On Revolutionary Mindfulness and Restorative Justice
We’re a nation born of blood, slavery, and genocide. This original trauma re-enacts itself in many ways… We must become skilled healers. We must be brave ones to take on juggernauts of harm. —Fania Davis, co-founder, Restorative Justice for Oakland...
Deconstructing Our Culture of Violence
Jacques Verduin is a subject matter expert on mindfulness, restorative justice, emotional intelligence, and transforming violence. A father, community organizer, and teacher, he is the founder of GRIP Training Institute (Guiding Rage Into Power), which helps prisoners and challenged youth...
The Research Behind StoryCorps’ One Small Step Initiative
Recently our partners at StoryCorps shared the research behind its One Small Step (OSS) initiative, which was born out of increasing concern about the growing political divides and contempt in society. On a Zoom call with funders (Fetzer is a...
Do Technology and Sacred Mindfulness Mix?
Walking into Wisdom 2.0—a conference where the Silicon Valley tech scene converges with a profoundly sacred mindfulness scene—is like entering an alternative reality. One minute, you might be trying on a BrainTap wearable headset to build your “brain fitness,” and...
Courageous Religious Pluralism on College Campuses
Eboo Patel, founder of Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC) has devoted his life to the promise of a pluralistic American society, a potluck of flavors to nourish us all and stimulate taste buds beyond a bland melting pot of assimilation. Community,...
Founder
---Our Founder--- John Earl Fetzer (1901 – 1991) was a pioneer in the broadcasting industry, an owner of the Detroit Tigers baseball team, and a lifetime devotee of faith and spirituality. While bedridden for nearly a year with influenza as a teenager, he made the commitment that “If I were permitted to live, I would devote my life to the spiritual work of the Creator.” Mr. Fetzer kept t
Planting Gardens of Belonging
Our cultural moment is marked decisively by a bitter, national upheaval. The ramifications of such division are evident in the ongoing reformation of social and civic life that has fundamentally reshaped the American landscape for the next generation of public...
Conversation Circles for Chaplains of Color
Just shy of a month ago, the Chaplaincy Innovation Lab (CIL) launched the first in a series of Conversation Circles for Chaplains of Color as part of our work with the Fetzer Institute to support and build networks for spiritual...
Sacrality Practice: Through Dying, We Learn to Live
Dying, a universal experience is a topic we often avoid. However, it holds profound lessons for our personal growth and understanding of life. In the video below, Carla Fernandez, co-founder of The Dinner Party, shares her insights on the importance...
Sacridity Practice: Taming Our Egos
“The spiritual life, the spiritual work is fundamentally about, for us normal human beings, overcoming the many facets of our own egoism, the tyranny of the false self,” says Kabir Helminski, co-founder and co-director of The Threshold Society. The challenge...