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The Art of Compassion

2025-06-21 14:00:00 2025-06-21 15:00:00 America/New_York The Art of Compassion Compassion and the arts have helped people survive and thrive across time and culture. Laura Banks leads a writing practice and conversation that blends the science and art of compassion. Gum Spring Library - Meeting Room C

Saturday, June 21
2:00pm - 3:00pm

Add to Calendar 2025-06-21 14:00:00 2025-06-21 15:00:00 America/New_York The Art of Compassion Compassion and the arts have helped people survive and thrive across time and culture. Laura Banks leads a writing practice and conversation that blends the science and art of compassion. Gum Spring Library - Meeting Room C

Gum Spring Library

Meeting Room C

Compassion and the arts have helped people survive and thrive across time and culture. Laura Banks leads a writing practice and conversation that blends the science and art of compassion.

Laura Banks is a compassion educator and consultant exploring the connection between the science of compassion, the arts, and what it means to be human. She is dual-certified by the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education (CCARE) at Stanford University and Compassion Institute as a Compassion Cultivation Training © (CCT™) Instructor. 

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AGE GROUP: | High School | Adult |

EVENT TYPE: | Health/Wellness |

Gum Spring Library
Phone: 571-258-3838
Hours
Mon, May 19 9:30AM to 9:00PM
Tue, May 20 9:30AM to 9:00PM
Wed, May 21 9:30AM to 9:00PM
Thu, May 22 9:30AM to 9:00PM
Fri, May 23 9:30AM to 5:00PM
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The Art of Compassion
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