2015 Benefit Program

Insight & Impact A Benefit for the Garrison Institute

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elcome to the Garrison Institute’s “Insight and Impact” Benefit Dinner.

We are deeply grateful for your support of the Institute’s mission, programs and teachers.

Sitting at the intersection of contemplative practice, scientific and creative inquiry, and systems change, the Garrison Institute is dedicated to uncovering the wisdom, tools and practices that are urgently needed for life to flourish in the times in which we live.

For the last twelve years, the Garrison Institute has defined itself by its ability to convene, nurture and inspire visionary leaders, emerging movements and ideas.

We have prepared the field for individuals and groups to harness the tools of contemplation and use them to engender conscious social and environmental change. We have seeded networks and created innovative programs that continue to profoundly influence educators, environmentalists, activists, and heal the trauma experienced by caretakers, healers, and humanitarians on the frontline.

November 13, 2015 The Garrison Institute acts both as a vibrant center for collaboration and as a catalytic hub for relevant manifestations of our mission.

The Garrison Institute’s twelve years of cutting edge work as a modern monastery and sacred laboratory has laid the ground for systemic change addressing the critical issues of our times. With strategic alignments, sound leadership and application, we will continue to expand our impact on the universe of spiritual, social and environmental transformation in the years to come.

Tonight, we are excited to share our success and vision with you. We are especially pleased to be honoring Sharon Salzberg and Rabbi Rachel Cowan, two visionary teachers who have contributed greatly to the Garrison Institute’s mission since its beginning. Their pioneering insight and teachings have had an impact on so many lives.

This event is about more than fundraising. It is bringing our remarkable community together to celebrate the next decade of transformative work.

Thank you for being here with us tonight.

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R A B B I R A C H E L C OWA N

WELCOME

D I A N A R O S E , C H A I R O F T H E B OA R D O F T R U S T E E S C H R I S T O P H E R M A R B L O, E X E C U T I V E D I R E C T O R

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E M M E T T F I T Z G E R A L D / PAT R I C I A J E N N I N G S J O H N K . M C I LWA I N / J OA N N A PA G E

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K R I S H NA DA S & M A R K E P S T E I N H O N O R S H A RO N S A L Z B E RG C H A R L E S H A L P E R N H O N O R S R A B B I R A C H E L C OWA N

MUSICAL PERFORMANCES

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BENEFIT CO-CHAIRS

D I A NA RO S E MONICA WINSOR

Our success is due in large measure to the visionary leadership of our Board of Trustees, who from the

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beginning, saw how to align our mission with the goal

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of social and environmental transformation. We are

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profoundly grateful for their selfless service.

RACHEL GUTTER PA U L H AW K E N B E N N E T T S H A P I RO R A DA M E S S O TO ANDREW ZOLLI

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

LISETTE COOPER RU T H C U M M I N G S

HOST COMMITTEE

L AU R I E A N D E R S O N F R A N C E S B E I N E K E A N D PA U L E L S T O N TERRE BLAIR-HAMLISCH S H A R O N D AV I S H E I D I E T T I N G E R A N D J O N AT H A N R E Y N O L D S S Y LV I E A N D D AV I D F E N T O N E I L E E N F I S H E R F O U N D AT I O N RICHARD GERE

RACHEL GUTTER PA U L H AW K E N W I L L RO G E R S D I A NA RO S E J O N AT H A N R O S E S H A RO N S A L Z B E RG B E N N E T T S H A P I RO DA N I E L S I E G E L MONICA WINSOR ANDREW ZOLLI

J E S S I C A G A L L I G A N G O L D S M I T H , E S Q. TA R A A N D D A N I E L G O L E M A N CHARLES HALPERN

ADVISORY COUNCIL

BOKARA LEGENDRE

DA N I E L G O L E M A N

F R I E D R I K E M E RC K

F R E D E R I C K B . ( B A R T ) H A RV E Y I I I

N A N C Y O L N I C K A N D G I O R G I O S PA N U

MICHAEL LERNER

D I A N A A N D J O N AT H A N R O S E

PETER SENGE

S H E L L E Y A N D D O N A L D RU B I N

B E T S Y TAY L O R

F R E D E R I C K A F O S T E R A N D B E N N E T T S H A P I RO

M A RY E V E LY N T U C K E R

U. S . G R E E N B U I L D I N G C O U N C I L MONICA WINSOR AND JOSH MAILMAN

THANK YOU TO OUR SUPPORTERS

The Garrison Institute is deeply grateful to our sponsors for their generosity.

