BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Right Use of Power Institute - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://rightuseofpower.org
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Right Use of Power Institute
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:UTC
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:+0000
TZOFFSETTO:+0000
TZNAME:UTC
DTSTART:20240101T000000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/Denver
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0700
TZOFFSETTO:-0600
TZNAME:MDT
DTSTART:20240310T090000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0600
TZOFFSETTO:-0700
TZNAME:MST
DTSTART:20241103T080000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0700
TZOFFSETTO:-0600
TZNAME:MDT
DTSTART:20250309T090000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0600
TZOFFSETTO:-0700
TZNAME:MST
DTSTART:20251102T080000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0700
TZOFFSETTO:-0600
TZNAME:MDT
DTSTART:20260308T090000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0600
TZOFFSETTO:-0700
TZNAME:MST
DTSTART:20261101T080000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250829T090000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250829T100000
DTSTAMP:20260423T220504
CREATED:20250721T215437Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250827T153700Z
UID:10000468-1756458000-1756461600@rightuseofpower.org
SUMMARY:Community of Practice: A Gathering – Fri\, Aug. 29
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a monthly gathering where Right Use of Power students and facilitators come together to reflect\, connect\, and deepen their wisdom around power dynamics in everyday life. These Community of Practice events are a brave and compassionate space to share real-life stories\, explore challenges\, and celebrate growth in using power ethically and heartfully. Whether you’re still unpacking the types of power\, navigating up-power roles\, or working with feedback and repair\, you’re welcome here. Come as you are\, and let’s learn together how to use our power with presence. \nSarah is trained as a Right Use of Power Facilitator and also serves as Chair of RUPI’s Mission Circle (Board of Directors). We are delighted to introduce her as our facilitator this month. \nSuggested donation:$20-$50 \nContact us if paying anything is a barrier to attending. \nRegister and Donate here\nSarah Buino: \n \nSarah Buino\, LCSW\, RDDP\, CADC\, NMT\, is a multi-talented therapist\, speaker\, educator\, consultant\, and visionary founder of the therapy practice Head/Heart Therapy\, Inc\, and business consulting organization Head/Heart Business Therapy. As an esteemed member of Loyola University Chicago’s adjunct faculty and dynamic podcast host\, Conversations With a Wounded Healer\, she passionately advocates for personal growth and collective action.
URL:https://rightuseofpower.org/event/community-of-practice-a-gathering/
CATEGORIES:Community of Practice
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rightuseofpower.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/chris-montgomery-smgTvepind4-unsplash-scaled.jpg
LOCATION:https://rightuseofpower.org/event/community-of-practice-a-gathering/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20250923T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20250923T183000
DTSTAMP:20260423T220504
CREATED:20250721T231338Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251008T022938Z
UID:10000469-1758648600-1758652200@rightuseofpower.org
SUMMARY:Community of Practice: A Gathering – Tue\, Sept. 23
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a monthly gathering where Right Use of Power students and facilitators come together to reflect\, connect\, and deepen their wisdom around power dynamics in everyday life. These Community of Practice events are a brave and compassionate space to share real-life stories\, explore challenges\, and celebrate growth in using power ethically and heartfully. Whether you’re still unpacking the types of power\, navigating up-power roles\, or working with feedback and repair\, you’re welcome here. Come as you are\, and let’s learn together how to use our power with presence. \nVeronica is a member of the core faculty at the Right Use of Power Institute and has facilitated RUPI’s Basics\, Core\, and Power and Equity Challenge programs. She has also been a student in RUPI’s Power-Conscious Authentic Leadership and Power-Conscious Restorative Integration programs. We are delighted to introduce her as our facilitator this month. \nSuggested donation:$20-$50 \nContact us if paying anything is a barrier to attending. \nRegister and Donate here\n\nVeronica Borgonovi\n \n\nVeronica (she/her) is an experienced project leader\, manager\, mentor\, and coach and has supported over 40 client projects in management and social sector consulting across several countries. As an internal organizational leader\, she guided a multi-year effort to transform organizational culture around equity and inclusion across multiple teams and geographies. \nVeronica is guided by her values of wholeheartedness\, interdependence\, curiosity\, connection\, and adventure. As the first in her family born in the United States and a daughter of immigrants from different racial\, class\, and national backgrounds she is on a continual exploration around identity and authenticity. Veronica loves the outdoors and finds peace\, joy\, and unfortunately sometimes injuries in nature\, on both land and water. One of Veronica’s most prized possessions is a peer-voted award for “Most Supportive” from her high school speech and debate team\, which hangs on her wall as a continual reminder to be in right relationship with others.
