This class will combine teaching about dreams in Mvskoke/Creek culture with learning how to draw meaning from dreams for personal and collective growth.

A daily exploration of singular master artworks intended to transport the viewer to a particular moment in time of monumental consequence. Students will engage in "active seeing" to explore the artwork's form and content.

Explore the historical context of music in inciting social change with Grammy nominated musician and activist Joe Troop.

Discover what lurks behind the masculine mask - unpacking the myths of manhood.

The Common Ground on the Hill Veterans Initiative invites veterans and civilians to come together in a trusting and supportive environment. This is the workshop that changes lives!

Explore the basics of grassroots community organizing and will engage in a number of exercises designed to prepare participants to initiate a civic activism project of their own.

We will reflect on the changing political and social needs of the present age and consider educating students to move into the future.

View and discuss films, music, and mural art with their creators in an engaging classroom setting.

Curricular resources (books, digital media, worksheets, etc.) can contain hidden messaging that impedes inclusivity and negatively impacts student success. Particularly recommended for teachers.

Connect with icons of the blues with someone who connected and toured with them. This class will feature stories, archival film and recordings, bringing these remarkable artists back to life.

Keynote Address: Monday, July 4 at 8 PM Eastern Time. FREE Author Andrew Reiner examines notions of what masculinity is and how it needs to change in an era of rapid, deep social change.

Keynote Address: Monday, July 11 at 8 PM Eastern Time. FREE - No registration required. In-person at WMC Alumni Hall, McDaniel College in Westminster, MD. Photographer John Kurc uses images, film and lecture to illustrate what he found on the US/Mexico border. John will be joined by Rev. Randy Mayer

The division and struggle we are now experiencing has happened before, 700 years ago. What can we learn from those who survived to tell their tales?

Most of us have experienced the healing power of music either as listeners, dancers, or players; yet there are ways in which music is much more powerful than we can even imagine. Learn about the science and share stories of healing.

The ideas and the practices of nonviolence are often highly imaginative and remind us how powerful creativity can be - not only in the arts but anywhere that change finds some wiggle room to blossom.

Discover how peace education can help overcome negative experiences.

Discover how to harness our anger as a force for good, using songs, film, poetry and more to make the learning meaningful.

Join Handy Award winning journalist and radio personality Cary “The Rooster” Wolfson in a listening, vintage film-watching and discussion gathering every afternoon as he converses with blues personalities

This workshop will focus on globalization and how it affects communities which in turn stimulate immigration into our First World country. It will lift up the plight of the migrant and illuminate the deep instinct for survival and love of family.

Storytelling is a powerful way to convey uncommon knowledge and insight in a manner that appreciates common experiences. Explore how storytelling is being used from a public health perspective.

The flagship class of Traditions Weeks. In an atmosphere of trust and safety, and inspired by song and story, we will listen to and learn from the voices of our sisters and brothers from communities represented in our circle.

Photographer John Kurc joins Randy Mayer of Good Shepherd UCC and Shura Wallin of the Green Valley Samaritans to reveal the beauties and tragedies of the borderlands.

Learn about professional photographer John Kurc's journey of discovery at the US/Mexico border and the non-profit that the discovery spurred him to found.

Few people, however, know the personal stories of the people who were the movement. Discover their stories, collected over many years of travel across the south.

Learn the stories and customs of the Woodland First Nations, guided by master Ottawa storyteller Pun Plamondon.