Celebrating our shared humanity & living with Joy in challenging times
November 13-16 | 30+ Speakers & Artists
Celebrating our shared humanity & finding joy in challenging times
November 13-16 | 30+ Speakers
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An Inspired Gift from Two Global Icons
Feeling the pain of the world and recognizing how many are struggling with isolation and despair, His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu met one last time before Arch’s passing to create a final gift for us all – poignant, practical, and often humorous teachings on how we can live with more Joy, even during deeply troubled times.
How can we meet the ordinary and profound challenges that surround us, and live with Joy in a deeply hurting world? Be inspired by the contagious Joy of these self-described “mischievous brothers” and learn from 30+ spiritual teachers, Joy researchers, visionary change makers, and artists. Join the celebration and exploration. Live the Joy.
A 4 DAY Celebration and Exploration of Joy
in collaboration with the creators of:
Mission: JOY
The Inspiring, Hope-Filled Documentary Produced By An Academy Award Winning Team
The Book of Joy
The International Bestseller Which Has Inspired Millions Around The World
Produced By
Kicking Off November 13 With:
Global Community Watch Party
Mission: Joy Movie
Join us as we are brought inside the poignant and laugher-filled friendship of the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who have faced oppression, exile, death threats, cancer, and more, yet came out the otherside as two of the most joyful human beings on the planet.
Their life stories and practical wisdom, remind us that Joy is an inside job, that Joy and sorrow are inseperable, and that one of Joy’s secrects is deep connection with others.
Produced by an Academy Award winning team. Invite your friends or make some new ones – you won’t want to miss it!
November 14 - 16:
Inspiring & Practical Sessions, Live Workshops, and MusICal Performances
WITH 30+ RENOWNED JOY SCIENTISTS, SPIRITUAL TEACHERS, CHANGEMAKERS, AND ARTISTS
His Holiness the Dalai Lama
The 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet, spiritual leader of the Tibetan people; Author, The Art of Happiness and The Universe in a Single Atom.
Presiding Bishop Michael Curry
Presiding Bishop and Primate of The Episcopal Church
Mingyur Rinpoche
Renowned Buddhist Meditation Teacher; Head of Tergar Meditation Community; Best-Selling Author, The Joy of Living: Unlocking the Secret and Science of Happiness
Reverend Mpho Tutu van Furth
Episcopal Priest; Artist; Author; Founding Executive Director, Desmond & Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation
Valerie June
Singer-songwriter; Grammy-Nominee; Author
Zainab Salbi
Founder, Women for Women International; Humanitarian; Journalist; Best-Selling Author, Between Two Worlds and Freedom is an Inside Job
Ross Gay
Poet; Essayist; NYT Best-Selling Author; 2016 Winner of the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award
Rainn Wilson
Emmy nominated actor; NYT Bestselling author, SoulPancake: Chew on Life’s Big Questions
Thupten Jinpa, PhD
Founder, Compassion Institute; Principal Author, Compassion Cultivation Training Program; Principal English Translator to His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Doug Abrams
Founder and President, Idea Architects; NYT Best-Selling Author and Co-author with His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu, The Book of Joy
adrienne maree brown
Writer-In-Residence, Emergent Strategy Institute; NYT Best-Selling Author, Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good
Peggy Callahan
Human Rights Activist; Co-Director and Producer, Mission: Joy – Finding Happiness in Troubled Times; Co-Founder, Voices4Freedom
Lucas Johnson, MDiv
Executive Vice President, Public Life & Social Healing, On Being Project; Author; Community Organizer
Tsoknyi Rinpoche
Renowned Buddhist Meditation Teacher; Author, Open Heart, Open Mind
Soweto Gospel Choir
African Gospel Choir; Dedicated to Sharing the Joy of Faith Through Music; Three-time Grammy Winners
Niclas Kjellström Matseke
Chairman of the Board, Desmond & Leah Tutu Foundation
Tania Singer, PhD
Professor; Head of Max Planck Society’s Social Neuroscience Lab; Expert on Empathy, Compassion, and Mental Training Research
Rickie Byars
Singer-songwriter; Music & Arts Director
David Whyte
Poet; Philosopher; Author, Consolations: The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words
Mamphela Ramphele, MD
Activist; Medical Doctor; Academic; Businesswoman; Political Thought Leader; Co-Founder, The Black Consciousness Movement
The Goodness Tour Team
A non profit organization dedicated to bringing music and art experiences to people facing adversity all over the world.
Kristin Neff, PhD
Associate Professor, UT Austin; Pioneering Researcher on Self-Compassion; Best-Selling Author, Self-Compassion
Rachel Bagby
Author; Award-Winning Vocal Artist; Social Change Innovator
Kelly McGonigal, PhD
Health Psychologist; Leading Expert on the Mind-Body Connection; Best-Selling Author, The Willpower Instinct and The Upside of Stress
Chude Jideonwo
Media Host, #WithChude; Founder, RED; Founder, Joy Inc.