KINDNESS

D I A N A A N D J O N AT H A N R O S E

RESILIENCE

S H A R O N D AV I S E I L E E N F I S H E R F O U N D AT I O N BOKARA LEGENDRE D E B O R A H RO S E B E N N E T T S H A P I RO A N D F R E D E R I C K A F O S T E R U. S . G R E E N B U I L D I N G C O U N C I L MONICA WINSOR JOSH MAILMAN

WISDOM

J A C A LY N B E N N E T T B A R RY B E R G E R LISETTE COOPER F R A N C E S B I E N E C K E A N D PA U L E L S T O N F R I E D R I K E M E RC K JESSICA GALLIGAN GOLDSMITH N A N C Y O L N I C K A N D G I O R G I O S PA N U N A N C Y P E R E T S M A N A N D R O B E R T S C U L LY S H E L L E Y A N D D O N A L D RU B I N

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SHARON SALZBERG

RABBI RACHEL COWAN

Sharon Salzberg has been a student

Rabbi Rachel Cowan, formerly the

of meditation since 1971, and lead-

Executive Director of the Institute

ing meditation retreats worldwide

for Jewish Spirituality is a consul-

since 1974. She has played a crucial

tant to the Institute’s Wise Aging

role in bringing Asian meditation

program. Her most recent book,

practices to the West. She co-found-

Wise Aging: Living with Joy, Resil-

ed the Insight Meditation Society

ience and Spirit, co-authored with

with Jack Kornfield and Joseph Goldstein, and is the author of nine

Dr. Linda Thal, was published in June 2015. She speaks and writes

books including the New York Times best seller, Real Happiness

widely on aging-related topics. She was named one of the 50 lead-

(Workman Publishing, 2011) and Real Happiness at Work (Work-

ing rabbis in the United States by Newsweek in 2007 and in 2010.

man Publishing, 2013). She is a weekly columnist for On Being, a

She was featured in the PBS series The Jewish Americans. She re-

regular contributor to the Huffington Post, and was a contributing

ceived her ordination from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute

editor of Oprah’s O Magazine for several years. She is currently

of Religion in 1989. From 1990-2003 she was Program Director

writing a book entitled Real Love, which will be published next

for Jewish Life and Values at the Nathan Cummings Foundation.

year. For more information, please visit www.SharonSalzberg.com.

Her work has been included in anthologies, including Illness and Health in the Jewish Tradition: Writings from the Bible to Today, and The Torah: A Women’s Commentary. She lives in New York City, near her two children Lisa and Matt, and four grandchildren—Jacob and Tessa, and Dante and Miles Moses.

Thank you to our Special Guests for the Gift of their Music.

PHILIP GLASS

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Philip Glass is a graduate of the University of Chicago and the

ZOË KEATING

Juilliard School. In the early 1960s, Glass spent

Zoë Keating is a one-woman orchestra.

two years of intensive study in Paris with Nadia

She uses a cello and a foot-controlled laptop

Boulanger and while there, earned money by

to record layer upon layer of cello, creating

transcribing Ravi Shankar’s Indian music into

intricate, haunting and compelling music. Zoë is

Western notation.

known for both her use of technology—which she uses to sample her cello onstage—and for her DIY approach, releasing her music online without the help of a record label.

Born in Canada and a cellist since the age of eight, Zoë obtained a liberal arts degree from Sarah Lawrence College and spent her 20s working at a software startup while moonlighting as a cellist in rock bands. She eventually combined the cello and the computer, developing her signature style of live-layered music while improvising for late night crowds at her Francisco warehouse.

By 1974, Glass had a number of innovative projects, creating a large collection of new music for The Philip Glass Ensemble, and for the Mabou Mines Theater Company. This period culminated in Music in Twelve Parts, and the landmark opera, Einstein on the Beach for which he collaborated with Robert Wilson.

Since Einstein, Glass has expanded his repertoire to include music for opera, dance, theater, chamber ensemble, orchestra, and film. His scores have received Academy Award nominations (Kundun, The Hours, Notes on a Scandal) and a Golden Globe (The Truman Show). Symphony No. 7 and Symphony No. 8—his latest symphonies—

Zoë ‘s grassroots, label-less approach has garnered her much public attention and

along with Waiting for the Barbarians, an opera based on the book by J.M. Coetzee,

press. She was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum and

premiered in 2005. In the past few years several new works were unveiled, including

serves on the boards of the Magik Magik Orchestra and CASH Music, a nonprofit

Book of Longing (Luminato Festival) and an opera about the end of the Civil War

organization that builds open source digital tools for musicians and labels.

entitled Appomattox (San Francisco Opera).

