Thursday   

Back again by popular demand, retired CIA officer Meredith Woodruff, who served 25 years in the Agency and retired as its most senior female officer in operations, will describe life in the world of espionage. With only two sessions, she’ll provide an overview of how spies work and then leave most of the class time for those questions you’ve always wanted to ask.

Each week, the Flavors of Tulsa group will enjoy a unique dining experience at one of the restaurants in the McNellie's Group. Participants will visit The Tavern, a modern take on the classic neighborhood pub; Wild Fork, known for its elegant cuisine; Malfi Enoteca, offering an authentic Italian dining experience; Fassler Hall, a lively German-inspired beer hall; and other distinctive restaurants in the group.

Participants will purchase their own meals, allowing them the flexibility to choose menu items that fit their tastes and budget.

Week 1: We will discuss the history of Greenwood and its place in Oklahoma and African American History.

Week 2: We will discuss the events of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and tour the Greenwood Rising Museum.

Week 3: We will turn towards the legacy of the Race Massacre on Tulsa and tour the John Hope Franklin Reconciliation Park.

Week 4: We will wrap up our exploration with a discussion of the centennial and consider the impact of this event 105 years later.

If time allows, we'll watch news clips from profiles done about the centennial to ground this discussion. Additional guest experts may be added to this course as well. 

We're transforming the classroom into a clay studio for the afternoon! Each participant will select among a mug, a cup, or a planter to create with the guidance of expert Kris Potter.

Making connections between nonviolent living and international peace in a turbulent time, this course discusses and explores multiple dimensions of inner work and outer relationality for a better world. Drawing upon stories, films/videos, writings, contemplation, and participants’ own lived experience, this course cultivates participants’ new awareness. Engaging the process of establishing nonviolent relationships with the self, the other, and the world, we tune in with the integrative force of nonviolence within each of us to reimagine the landscape of interpersonal, intergroup, international, and planetary peace as everyday practice.

The topics include (but not limited to) shadow work and individuation, body/mind/spirit connectedness, collective trauma, compassion, and international peace traditions. In a challenging time like ours, are you willing to hold tensions and tap into transformative potentiality of re-orienting personhood and relationships?