Our final session in this 4-part series is "Resilience and Joy in Our Individual and Shared Stories" with Pamela Ayo Yetunde, JD, ThD and Bill Vendley, PhD.  After the viewing, we'll host a discussion about the topic and how it applies to our lives. 

What You'll Learn

• Learn how the stories we tell ourselves, personally and collectively, impact our lives, the world we live in, and the joy we experience
• Understand the importance of self-forgiveness and self-compassion in transcending limiting beliefs we hold about ourselves
• Discover how coming together to build shared sacred stories can help us see our common humanity beyond “us/them” divisions

Pamela Ayo Yetunde, JD, ThD, is a pastoral counselor. She is the author of Casting Indra’s Net: Fostering Spiritual Kinship and Community and co-editor of Black and Buddhist: What Buddhism Can Teach Us about Race, Resilience, Transformation, and Freedom. Ayo (which means “joy”) is the Co-Founder of Center of the Heart. Check out Ayo's website Learn more about Center of the Heart

Bill Vendley, PhD, is passionate about collaboration among the world’s different religious traditions. Before joining Fetzer in November 2019, he served for 25 years as the Secretary-General of Religions for Peace, the world’s largest multi-religious organization. Bill served as an advisor to President Obama on the Multi-Religious Cooperation and International Affairs Task Force of the White House Faith-Based Council. He was also an advisor to the US State Department Secretaries of State Hillary Clinton and John Kerry. Before his work in Religions for Peace, he was a professor and dean of a Roman Catholic graduate seminary. He studied Buddhism in Sri Lanka and practiced Zen meditation for five years in Japan. His graduate degrees are in systematic theology. He is married to Yasuko Vendley, and they enjoy a cross-cultural multi-religious partnership aligned with Fetzer’s commitment to building a more loving world. 

All are welcome. Tea and coffee will be served. 

There is no charge for this event.