Keynote Speaker: Rhonda V. Magee
“Free your mind and the rest will follow”: Mindfulness and the Re-Imagining of Beloved Community in Troubled Times
Thursday, Jan. 23
5:30 p.m.
CUB Senior Ballroom and Livestreamed
In addition to the keynote, Thurday’s celebration will also include musical performances by God’s Harmony, a reading from the Campus Civic Poet, a performance by Krimson Kouture, and the presentation of the MLK Legacy Awards.
Speaker’s Biography
Rhonda V. Magee, M.A., J.D., is an emerita professor of law and the Founding Director of the Center for Contemplative Law and Ethics at the University of San Francisco School of Law. Magee is an internationally-recognized mindfulness teacher and prolific author who has spent more than twenty years exploring the intersections of anti-racist education, social justice, and contemplative practices, garnering international acclaim for her work. She is the author of the award-winning The Inner Work of Racial Justice: Healing Ourselves and Transforming Our Communities Through Mindfulness (Penguin RandomHouse TarcherPerigee: 2019), which broke new ground in bringing mindfulness together with diversity and inclusion theory and practice. Her current work integrates contemplative ways of knowing, teaching, skill-building, and leading as the foundation for wiser, more meaningful, and ethically-grounded action for creatively growing together through the greatest challenges of our times.