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• (new) Meditate America launch gala hosted by Hugh Jackman. This event, organized by the David Lynch Foundation, featured special guests Vivek Murthy, U.S. Surgeon General, Maria Shriver, global women's health advocate, Dr. Tony Nader, Bob Roth, and others bringing TM practice to frontline workers, veterans, and survivors of violence. (Thursday, October 17, 2024 - Pretaped)
  
  At this event a special on course fees for learning the Transcendental Meditation technique - through November 12, 2024 - was announced: $480 (or four payments of $120/month - up to 50% off the normal TM course fee); $280 for students. Anyone in need is encouraged to request a scholarship).
   
• NEW SOLUTIONS: Symposium on Transcendental Meditation® as a Clinical Health Intervention, October 20, 2021, Washington, D.C. from the David Lynch Foundation: Center for Resilience and Children's National, DukeHealth, Northwell Health, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York Presbyterian.
  Program:
  Session 1: Healthcare Workers - Burnout, Depression, and Resilience (1 hour)
  Session 2: Veterans and First Responders - PTSD and Suicidality (52 min.)
  Session 3: Black, Indigenous and Peoples of Color - Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease (1 hour)
  Session 4: Adolescents and Young Adults - Adverse Childhood Experiences, Mental Health (64 min.)
  Highlights, moderators and panelists, abstracts, recordings for each session.
   
• David Lynch Foundation: Meditate America Benefit and Concert (recording, 1 hr 41 min), December 3, 2020. Speakers included: Yolanda Lewis-Ragland (time-points 12 min 09 sec and 27 min 33 sec).
   
• Silence the Violence Town Hall at the Meditation Center at THEARC, Washington DC, October 4, 2018 (recording, 1 hr 52 min)
   
• Strength in Stillness book launch party (68 min), February 6, 2018 New York City
  Guests:
  Hugh Jackman, Deborra-Lee Furness, Bob Roth, Jerry Seinfeld
   
• A New Science for Peace Research on Transcendental Meditation, the Brain, Trauma, and Peace, December 5, 2017, at American University, Washington D.C. Presented by the Abramson Center for Peace, a Division of the David Lynch Foundation (3.5 hours - skip first 3.5 minutes)
  
  Program:
  Jeffrey Abramson, Co-founder, Rona and Jeffrey Abramson Center for Peace
  Candy Crowley, Former anchor, CNN’s "State of the Nation with Candy Crowley"
  Bob Roth, CEO, David Lynch Foundation
  
  Overcoming Stress / Promoting Health (direct link)
  Dr. Norman E. Rosenthal, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Georgetown University Medical School
  Dr. Suzanne Steinbaum, Director of Women's Heart Health, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York City
  
  Healing the Hidden Wounds of War (direct link)
  Dr. Sanford Nidich, Director, Center for Social-Emotional Health and Principal Investigator, Department of Defense-funded study on Transcendental Meditation and PTSD at Veterans Administration San Diego Healthcare System
  Dr. John L. Rigg, Traumatic Brain Injury Program Director, Neuroscience and Rehabilitation Center, Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Fort Gordon, Georgia
  
  Training Resilient Warriors (direct link)
  Major General (Ret.) Stephen T. Rippe, Special Advisor, DLF Center for Excellence in Military Health
  Tony Spinosa, Director Health Fitness, National Defense University
  Dr. Hassan Tetteh, Command Surgeon, National Defense University
  
  Quiet Time in the Classroom (direct link)
  Dr. George H. Rutherford, II, Principal, Ideal Academy Public Charter School and National Director, U.S. Center for Stress-Free Schools
  John Wolf, Senior Program Manager, University of Chicago Crime Lab and Education Lab
  Break, including video of David Lynch
  
  District of Columbia: Creating a City of Peace (direct link)
  Rena Boone, Quiet Time Coordinator, Ideal Academy Public Charter School
  Regan L. Ford, Director, Levine School of Music
  Fredda L. Plesser, Executive Vice President, David Lynch Foundation
  
  A Brain-based Approach to Peace (direct link)
  Dr. John Hagelin, President, Global Union of Scientists for Peace
   
• 2016 Summit: Exploring the Science of Meditation on Trauma, Stress, and the Brain (2+ hours), December 8, 2016 at the United States Institute of Peace, Washington, D.C. Synopsis.
  Speakers:
  Candy Crowley, Award-winning journalist and fellow in-residence at Harvard University’s Institute of Politics
  Bob Roth, CEO of the David Lynch Foundation
  David Lynch, Founder and Chair of the David Lynch Foundation, and award-winning director
  Dusty Baxley, Executive Director, Boulder Crest Veterans Treatment Center
  John L. Rigg, MD, Director, Traumatic Brain Injury Program, the Dwight David Eisenhower Army Medical Center
  David Zobeck, Director, Resilient Warrior Program, Norwich University, Northfield VT
  Peter Dodge, Founder, Board Chair, and President, The Peter G. Dodge Foundation, Baltimore
  Jan Gryczynski, PhD, Senior Research Scientist, Friends Research Institute, Baltimore, MD
  Cindy Feinberg, CPC, CAI, President, The Recovery Coach, NY Norman Rosenthal, MD, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Georgetown University and nationally-renowned medical researcher
  Rena Boone, Director of "Quiet Time" Program, Ideal Academy Public Charter School
  William Stixrud, PhD, Clinical Neuropsychologist in Silver Spring, Assistant Professor, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
  John Wolf, Senior Program Manager, University of Chicago Crime Lab and Urban Education Lab, Chicago
  More information at https://www.davidlynchfoundation.org/DC-Summit/
   
• Chicago Education Forum (72 min), March 23, 2016 Chicago IL. Highlights (5 min).
  Speakers:
  Candy Crowley, Award-winning journalist and fellow in-residence at Harvard University’s Institute of Politics
  Norman Rosenthal, MD, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Georgetown University and nationally-renowned medical researcher
  William Stixrud, PhD, leading clinical neuropsychologist and director of The Stixrud Group
  Anna Pavichevich, Principal, Amundsen High School
  Nakish Hobbs, Principal & Co-Founder, Village Leadership Academy
  John Wolf, Senior Program Manager, University of Chicago Crime Lab and Urban Education Lab
  Asheika Butler, Family and Senior Care Specialist
  
   
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