Second Annual Ecopsychology Convergence: Deepening the Roots

We’re excited to announce the Second Annual Ecopsychology Convergence at Gateway Farm in collaboration with Reset Brain and Body!

Join Dr Charlie Brennan, Bridget O'Brien, collaborators & guest speakers. Our ecopsychological feelings, identities, relationships with forests, rivers, seas, gardens, farms, towns, all beings and even highways – everything – are completely fundamental. And yet, in this human-centered world this is often overlooked or denied, and living systems around us increasingly compromised.  

Look forward to speakers & panelists, a poetry workshop, world cafe style conversations and emergent discussions. Ecopsychology is bound with sense of place, place literature, ecology, Indigenous and Cultural studies, from literature and beautiful ideas to how we practically live our everyday lives.

The 2025 Speaker Lineup:

Arab American National Museum representatives

Kerry Biskelonis, LPC/Reset Brain and Body

S. Lily Mendoza, PhD

Chad Monfreda, PhD

Gabi May/Mystic May

James W. Perkinson, PhD

Christian Smith, LMSW

Jacqueline Suskin

Join us for this most fundamental and exciting event. Expect to be challenged, reassured, stimulated, re-enchanted and more. 

Please arrive around 8:30am for refreshments and registration.

There will be a potluck luncheon. Please bring a dish to pass with a complete list of ingredients.

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The convergence is a free event open to the community. We are accepting donations to cover event cost including staff, space rental, snacks, drinks, and materials. We welcome contributions at any level, every bit helps.

We also suggest joining us for the whole weekend - plan to attend Saturday's Ecopsychology, Place, & Self Workshop as well as Sunday's Convergence.

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All levels of experience are welcome.

All ages are welcome. Youth 15 years old and younger must be accompanied by an adult. Children 5 and under are included in the price of a caregiver ticket. Please supervise younger children. 

Please let us know if you have any accessibility needs and we will accommodate you. 

Community Events are a collaboration between Garden Juju Collective and Gateway Farm and take place at Gateway’s beautiful, abundant, permaculture-inspired, regenerative farm ‘hub’. 

We warmly invite you to be part of these enriching events where together we can learn, grow and thrive.

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Garden Juju Collective and Gateway Farm Hub events may be recorded in photo and video. By attending one of our events, you consent to being photographed and/or recorded. Images, recordings, and audio may be used for promotional purposes, both in print and online, including our social media channels and documentaries.

If this is a matter of concern, please inform event staff upon arrival and we will put every effort into accommodating you. We can avoid closeups but while we will do our best, we cannot make a guarantee with wide, group shots. Our staff will avoid children’s faces unless there has been expressed guardian consent. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation!