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A Live Online Dialog with Reggie Hubbard
June 9, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT
Where Do We Go From Here?
The Spiritual Path to Peace and Justice
A LIVE ONLINE DIALOGUE
Reginald Hubbard: Congressional Liaison and Washington, D.C. Strategist for MoveOn
Hari-kirtana das: Author of ‘In Search of the Highest Truth: Adventures in Yoga Philosophy’
Registration is free! The replay will be available until 10 pm on June 16.
WE’LL BE TALKING ABOUT:
- What the values of yoga are, why they matter to the ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement, and how to take action based on those values.
- How the setting of the Bhagavad-gita parallels the African American experience and how the teachings of the Bhagavad-gita provide guidance for spiritual activism.
- Anger as a catalytic source of creativity and collaboration rather than destruction and distraction.
- Basic tenets of yoga philosophy that support effective and empathetic engagement between people of different cultural identities.
- Simple meditation practices to help you not lose your mind.
BE A PART OF THE CONVERSATION!
Take our survey to offer your comments, questions, reflections, and suggestions.
The replay will be available for 7 days after the live stream – ends at 10 pm on Tuesday, June 16!
Reginald Hubbard manages MoveOn’s Washington DC presence among Democratic politicians, operatives and staff, progressive organizations and other grassroots constituencies. His unique perspective has been forged through international study and producing major political events. He played key roles in the 2004 Presidential Election, 2008 Democratic National Convention, the Obama Administration and the 2016 Bernie Sanders Presidential primary campaign. Reggie is also an RYT-500 Yoga Teacher who offers classes to political staff, activists and anyone with a curious mind and open heart.
Hari-kirtana das is an E-RYT 500 yoga teacher, Founding Director of the Bhagavata-sevaya School of Yoga, and the author of In Search of the Highest Truth: Adventures in Yoga Philosophy. Hari is on the faculty of numerous yoga teacher training programs, appears regularly as a guest on yoga podcasts, and offers a variety of online yoga philosophy workshops. He’s been practicing yoga for the better part of 45 years and has been teaching yoga in the Washington DC area for the last 11 years.