Upcoming Events 27 Days of Change: For Agents of Social Change Tuesday, December 2, 2008 6:00 PM 2584 Martin Luther King Jr Way Berkeley, CA USA Practice Period for Agents of Social Change PRACTICAL personal peace & social justice for Agents of Social Change Participants commit to a 6-point personal change program for 27 Days to learn HOW to BE THE CHANGE you wish to see in the world. Includes fearless Meditation & Yoga, cleanses, retreat, community support and more. Engaging one's inner life is an act of social change and resistance. Join us to: Seed more solutions rather than aggression Deepen connection rather than separation Cultivate sustainability rather than burnout   Upaya Buddhist Chaplaincy Training Program Thursday, February 26, 2009 12:00 PM Santa Fe, NM USA Upaya Buddhist Chaplaincy Program Invites New Applicants The Upaya Buddhist Chaplaincy Training is a visionary and comprehensive two-year certificated program for a new kind of chaplaincy intended to serve individuals, communities, the environment, and the world. The program focuses on altruistic and compassionate leadership and service, and on social transformation from a systems perspective. It is intended to prepare people to have the skillful means to transform all forms of suffering, including suffering induced by structural violence. Faculty for 2009 will include Roshi Joan Halifax, Margaret Wheatley, Fleet Maull, Stephen Batchelor, Richard Davidson, and many more. Upaya is now accepting applications for the 2009 training cohort. For more information, contact Maia Duerr, chaplaincy@upaya.org, and see http://www.upaya.org/training/chaplaincy.php