Latest Past Events
Take Heart Now Online Series: Aziza Hasan and Andrea Hodos
Online via ZoomSpiritual Tools for Centering and Compassion Our speakers for this session are Aziza Hasan and Andrea Hodos. To learn more about each of them, click on their name to read their bios. Dr. Lo Sprague will be joined by Aziza Hasan and Andrea Hodos, Executive Director and Associate Director of NewGround: A Muslim-Jewish Partnership for Change. In this past year, Aziza Hasan and Andrea Hodos have been asked repeatedly by news media and multiple organizations to address The War in Israel/Palestine. They have listened deeply to the voices of their communities raw with grief and utter desperation. They have responded with compassion and thoughtfulness, even as they too, have been impacted. Personally. Painfully. When we reached out to them at our Annual Guibord Center Dinner a year ago, not just as our advisors but as our friends, we wanted to hear about them. How were they? their children? their families? their friends? How are they today, one year later? and is it even possible to find centeredness and compassion amid the unrelenting heart-break of war? We are deeply grateful to Aziza and Andrea for their willingness to open their hearts in this important conversation. We hope you will join us. Are […]
Take Heart Now Online Series: Errol Gerson
Online via ZoomSpiritual Tools for Centering and Compassion Errol Gerson is a Strategic Management consultant, professional coach and mentor, and has been a professor at the renowned Art Center College of Design in Pasadena for the past 53 years. He just authored a new book called “50.” Errol was raised in South Africa where his Jewish father, South African mother, and their family endured and fought against the cruelty and oppression of Apartheid. He brings this life experience to his coaching and teaching, drawing from his own deep spirituality and faith. Gerson came to the United States at age 20 to escape the danger is South Africa and attend college. After graduating from USC with an undergraduate Degree in Accounting and an MBA in Finance of Taxation, he worked in public accounting and consulting. In 1978 he founded a business management and accounting company focusing on creatives and music industry performers. He sold the company in 1992 to his partners, and then co-founded ‘cow’, the first Interactive Design firm in the US. He subsequently sold the company in 1999. Gerson then joined Creative Artists Agency as Director of New Media until he was recruited to become the COO of the National Lampoon […]
Sacred Drumming
St. John’s Cathedral 514 W Adams Blvd., Los AngelesBuilding Community through West African Sounds and Spirituality Many of us yearn to meet in person, to see each other, to be together - especially in these tough times. The spirituality of Guinea West Africa and indeed, of Indigenous Spirituality throughout the world, is deeply communal. It is often expressed through tribal rituals such as drumming. Drumming awakens the heart and reconnects us to the Earth and the essence of all beings. You’re invited to join us Saturday, September 28 from 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. PT for Sacred Drumming: Building Community through West African Sounds and Spirituality at St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral, 514 W Adams Blvd, LA, 90007. The event is open to all to take part and join in. Drums will be provided, and you are welcome to bring your own or just soak in the rhythm. We’ll be led by two exceptional artists: Helen Bond, a dynamic percussionist, educator, and storyteller, and Fode Camara, a member of the Susu ethnic group who shares the rich culture and spiritual traditions of his people. We hope to see you on September 28 as we build community through the sacred spirit of drumming! REGISTER NOW