As a cellist, Zoë has played with a wide range of artists, including Imogen Heap, Aman-

Teatro Real Madrid and the English National Opera commissioned Glass’s opera

da Palmer, Tears for Fears, DJ Shadow, Dan Hicks, Thomas Dolby, John Vanderslice,

The Perfect American, about the death of Walt Disney, which premiered on

Rasputina, Pomplamoose and Paolo Nutini. She has collaborated with WNYC’s

January 22, 2013.

Radiolab and lends her music regularly to film, TV, dance productions and commercials. In 2014 she collaborated with Jeff Russo on the music for the A&E drama The Returned. The pair are composing together again for season 2 of Manhattan on WGN. Zoë lives in a redwood forest in Northern California.

Upcoming projects include a double piano concerto for Marielle and Katia Labeque as well as a revised version of his opera, Appomattox, commissioned by the Washington National Opera.

S H A W N C O LV I N

KRISHNA DAS

In an era when female singer-songwriters are

Krishna Das is one of the foremost

ever more ubiquitous, Shawn Colvin stands out

devotional singers in the world. Sharing his

as singular and enduring talent. Her songs are

spiritual message through music and chant-

works of craft and catharsis that become trea-

ing, Das has produced numerous recordings,

sured, lifetime companions for their listeners. In

including Heart Full of Soul, Live on Earth (For

the 26 years since the release of her debut album

a Limited Time Only), and One Track Heart.

she has won three Grammy Awards, including

Layering traditional kirtan with instantly acces-

Song of the Year and Record of the Year for the hit single “Sunny Came Home,” and has been nominated for another seven.

sible melodies and modern instrumentation, Krishna Das has been called yoga’s “rock star.” With a remarkably soulful voice that

She has released 10 albums, appeared on countless television and radio programs, had her

touches the deepest chord in even the most casual listener, Krishna Das—known to

songs featured in major motion pictures, maintained a non-stop national and international

friends, family, and fans as simply KD—has taken the call-and-response chanting out

touring schedule, and created a remarkable canon of work. Over the years Shawn has

of yoga centers and into concert halls, becoming a worldwide icon and the best-selling

shared the stage with such legendary artists as Jackson Browne, Lyle Lovett, Don Henley,

western chant artist of all time. His album Live Ananda was nominated for a Grammy in

Bonnie Raitt, Crosby, Stills and Nash, Emmylou Harris and Mary Chapin Carpenter. In

the Best New Age album category.

2012 she published a memoir, Diamond In The Rough. With the wit, lyricism, and empathy that characterize Shawn’s performances, Diamond in the Rough looks back over a rich lifetime of highs and lows with stunning insight and candor.

Shawn’s new album, Uncovered, finds Shawn casting new light on an exquisitely curated collection of songs from some of the most admired writers in popular music history.

Uncovered features twelve tunes include songs by Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon, Tom Waits, Stevie Wonder, Robbie Robertson and Graham Nash to name a few, but in their selection and delivery, they are pure Shawn Colvin. As Shawn says: “Unless a song moves you, it doesn’t matter what you do with it.”

Shawn will soon begin recording a new album, a duo record with her longtime friend and fellow singer-songwriter Steve Earle, to be released on Concord Records in Spring 2016.

KD spent the late ‘60s traveling across the country as a student of Ram Dass, and in August 1970, he finally made the journey to India, which led him to Ram Dass’ own beloved guru, Neem Karoli Baba, known to most as Maharaj-ji.

Given the name Krishna Das, KD began to chant as part of following the path of Bhakti yoga—the yoga of devotion.

He presents chanting workshops around the world that include musical accompaniment, meditation instruction, readings from different spiritual traditions, and teachings and discussions about the spiritual path.

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Insight & Impact Founded in 2003, the Garrison Institute is a not-for-profit 501( c )(3), non-sectarian organization dedicated to accelerating positive change at the intersection of contemplation and engaged social action.

Our mission is to apply the transformative power of contemplation to today’s pressing social and environmental concerns, helping build a more compassionate, resilient future.

We envision and work to build a future in which contemplative ideas and approaches are increasingly mainstream, and are applied to scale to create the conditions for positive, systemic social and environmental change.

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