This series will explore timely questions related to caring for ourselves, our collective human family and the planet. Featuring BIPOC speakers who will share practical approaches to skillfully meet the challenges of our times. They will draw upon their lived experience as Engaged Mindfulness practitioners to investigate how we can name/witness our despair and grief, while simultaneously recognizing, cultivating and celebrating our capacity to heal and transform. These sessions will illuminate what we already have within us to individually and collectively meet challenges such as the climate crisis, systems of oppression, burnout and racial injustice.
Friday March 11th, 2022
12:00 – 1:30 PM EST
“Using music to bring people together: singer, songwriter, social worker, educator”
Joe Reilly
Joe Reilly is a singer, songwriter, social worker, and educator from Michigan who writes songs from his heart. Joe’s songs are playful, clever, engaging, joyful, and always have something meaningful to say. The core of his message is an invitation to heal our relationships with ourselves, with each other, and with the earth. Joe uses his music to bring people together and build across lines of race, class, gender, ethnicity, religion, age, and nationality. Joe is Italian, Irish, and Native American (Cherokee) and was raised in Kalamazoo, Michigan in a creative household by musical parents who encouraged him to find his own voice. Joe loves to inspire others to do the same and to water seeds of compassion, joy, wisdom, and peace in our collective consciousness through the sharing of his music. Joe has been a student of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh since 2004, and was ordained as a Dharma Teacher in the Plum Village tradition in 2021. Joe has recorded eight albums of his music, including three children’s albums of environmental and community songs.
Joe’s music/albums can be found on Apple Music and other streaming services
Website: https://www.joereilly.org/