Mindful Mondays: City Bar Series on Well-Being and Mindfulness
The Inner Work of Racial Justice:
A Conversation with Rhonda V. Magee and Cecilia B. Loving (OnDemand)
Originally held on Monday, June 15, 2020 | 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Please Note: This program will consist of audio-only instruction by the faculty, along with a visual aid presentation.
Program Fee:
$29 for Members | $79 for Nonmembers
Members who are Recent Law Graduates, Newly Admitted Lawyers (admitted for the first time in any state or country 2020-2022), In-House/Corporate Counsel, Judges, and attorneys who practice within the Government, Academic or Not-for-Profit sectors attend this program for free.
CLE Credit:
New York: 1.0 Diversity, Inclusion, and Elimination of Bias
New Jersey: 1.0 General
California: 0.5 Elimination of Bias
Pennsylvania: 0.5 General
Connecticut: Available to Licensed Attorneys
Newly admitted New York attorneys
(attorneys admitted to the New York State Bar for two years or less)
cannot earn CLE credit in the category of Diversity, Inclusion and
Elimination of Bias.
Description:
This program will share how the practice of mindfulness
provides awareness, insight and resilience, expands awareness of racism
and provides tools for engaging in transformative social change. Lawyer,
author, mindfulness teacher, and storyteller, Rhonda V. Magee, will be interviewed by New York City Bar Association Mindfulness and Well-Being Chair, Cecilia B. Loving.
They will discuss how mindfulness and compassion practices help disrupt
bias and bring about social change, based on Magee's new book The Inner Work of Racial Justice.
Although most organizations address diversity and equity, rarely is
inclusion addressed; how we can navigate beyond the safety of those we
refer to us "us" to realize our connection with those we perceive as
"them." You will gain insight, tools and practices to address
unconscious bias, micro-aggressions, institutionalized racism, and
systemic injustices.
Rhonda V. Magee is Professor of Law at the University
of San Francisco. A storyteller with the heart of a poet, she is an
internationally-recognized thought and practice leader on integrating
Mindfulness into Higher Education, Law and Social Justice and a Fellow
of the Mind and Life Institute. She currently serves as the Chair of the
Board of the Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute. Professor
Magee is the author of the book The Inner Work of Racial Justice:
Healing Ourselves and Transforming Communities through Mindfulness
(2019).
Cecilia B. Loving is Deputy Commissioner and Chief
Diversity and Inclusion Officer of the Fire Department of New York City,
where she provides leadership for developing and maintaining a positive
and holistic work environment for over 17,000 members. She is founder
of the Mindfulness Group at FDNY and the FDNY Mindfulness Newsletter, as
well as Co-Founder and Co-Chair of the NYC Bar Association’s Committee
on Mindfulness and Well-Being in the Law. She has written nine books,
including her first book of poetry, Unbroken Circles: Holding Space,
Finding Forgiveness, Transcending Edges (2020), God is a Lawyer Too: Ten
Laws of Unlimited Success (2014), and God is a Brown Girl Too (2009).
Click Here to View Program Agenda & Faculty
Sponsoring Association Committee:
Mindfulness and Well-Being, Cecilia B. Loving, Chair
Co-Sponsoring Association Committees:
Alternative Dispute Resolution, Charles M. Newman, Chair
Government Ethics & State Affairs, Jennifer G. Rodgers, Chair
Mental Health Law, Karen P. Simmons, Chair
Co-Sponsoring Organizations:
Lawyer’s Assistance Program, Eileen Travis, Director
Office of Diversity & Inclusion, Deborah Martin Owens, Executive Director