Pamela Ayo Yetunde, JD, ThD
Pastoral Counselor; Author, Casting Indra’s Net: Fostering Spiritual Kinship and Community; Co-Editor, Black and Buddhist; Co-Founder, Center of the Heart
Dacher Keltner, PhD
Professor, UC Berkeley; Faculty Director, the Greater Good Science Center; Researcher; Best-Selling Author, Born to Be Good: The Science of a Meaningful Life
Rodney McKenzie, MDiv
Vice President of Ally Development, Fetzer Institute
Richard J. Davidson, PhD
Distinguished Researcher; Founder, Center for Healthy Minds; Co-Author, Altered Traits; Author, The Emotional Life of Your Brain
Michelle C. Johnson
Yoga Teacher; Social Justice Activist; Intuitive Healer; Dismantling Racism Trainer; Author, Skill in Action: Radicalizing Your Yoga Practice to Create a Just World
Bill Vendley, PhD
Vice President of World Religions and Spirituality, Fetzer Institute
Emiliana Simon-Thomas, PhD
Science Director, UC Berkeley Greater Good Science Center; Neuroscientist; Social Psychologist; International Expert on Well-Being and Prosociality
Demond Hill
Researcher at the Intersection of Black Children, Black Youth, Black Families, and (Im)possibilities of Black Healing, Joy, and Beauty
Jamil Zaki, PhD
Professor, Stanford University; Pioneering Researcher on Empathy as a Learnable Skill; Recipient, Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
Vanessa Nakate
Climate Justice Activist; 2021 TIME Magazine 100 Emerging Global Leaders; 2021 Financial Times 25 Most Influential Women
Elissa Epel, PhD
Professor, UC San Francisco; Researcher of Health Psychology, Mental Health, and Contemplative Interventions; Best-Selling Author, The Telomere Effect
Benjamin Swatez
International Artist; Executive Art Director; Founder and Director of multiple creative therapy projects
Luc Reynaud
Musician; singer-songwriter; producer; music therapist; humanitarian; public speaker
Darwin Guevarra, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar, Network for Emotional Well-being at UCSF; Intervention Researcher
Jim Coan, PhD
Professor of Psychology, University of Virginia; Director, Virginia Affective Neuroscience Laboratory; Researcher
Shankari Goldstein
Yoga Teacher; Regenerative Farmer; Program Manager for Mind & Life Institute
Eve Ekman, PhD, MSW
Contemplative Social Scientist; Clinical Social Worker; Senior Fellow, UC Berkeley Greater Good Science Center
"YOU SEE, USUALLY EVERYBODY SEEKS HAPPINESS – JOYFULNESS - BUT FROM OUTSIDE. FROM MONEY, FROM POWER, FROM BIG CAR, FROM BIG HOUSE. ULTIMATE SOURCE OF HAPPY LIFE - EVEN PHYSICAL HEALTH - INSIDE NOT OUTSIDE."
– His Holiness The Dalai Lama
Plus a Special opportunity:
DO YOU KNOW YOUR JOY SUPERPOWER?
When you sign up, you’ll have the opportunity to join The Big Joy Citizen Science Project, the largest ever citizen science project studying joy.
With 7 quick, easy micro-acts of Joy you can try at home, you’ll have the opportunity to create more joy for yourself and others, and help advance our scientific understanding of Joy.
Which micro-act of Joy works best for you? (Scientists have discovered that we’re all different.) At the end of 7 days, you’ll receive a free, individually-tailored Big Joy Report that will show you what YOUR joy superpower is!
Summit Schedule
Day 1: Global Community Watch Party
Mission: JOY Movie
Sunday, November 13th
A once-in-a-generation film, with a just-in-time message.
Produced by an Academy Award winning team. Invite your friends or make some new ones – you won’t want to miss it!
Day 2:
The Inseparability of Joy and Sorrow
Monday, November 14th
Day 3:
Joy is an Inside (Out) Job
Tuesday, November 15th
Day 4:
Interconnection and Ubuntu
Wednesday, November 16th
WHEN YOU ARE KIND TO SOMEONE ELSE, YOU END UP BEING JOYFUL, BUT WHY? BECAUSE WE REALIZE THAT WE ARE MADE FOR GOODNESS.
Produced By
in collaboration with the creators of:
Mission: JOY
The Inspiring, Hope-Filled Documentary Produced By An Academy Award Winning Team
The Book of Joy
The International Bestseller Which Has Inspired Millions Around The World