• April 7, 2018
  • 2:00 pm to 10:00 pm
  • Desai | Matta Gallery
    1453 Mission Street
    San Francisco, CA 94103
Add to Calendar 04/07/2018 2:00 pm 04/07/2018 10:00 pm America/Los_Angeles CIIS 50th Anniversary Join CIIS students, alumni, staff and faculty as we celebrate 50 years of transformative education at our Golden Jubilee Birthday event. Desai | Matta Gallery
1453 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
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Proceeds from this event benefit the CIIS Alumni Scholarship Fund

$25 - Event only
$50 - Event + Commemorative CIIS 50th Anniversary Gift
$100 - Event + Gift + Two Tickets to a Fall 2018 Public Programs Campus Event

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Join us as we celebrate our Golden Jubilee Birthday Saturday, April 7th.

2pm Opening: Witness the "dissolving ritual" of the colorful sand Mandala of Compassion in our lobby by Tibetan Monks from the Sera Monastery 
3pm: Sitting Vipassana Meditation in honor of Dr. Rina Sircar 
4:00 - 5:30pm: Individual Program Reunions hosted by our incredible Faculty
5:30 - 6:30pm: Live music, art gallery tour, happy hour
6:30pm: A Toast to Our 50th: Speakers/Surprises followed by Buffet dinner
8:30 - 10pm: Drumming, Music and Dancing. Bring a drum or percussion instrument and your favorite dancing shoes!

50 years of transformational education

Additional Events

We're celebrating our Golden Jubilee Year and we invite you to be our guest at these outstanding Faculty presentations!  There is no cost and refreshments will be served.  We look forward to seeing you soon.

Losing our White Minds
Lani Chow and Diane Swirsky
4/5, 7-8 pm, Area 5

Bringing Goddess-Worshiping Cultures of Prehistoric Europe to Life
Mary Mackey in conversation with Mara Keller
4/6, 7-9 pm, Namaste Hall

Current Scholarly Work and Interests
ICP Faculty
4/7, 4 pm, Area 5

Haridas Chaudhuri and the Spiritual Roots of CIIS
Robert McDermott and Debashish Banerji
4/16, 7-9 pm, Namaste Hall 

The Changing Cultural Zeitgeist and the Evolution of CIIS: 1968 to 2018 and Beyond
Rick Tarnas in conversation with Matt Segall
4/18, 7-9 pm, Namaste Hall

Psychotherapy in the Digital Age
Mera Atlis  
4/19, 7-9 pm, Area 5

Integral Ecology and the Great Turning
Sean Kelly
4/26, 7-9 pm, Room 311

Sexuality in the Trump Era
Gilbert Herdt 
4/28, 7:30 -9 pm, Desai /Matta Gallery

Building Relational Trust: Lessons Learned from an Arts-Based, Community-University Partnership
Shoshana Simons, Denise Boston and Phil Weglarz
5/3, 7-9 pm, Room 311

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