Workshops

The public is invited to attend free workshops at the Seattle Center on a first-come, first-served basis. Please check room assignments at the event for the most up-to-date information.

Sunday, April 13

10:00am-7:30pm

  1. Reflection and Conversation Space
    • Peggy Holman, Teresa Posakony, Sono Hashisaki, Mark Jones, Dale Nienow, Candi Foon, Ashley Cooper, Tracy Robinson, Gabriel Shirley, Karma Ruder, Karen Sella, and others

10:00am-11:30am

  1. Loving Couples, Loving Children: A Community-Based Program for Maintaining Intimacy Between Parents
    • Julie Gottman, John Gottman
  2. Implementing a School-wide Approach to Social and Emotional Learning (SEL)
    • Sheryl Harmer, Roger Weissberg, Mark Greenberg, Sherrie Encarnacion
  3. Compassionate Health Care for Children and Families
    • Jill Sells, Ben Danielson, Mary Ann Woodruff, Patty Hayes
  4. Early Childhood: Advocacy, Policy and Social Change
    • Joan Lombardi, Matthew E. Melmed, Graciela Italiano-Thomas, Jon Gould
  5. Story Circles: Teaching Children Compassion Through Literature
    • Larry Macmillan, Billie Young, Tim Ryan, Beverly Moncrief, Suzette Espinoza-Cruz, Suzette Puente, Karen Ko, Terry DiJoseph, Paul Noski, Pat Wells, Ezra Stoker-Graham, Muna Shamdeen, Jen Wold, Jean Kasota, Uri Israel

12:00pm-1:30pm

  1. The Group Experience as an Inroad Towards Integrating the Mind, Body, Spirit and Soul
    • Bonnie Goldstein
  2. Promoting First Relationships: Nurturing Parents to Nurture Their Children
    • Jean F. Kelly
  3. Already Sprouting: Community Programs That Grow Caring Children
    • Mari Offenbecher, Glen Osborn, Maria Rico, Vu Le, Girls First, YWCA
  4. Teaching Compassion When Little Children Face Adult-Size Challenges
    • Betty Emarita, Yvonne Cheek
  5. Yoga for a Healthy Body and a Kind Heart
    • Meg Agnew

2:00pm-3:30pm

  1. Touchpoint's Role in Breaking the Cycle of Poverty
    • Joshua D. Sparrow
  2. Positive Native Parenting
    • Jillene Joseph
  3. Hate Ends With Me: No Room for Enemies in Today's World
    • Selena Sermeno
  4. Kindred Spirits: Families Caring for Family
    • Lynn Biggs, Jenece Howe, Kristie Lund
  5. Cultivating Compassionate Children
    • Paula Steinke, Mercedes Cordova-Hakim, Marcy Miller, Jon Whalen, Hueiling Chan, Kathleen To, Gina Lewis, Tim Ryan

4:00pm-5:30pm

  1. Leaving the Gang Behind
    • Lieutenant John F. Hayes Jr.
  2. Attachment and The Human Conditon: A Circle of Security Perspective
    • Dr. Kent T. Hoffman
  3. Parents and Providers:  Partners for Encouraging Compassion in Children
    • Nina Auerbach, Faye Melton, Nan Stephens, Molly Hanlon
  4. Parenting Counts, A Program of Talaris Insitute: Lessons From the Field
    • Terrence Meersman, Ann Marie Ward
  5. Step Into The Circle
    • Students from CORE (Congress of Racial Equality), Garfield High School

6:00pm-7:30pm

  1. The Three C’s Supporting the Parent-Teen Relationship: Compassion, Connection and Cooperation
    • Laura Kastner
  2. Lovingkindness Meditation
    • Sharon Salzberg
  3. Tuning in to Kids: Emotionally Intelligent Parenting
    • Sophie Havighurst
  4. Student Voices: The Power of Multimedia Storytelling
    • Lori Markowitz, Greg Tuke, Cheryl Crow, Jennifer Geist, Tania Westby
  5. Creating a No-Fault World With Nonviolent Communication
    • Douglas P. Dolstad and NW Compassionate Communication Training Team, Sura Hart, Barbara Larson, Kathleen Macferran

Monday, April 14 

10:00am-7:30pm

  1. Reflection and Conversation Space
    • Peggy Holman, Teresa Posakony, Sono Hashisaki, Mark Jones, Dale Nienow, Candi Foon, Ashley Cooper, Tracy Robinson, Gabriel Shirley, Karma Ruder, Karen Sella, others

10:00am-11:30am 

  1. Beyond Behavior Management: The Six Life Skills Kids Need to Thrive in Today’s World
    • Jenna Bilmes
  2. The Medicine of Compassion, Integrative Medicine Panel Organized by Bastyr University
    • Chris Adams, MD, Tracy McDaniel, ND, LM, Anjana Kundu, MD, Christopher Huson, Licensed Acupuncturist
  3. Conscious Fathering: Raising Kindheartedness in the Age of Over-Parenting
    • Bernie Dorsey
  4. Parenting Counts, A Program of Talaris Insitute: Lessons From the Field REPEATED
    • Terrence Meersman, Ann Marie Ward
  5. Developing Communities With Compassion
    • Jeanne Anderson, Teresita Batayola, J. David Hawkins, Stella Chao
  6. Emotional Communication and Children
    • Carolyn Pirak
12:00pm-1:30pm
  1. Raising Healthy Children: Building Strong Connections Between Children, Families and Schools
    • J. David Hawkins, PhD, Kevin P. Haggerty, MSW
  2. Strengthening Families Through Early Child Care & Education
    • Robin Higa, Teresa Rafael, Joan Sharp
  3. Nurturing the Seed: Inspiring Compassion in Children
    • Kristen Poppo
  4. Justice and Equity for the Children Including Children of Color
    • Ron Murphy, Judge Patricia Clark, Malcolm Hightower, Donald Felder
  5. Building Emotional Intelligence: Techniques to Cultivate Inner Strength in Children
    • Linda Lantieri
  6. Lovingkindness Meditation REPEATED
    • Sharon Salzberg

