A month of workshops, talks, and community gatherings rooted in Black history, culture, and the enduring power of our ancestral seeds.
People Spotlight
Nick Blanc ’26 left a fulfilling career in homeless services to pursue undergraduate education at CIIS rooted in ancestral wisdom, indigenous traditions, and community healing.
Film composer Layla Minoui shares how healing from cancer led her to CIIS’ Expressive Arts programs and a new purpose as an emerging coach.
Preschool teacher Linette Illastron returned to school after a decade and rediscovered her voice, her strength, and her passion for learning at CIIS.
How CIIS honors the Earth through curriculum, retreats, events, and practices that root learning in the living world.
Dr. Jeanine Canty on Earth Justice, Ancestral Roots, and the Ecological Self
CIIS marked its 58th anniversary with community-wide celebration, collective art-making, and the President's Service Distinction Awards.
Since 1968, CIIS has redefined graduate education by integrating Eastern, Western, and Indigenous wisdom traditions with rigorous academic inquiry.
After a decade in early childhood education and twenty years away from school, Heather Miller found renewed purpose through CIIS' Bachelor of Science in Psychology.
CIIS students and alumni reflect on the moments that changed everything — inside and outside the classroom.
Dr. Rene Dumetz teaches CIIS' Clinical Psychology Psy.D. program, training therapists to work with the unconscious, relationships, and holistic human experience.
Find your path to an expressive arts coaching career at CIIS.