learn from First Nations Peoples \n\n\n\nPresenters: Mark Anielski \n\n\n\nAfter a presentation on Native peoples by Professor Tink Tinker\, the Cobb Institute reached out to Mark Anielski to help us further explore what we can learn from First Nations. He was the guest of John Cobb & Friends on September 29\, 2020. John Cobb calls Mark his “favorite economist” because “he thinks the economy should serve the wellbeing of the people.” Economist Anielski asks about feelings and experiences. He’ll report hopeful things happening among Canada’s First Nations peoples and wherever there are opportunities to develop local economies of resilience and trust in local systems of trade and production.   \n\n\n\nMark Anielski\, a resident of Alberta\, has worked to apply Herman Daly’s economic theories in practical ways.  His work of measuring  well-being extends from First Nations in Canada\, Nunavut (Canada)\, Alberta\, Singapore\, China\, South Korea\, The Netherlands\, Austria\, and French Polynesia (Tahiti).  New Zealand\, Iceland\, Ireland\, and Scotland are advancing well-being budgeting and governance\, common-sense-economics for building a better and happier world.  He’s also consulted with folks in Santa Monica and Pomona. Anielski has authored two books: An Economy of Well-being: Common Sense Tools for Building Genuine Wealth and Happiness (2018) and the award-winning book The Economics of Happiness (2007).  See him on a wide-ranging Green Interview about an “Economy of Love.” \n\n\n\nMark suggests that you explore his Economics of Well-being Podcast conversations with several First Nations people including Chief Christian Sinclair of the Opaskwayak Cree Nation in Manitoba whose Nation he worked with in 2020/21 in conducting a well-being assessment in the process of establishing a working economy of well-being. Here is another with former Chief Larry Sault from Ontario. This one with Lewis Cardinal is about the story of Canada from a First Nations perspective. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInformation about how to access each gathering is made available via email. To find out about a single meeting\, send an email to events@cobb.institute. If you would like to receive regular meeting announcements and updates about the Institute\, please join our list of Friends. \n\n\n\nCan’t make it to the live session? Click here to access our archive of Cobb & Friends recordings.
URL:https://cobb.institute/event/john-cobb-friends-gathering-2023-03-28/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Cobb & Friends
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SUMMARY:Learning Circle: Readings on Faiths Around the World
DESCRIPTION:Readings on Faiths Around the World is a book group that reads and discusses books covering the vast diversity of world faiths. Beginning Thursday\, March 6th and ending March 27th\, we will read and discuss Karen Armstrong’s book Buddha together. The group will meet weekly online via Zoom at 8:30 AM Pacific / 10:30 AM Central. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFIND OUT MORE & JOIN\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis learning circle is made possible by a collaboration among friends:
URL:https://cobb.institute/event/learning-circle-readings-on-faiths-around-the-world-2/2023-03-27/
CATEGORIES:Learning Circle
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SUMMARY:Starting With Whitehead: Session 2
DESCRIPTION:This five-part conversation series offers an analysis of learning events at each of the three stages of the rhythm of education\, described in Whitehead’s classic The Aims of Education. Each conversation will focus on the recently published book Starting with Whitehead\, by Lynn De Jonghe\, which bridges the gap between the theory and practice of educational reform\, and points the way for adults to help children thrive in a world of change. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“There is only one subject matter for education\, and that is Life in all its manifestations.”—Alfred North Whitehead \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAs we search for guidance on how to thrive in changing times\, we are led to the work of Alfred North Whitehead\, who brilliantly perceived that the process of change itself is fundamental to existence. Whitehead grasped the profound role of change in determining how we how we learn\, how we experience ourselves and others and how we interact with the world around us. In his classic work\, The Aims of Education\, he elaborated a three-stage process of learning\, involving romance\, precision and generalization. He called for an education that explored real life experiences and events rather than packing of scraps of information into passive students.  \n\n\n\n\n\nStarting with Whitehead: Raising Children to Thrive in Treacherous Times offers examples of learning events at each stage that point the way for adults to help children thrive in a world of change. These events are presented in the richness of their contexts and unfolding\, rather than as dry results of controlled data gathering procedures. The events recorded here are based on the author’s extensive experience working directly with children as a parent\, teacher\, principal and policy maker. Drawing on the best of psychological and educational research\, Dr. De Jonghe sets these exemplary events in a vigorous theoretical foundation and proposes specific strategies for success. Her recommendations have relevance not only for parents but also for teachers\, principals\, and educational policy makers. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nConversation Series Outline\n\n\n\nTakes place on Saturdays at 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Pacific\, from March 18th thru April 22nd \n\n\n\n\nSession 1: March 18: Introduction: Using events in context to inform theory; Whitehead’s Aims of Education in relation to his philosophy of process\n\n\n\nSession 2: March 25: The Rhythm of Education: Romance\n\n\n\nSession 3: April 1: The Rhythm of Education: Precision\n\n\n\nSession 4: April 15: The Rhythm of Education: Generalization\n\n\n\nSession 5: April 22: Conclusion: Using Process Philosophy to Help Meet the Challenges of Our Times\n\n\n\n\nEach session will begin with a talk and slide presentation by Dr. De Jonghe\, then follow with two or three respondents for comment\, critique\, and elaboration\, after which we will open for exploratory discussion by all attendees. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Change is constant\, endemic and necessary.”—Drew Gilpin Faust \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Author\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLynn De Jonghe’s career in progressive education has spanned more than forty years.  She served as the founding Head of East Bay Sierra School\, which later merged with another school to form Prospect Sierra School\, to become one of the preeminent schools in the San Francisco Bay Area. Prior to her work in independent schools\, Lynn spent fifteen years in public education administering federal funds to innovative programs\, advocating for project learning as an alternative to textbooks\, and pushing for integration in Massachusetts schools. She received her BA degree in History from Harvard University and a MS in Library Science from Simmons College before completing her PhD in Education at Cornell University.  Her doctoral work on children’s problem solving led her to push for challenging educational programs that encourage all students to pursue learning in depth and to use problem solving skills\, collaborative learning\, and exploration of values in an integrated curriculum. Her work in philosophy centers on the social methodology of scientific research programs and the process philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead. She is a member of the Philosophy of Education Society and serves on the advisory committee of the Cobb Institute. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo reserve your seat and receive the Zoom information\, click the Going button and enter your name and email.
URL:https://cobb.institute/event/starting-with-whitehead-session-2/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Conversation Series
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SUMMARY:Learning Circle: Process & Coffee
DESCRIPTION:Process & Coffee is about spiritual integration and exploration. We meet weekly to dive into books by mystics and sages. The discussion that follows helps to deepen our own spiritual lives. \n\n\n\nClick here to learn more or join.
URL:https://cobb.institute/event/learning-circle-process-coffee-23/2023-03-23/
CATEGORIES:Learning Circle
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