January 2020
Dear Colleagues,

We are excited to begin communicating with you in a new format! As a past participant in the  Mindfulness in MMSD  offerings, we'll use this newsletter platform to share upcoming opportunities, resources, and news that might support you to renew, explore, or deepen your mindfulness and racial equity practice.

Below you will find Winter 2020 courses and events offered by MiMMSD and others in the community. Links to additional resources, including  our website, are also provided to support your practice, connection and learning.

Wishing you some ease in the weeks ahead as we transition into a new semester.

Take care, and we are here for your questions and feedback,
Sara Parrell,  on behalf of the Core Mindfulness Team
UPCOMING OPPORTUNITIES
Mindful Awareness Toward Racial Healing
Developing a Personal Mindfulness and Compassion Practice
Teachers: Tamara Mouw & Rudy Bankston
Tuesdays: March 3, 10, & 17 4:30 - 6:30 pm and Saturday, March 14 9:00 - 1:00 pm .

Mindfulness & Racial Justice Practice & Study Group
Book study open to all
MMSD Staff: Book provided
February 12 and April 14 4:30 - 7:00 pm, as well as online opportunities to connect.

Day of Mindfulness
For MMSD Educators & All Staff
A first-day-of-spring offering to remember and renew our practice.
Saturday, March 21, 2020
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
MMSD staff participated in an eight-week MBSR (Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction) course during the fall semester. This learning was led by MMSD mindfulness teachers Cynthia Nordmeyer, Nancy Shinners, and Sandra Rivera.
RESOURCES
Project Lead:
Sara Parrell, RN, MS
608-442-2170 (o)
608-516-1757 (c)
ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES

Healthy Minds Program/Digital Platform

The Healthy Minds Program is currently available free to interested MMSD staff! The app designed to foster four skills of well-being costs $8.99, but offered to our staff for a year-long usage at no charge. Last year's pilot of the program in MMSD evidenced high participation and very positive feedback. We are grateful for our formal partnerships with the Center for Healthy Minds and Healthy Minds Innovations for this opportunity.

Sign up now for one of the free 325 licenses that are now available. They will be released mid-Feb.


Susan Kaiser Greenland:
Mindfulness in Education

Friday, February 21, 2020, Dejope Residence Hall University of Wisconsin: In the noise and confusion of modern life it’s often lost on us that while we can’t necessarily change every situation, we have the freedom to choose how we respond and, in so doing, train ourselves and our children to be the people we aspire to be.

Saturday and Sunday, Feb 22 -23, 2020, Dejope Residence Hall University of Wisconsin