
Create the Transformation We Need Now
Thu, Nov 9th 2023 at 8:30 AM EDT
A Daylong Public Forum Gathering Leaders and Practitioners in Contemplative-Based Social Change

Tiokasin Ghosthorse

Monica Gagliano

Dan Siegel

Tamara Toles O’Laughlin

Yuria Celidwen
Please see the whole list of distinguished speakers here.
Convene with Leading Changemakers
We invite you to join fellow contemplative practitioners, researchers, investors, corporate and non-profit leaders, activists, and policy makers in exploring ways we might weave our networks together for greater impact. Our intention is to provide attendees intentional holding spaces and structures to accelerate their crucial work, and support interdisciplinary and cross-sector cooperation and research.
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Programme
Thursday, November 9, 2023 | 8:30 a.m. – 6:15 p.m.
Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, New York City
8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Check In
9:00 a.m. – 9:20 a.m.
Auditorium
Framing the Day
9:20 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Auditorium
Philip Glass performing his composition “Metamorphosis” (on video)
9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Auditorium
Dialogues I
Contemplation and Transformation
Led by David Germano with Cynthia Bourgeault, H.E. Gyalwa Dokhampa and Tiokasin Ghosthorse.
Dialogues II
A New Human Story for the Future
Led by Doug Abrams with Monica Gagliano, David Sloan Wilson, Yuria Celidwen and Pamela Ayo Yetunde, Th.D.
11:50 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
You can choose to join one of the following in depth Immersion Sessions
Immersion Sessions
The Role of Contemplative Practice
Led by Cynthia Bourgeault and H.E. Gyalwa Dokhampa
Indigenous Worldviews on Transformational Change
Led by Yuria Celidwen and Tiokasin Ghosthorse
The Inner Development Goals
Led by Jamie Bristow and Dan Siegel
The Journey of Our Universe
Led by Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim
The Responsibility of the Media
Led by Doug Abrams
12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Lunch
2:00 p.m. – 2:05 p.m.
Auditorium
Live Performance by artist Laurie Anderson
2:05 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Auditorium
Dialogues III
Regenerative Society & Economics for the Common Good
Moderated by Stephen Posner with Samuel Myers, Amanda Janoo and Tamara Toles O’Laughlin
3:05 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
You can choose to join one of the following in depth Immersion Sessions
Immersion Sessions
Science, Spirituality & the Wisdom of the Elders
Led by Monica Gagliano
Reinventing the Common Good
Led by David Bollier
Relational Sensemaking
Led by Angel Acosta
Compassionate Systems Change
Led by Mette Boell
The Planetary Health Alliance
Led by Samuel Myers
4:15 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.
Auditorium
Dialogues IV
Holistic Resilience: Personal, Societal & Systemic
Moderated by Christa Tinari with Dan Siegel, Sará King, Angel Acosta and Victor Koo
Dialogues V
Compassionate Leadership in Business, Finance & Society
Moderated by Sander Tideman with John Fullerton, Jennifer Pryce, Nathan Romano and Howard Fisher
5:25 p.m. – 5:45 p.m.
Auditorium
Live Performance by artist Laurie Anderson
5:45 p.m. – 6:15 p.m.
Auditorium
Harvesting Collective Insights
6:15 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Catered Reception for All
What will you learn?
Today, the world needs this work more than ever. It is work that none of us can do alone. Our goal for the forum is to catalyze a shift in consciousness, focused on new strategies for deep economic, social, and environmental change. We hope to contribute to a true Metamorphosis, transforming despair into hope, and crisis into a positive future.
- Make connections with people and organizations doing critical work in inner development and societal and systems change.
- Share best practices with researchers, policy makers, practitioners, and change leaders.
- Develop a new, integrative framework for a fresh worldview that will unleash courage and inspiration to think big and act boldly.
Your Host

The Garrison Institute’s mission is to apply the skills and wisdom cultivated through contemplative practice, together with the insights emerging from science, to address today’s urgent social and environmental challenges, helping build a more compassionate, resilient future.
Location

1230 York Avenue | New York City
The world’s leading biomedical research university, Rockefeller draws top scientists and graduate students from around the world in pursuit of one mission: to conduct science for the benefit of humanity.