Contemplative Leadership Assembly at UVA - Dalai Lama Fellows

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 13, 2019                                     

CONTACT:      
Ellen Daniels
edaniels@virginia.edu

Charlottesville, VA – The Contemplative Sciences Center at the University of Virginia will host the 2019 Dalai Lama Fellows Contemplative Leadership Assembly, June 17 - 21.

More than 40 young leaders from 22 different countries will gather at the annual event as part of a one-year fellowship that integrates contemplation and social-emotional skills (e.g., self-awareness, resilience, and compassion) with leadership and social change projects. Projects from this year’s fellows include efforts to address gender equity in Nigeria, indigenous rights in Colombia, and youth empowerment in India.

“The Contemplative Leadership Assembly gives young leaders the opportunity to connect deeply with themselves and others who are similarly compelled to contribute to profound social change,” says Dalai Lama Fellows Associate Director Anthony DeMauro. “The fellows come from all parts of the world and walks of life, with different faiths, beliefs, perspectives, and histories. It’s this diversity, along with several key components of the assembly, that make it so powerful and distinguish it from traditional leadership seminars.”

This is the second year UVA’s Contemplative Sciences Center will host the annual assembly since taking over leadership of the internationally renowned Dalai Lama Fellows program last year.

On Thursday, June 20 media are invited to attend the assembly’s World Café sessions when individual fellows will present their unique social change projects.

Where:           
University of Virginia, Inn at Darden
General Purpose Room
10 Duffy Blvd.
Charlottesville, VA 22902      

When:
9:00am - 10:20am
10:30am - 12:00pm
1:15pm - 2:45pm

(Pictured: Fellows from Africa and Colombia representing 9 of the 40 fellows attending the global assembly at UVA June 17-21.)

Dalai Lama Fellows website