2:00pm-3:30pm

  1. In Their Own Voices: How the TeachUNICEF Curriculum Builds Compassionate Global Students
    • Kate Weber
  2. Native Pride: Living Compassionate Lives Through Culture
    • Jillene Joseph
  3. Early Brainworks: The Development and Function of Compassionate Brains
    • Frank Vincenzi, PhD, Susan Fox, OTR
  4. Sustaining the Heart and Spirit of Those Who Nurture Children
    • Diane Robbins, John Morefield, Yarrow Durbin, Jeanne Strong, Anita Morales, Catherine Follett, Alan Preston,
      Cindy McMahon, Karen Harding
  5. Mindful Parenting
    • Larissa G. Duncan, PhD, Margaret Bergmann-Ness, Betsy Rose, Nancy Bardacke, CNM, MA, Malka Maizel
  6. Living in Balance: Mindfulness, Compassion and Stress Mastery
    • Joel and Michelle Levey
4:00pm-5:30pm
  1. Sweet Words: Storytelling and Compassion
    • Laura Simms
  2. Parenting From The Heart
    • Jody McVittie
  3. Your Life is an Artwork in Progress! Performing Poetry and Song
    • AnnRene Joseph
  4. The Art of Mentoring
    • Eric Liu, Jená Cane
  5. Steps to Thrive
    • Natalie Vega O’Neil
  6. Culture and Compassion
    • Jennifer James

6:00pm-7:30pm

  1. Tuning in to Kids: A Parenting Program Targeting Preschool Children’s Emotional Competence
    • Sophie Havighurst
  2. Using Your Mind and Body to Cultivate Compassion
    • Claudia Finkelstein, MDCM, Cora Collette Breuner, MD, MPH
  3. Putting Compassion Into Action With Original Play
    • J. Insui Giehl & Alina Rossano
  4. Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies (PATHS): A Social-Emotional Curriculum for Children
    • Celene Domitrovich, PhD, Carol A. Kusche, PhD, Rebecca Cortes, PhD
  5. Preventing Bullying by Building a School Culture of Caring and Respect
    • Joan Duffell, Teresa Iyall-Williams

Tuesday, April 15 

3:00pm-6:30pm

  1. Reflection and Conversation Space
    • Peggy Holman, Teresa Posakony, Sono Hashisaki, Mark Jones, Dale Nienow, Candi Foon, Ashley Cooper, Tracy Robinson, Gabriel Shirley, Karma Ruder, Karen Sella, and others

3:00pm-4:30pm

  1. Music as a Bridge to Oneness
    • Yuval Ron
  2. Youth: Compassion In Action 
    • Diana Bonyhadi, Lexy Files-Coulter
  3. Poetry and Storytelling as Pathways to Compassion
    • Merna Ann Hecht 
  4. Aikido: The Art of Peaceful Solution and Compassion
    • William Gray 
  5. Compassionate Listening Basics
    • Susan Partnow and Andrea Cohen
  6. Evangelicals and InterSpiritual Friends: Recovering the Compassionate Tradition of Jesus
    • Jim Henderson, Rob Bell, Ingrid Mattson, Dr. Todd Hunter, Dr. Nancy Murphy, Andrew Himes, Sunil Sardar, Pastor Rose Swetman, Rabbi Anson Laytner 
  7. Developing Universal Ethics From All World Faiths
    • Bruno Alabiso, Rabbi Ted Falcon, Don Mackenzie, Jamal Rahman 
  8. Indigenous Wisdom: Awakening and Remembering Compassionate Living
    • John Hale, Patricia Anne Davis 
  9. Nurturing Compassion Through Spiritual Practices: East and West
    • Valerie Lesniak and Jamal Rahman 
  10. Kinder Kids: Safer Schools
    • Linda Kavelin Popov, Betsy Lydle Smith
  11. Conscious Parenting: Jewish Spiritual Practices for Everyday Holiness
    • Dr. Shirah Bell, Rabbi Yohanna Kinberg

5:00pm-6:30pm 

  1. Reconnecting Children with Nature
    •   Bishop Charleston, Karen Salsbury, Paul Brahce 
  2. Reconciliation: Memory, Justice and Forgiveness
    •   Dr. Flora Wilson Bridges
  3. Sacred Art
    •  Victoria Scarlett
  4. Walking the Path Together: Spirituality and Children
    • Susan Usha Dermond, Reverend Lisa Domke, Kristen Jawad, Her Eminance Dagmo Jamyang Sakya, Rabbi Daniel Weiner, Monica Wilson 
  5. Muslim Youth and Spiritual Connection Dialogue
    • Sanaa Joy Carey, Jawad Khaki, Dr. Ann El-Muslimany
  6. The Stillness Challenge: Teaching Children to be Calm and Centered
    • Kimberly Ivy 
  7. Compassion in the Coast Salish Tradition
    • Darrell Hillaire, Smitty and Luti Hillaire 
  8. In Classrooms: Creating Global Understanding, Sparking Compassionate Action
    • Andrew Himes, Gina Sala, Mike Seymour, Andrea Cohen, Merna Hecht 
  9. Secret Power of Flowers to Awaken Compassion
    • Katie Hess and Lisa Reinhardt 
  10. Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program
    • Steven Shankman and Melissa Crabbe