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

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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.

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

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

Tania Singer, PhD

Professor; Head of Max Planck Society’s Social Neuroscience Lab; Expert on Empathy, Compassion, and Mental Training Research

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.

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

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

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"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

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WHEN YOU ARE KIND TO SOMEONE ELSE, YOU END UP BEING JOYFUL, BUT WHY? BECAUSE WE REALIZE THAT WE ARE MADE FOR GOODNESS.

– Archbishop Desmond Tutu

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

Event Partners

Online Event | November 13-16

Register to join the FREE Global Joy Summit!

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