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Virtual Meditation: Transforming Trauma into Change with Mandar Apte

TIME: 1 PM ET / 10 AM PT | PLATFORM: Zoom | REGISTER: bit.ly/meditatewmandar

Join us for a grounding, healing, and informative virtual meditation with Mandar Apte, founder of Cities4Peace and a student of the renowned spiritual leader, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (Founder, Art of Living Foundation). Through his work with Cities4Peace, Mandar leads action-oriented workshops with communities that have experienced profound trauma and empower them to turn their trauma into positive social change using the same nonviolence principles that were used by Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. In this session, Mandar will facilitate a guided mediation and welcome a dialogue with participants that will shed light on his work and how to incorporate best practices for fostering non-violence and peace in your daily life and community.

REGISTER: bit.ly/meditatewmandar


About Mandar Apte:

Mandar is a Visiting Scholar in the School for Conflict Analysis & Resolution at George Mason University and a Board Member of the Charter for Compassion, an international non-profit organization that promotes compassion in the world. 

In 2016, Mandar started the From India With Love initiative to reinvigorate the ancient message of nonviolence (or Ahimsa) in the world. Aligned with this mission, in Oct 2018, Mandar hosted the  inaugural World Summit for Countering Violence & Extremism that brought together peace activists and law enforcement executives to promote peace and compassion in the world. Until 2016, Mandar worked at Shell for 17 years at Shell International. In his last role, he managed Shell’s prestigious GameChanger social innovation program investing in ideas that create shared value – business value and social impact. 

For over a decade, Mandar has taught leadership programs using meditation practices volunteering for the International Association for Human Values and the Art of Living Foundation.