Two Milestones for the Living Wisdom Project
We’re excited to share two important developments for the Living Wisdom Project.
501(c)(3)
First, on July 20th LWP received a positive determination from the IRS and is now officially recognized as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. This status strengthens our ability to grow programming, pursue grants and partnerships, and build long-term support for the retreat center and community.
Past donors should have already received a letter soon with information about the retroactive tax deductibility of qualifying donations made before our determination was finalized.
Tony’s Acceptance to Pacifica Graduate Institute
We’re also pleased to announce that in October of this year LWP Executive Director Tony Held will begin Ph.D. studies at Pacifica Graduate Institute in the Depth Psychology with specialization in Community, Liberation, Indigenous, and Eco-Psychologies (CLIE).
The program’s focus closely aligns with LWP’s work around community, nature connection, healing practices, and personal and collective well-being. Tony’s studies will directly benefit LWP through both the knowledge gained in the program and its annual praxis component, which will create opportunities to integrate academic learning into the organization’s programming and community offerings.
Together, these milestones strengthen both the foundational structure and the evolving vision of LWP. We’re grateful to everyone who has supported the project and look forward to what comes next.
Gratitude if you would like to contribute financial support to help us through these early phases.
Program Description: (from Pacifica Graduate Institute website)
“This program integrates transdisciplinary approaches to address social, community, and ecological challenges of our time. Accomplishing this necessitates a radical engagement in re-conceiving psychology as a liberatory and restorative movement anchored in relational epistemologies and praxes. Our work is informed by pluriversal theories that promote socioeconomic, epistemic, and environmental justice, peace-building, and ecological sustainability.
The curriculum places scholarship across disciplines in dynamic dialogue with critical community, liberation, Indigenous, and eco-psychologies from a wide range of global cultural settings. Students gain an understanding of the interdependence and holistic relationality within knowledge systems and praxes with well-being.
Coursework nurtures creative approaches to collaboration in organizations, non-profits, community groups, and educational settings. Through qualitative and participatory research, students are supported in pursuing their distinctive areas of interest and in strengthening skills to contribute to life-sustaining decolonial futures.”