The theme of Faculty Development Day this year was “Compassionate Listening.” As speakers Joanie Levine and Yehuda Winter mentioned, they will be holding a Compassionate Listening Basics Intensive Workshop on Friday, May 17 to Sunday, May 19 at Trinity Episcopal Church in Portland. This three-day workshop in Compassionate Listening will help attendees learn a powerful set of skills that enable them to help begin to heal the world from the inside out.
Any member of the University community—faculty, administrators, staff, students—is welcome to participate. Simply get a taste of the Art of Compassionate Listening on Friday, May 17, or to sign up for the complete three-day Basics Intensive. Fees are $175-275 (sliding scale; $75 deposit due at registration) or $10 for Friday only. You may register at this link.
For more information, please contact Matthew Lawrence at matthew@trinity-episcopal.org or Louisa Egan-Brad, psychological sciences, at brad@up.edu.
Dr. Louisa C. Egan Brad
A follow-up conversation, “Building Courage UP,” which will focus on generating proposals specific to UP in relation to Jennifer Freyd’s “Campus Sexual Violence: Moving from Institutional Betrayal to Institutional Courage” lecture on September 25, will take place the following evening on Wednesday, September 26, at 7:15 p.m., in the Bauccio Commons. This event is open to all members of the University of Portland community and will be facilitated by psychological sciences faculty Louisa Egan Brad and Sarina Saturn, with representatives from Title IX, Students Against Sexual Assault (SASA), Green Dot, Early Alert/Care, the Health and Counseling Center, social justice, and more.