URL:https://rightuseofpower.org/event/community-of-practice-a-gathering-tue-sept-23/
CATEGORIES:Community of Practice
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rightuseofpower.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/chris-montgomery-smgTvepind4-unsplash-scaled.jpg
LOCATION:https://rightuseofpower.org/event/community-of-practice-a-gathering-tue-sept-23/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20251029T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20251029T110000
DTSTAMP:20260423T220504
CREATED:20250721T233958Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251008T022449Z
UID:10000470-1761732000-1761735600@rightuseofpower.org
SUMMARY:Community of Practice: A Gathering – Wed\, Oct. 29
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a monthly gathering where Right Use of Power students and facilitators come together to reflect\, connect\, and deepen their wisdom around power dynamics in everyday life. These Community of Practice events are a brave and compassionate space to share real-life stories\, explore challenges\, and celebrate growth in using power ethically and heartfully. Whether you’re still unpacking the types of power\, navigating up-power roles\, or working with feedback and repair\, you’re welcome here. Come as you are\, and let’s learn together how to use our power with presence. \nDau has facilitated Right Use of Power™ Basics Trainings\, Core Trainings\, and the Power and Equity Challenge programs\, helping individuals and communities engage with power through strength\, heart\, and connection. \nSuggested donation:$20-$50 \nRegister and Donate here\nDau Windwater\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDau Windwater (they/them) is a dedicated guide and facilitator passionate about the ethical use of personal power. Dau holds an interdisciplinary graduate degree in Environmental Justice and Buddhist Divinity. Their work focuses on helping people cultivate their personal power\, deepen their relationship with nature\, and stay present and curious with the unknown.\nWith a background in tai chi\, aikido\, and dance\, Dau weaves movement and embodiment practices into their teaching. They approach facilitation through a lens of compassion\, loving-kindness\, and a commitment to cultivate conflict-positive spaces that nurture genuine connection and community. As a nonbinary queer person living with invisible disabilities\, Dau brings lived experience\, resilience\, and depth to their work. They also practice Indigenous technologies of elemental medicine\, integrating earth-based wisdom into modern healing and leadership practices.\nDau is honored to guide others in exploring how power can be a force for good — relational\, rooted\, and deeply human.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://rightuseofpower.org/event/community-of-practice-a-gathering-wed-oct-29/
CATEGORIES:Community of Practice
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rightuseofpower.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/chris-montgomery-smgTvepind4-unsplash-scaled.jpg
LOCATION:https://rightuseofpower.org/event/community-of-practice-a-gathering-wed-oct-29/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20251124T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20251124T173000
DTSTAMP:20260423T220504
CREATED:20250826T152927Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251124T214300Z
UID:10000473-1764001800-1764005400@rightuseofpower.org
SUMMARY:Community of Practice: A Gathering – Mon\, Nov. 24
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a monthly gathering where Right Use of Power students and facilitators come together to reflect\, connect\, and deepen their wisdom around power dynamics in everyday life. These Community of Practice events are a brave and compassionate space to share real-life stories\, explore challenges\, and celebrate growth in using power ethically and heartfully. Whether you’re still unpacking the types of power\, navigating up-power roles\, or working with feedback and repair\, you’re welcome here. Come as you are\, and let’s learn together how to use our power with presence. \nWe are delighted to introduce Dr. Cedar Barstow\, founder and Executive Director Emerita of the Right Use of Power Institute\, as our facilitator this month. \nRegister and Donate Here Now\n\n\n\n\nDr. Cedar Barstow\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCedar (she/her) is a consultant and teacher on ethics and ethical issues. She has been designing\, developing\, and teaching this approach since 1994. Cedar’s background includes 30 years as a psychotherapist and 25 years as a teacher. \nShe is the author of books and articles on ethics\, counseling with elders\, women and independence\, and psychotherapy and spirituality. Cedar is also a Hakomi Experiential Psychology Trainer and a member of the Naropa University Adjunct Faculty. \nShe maintains a private psychotherapy and ethics consulting practice in Boulder/Denver and teaches both Right Use of Power™ and Hakomi nationally and internationally. \nThe Right Use of Power™ educational materials and exercises were developed by Cedar over a period of 20 years and dozens of trainings. \nThese teachings have been influenced by many sources in Cedar’s background. She is particularly grateful for her extensive experiences as an administrator\, therapist\, and trainer of the the Hakomi Method of Experiential Psychotherapy\, chair of both the Hakomi Institute International Ethics Committee (HIEC) and the United States Association of Body Psychotherapy (USABP) Ethics Committee\, ethics expert contributor to GoodTherapy.org\, consultant to numerous organizations\, and ceremonialist with the Earth Song Ceremonial Dance Community.
URL:https://rightuseofpower.org/event/community-of-practice-a-gathering-mon-nov-24/
CATEGORIES:Community of Practice
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rightuseofpower.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/chris-montgomery-smgTvepind4-unsplash-scaled.jpg
LOCATION:https://rightuseofpower.org/event/community-of-practice-a-gathering-mon-nov-24/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20251215T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20251215T100000
DTSTAMP:20260423T220504
CREATED:20250826T164514Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251208T185254Z
UID:10000474-1765789200-1765792800@rightuseofpower.org
SUMMARY:Community of Practice: A Gathering – Mon\, Dec. 15
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a monthly gathering where Right Use of Power students and facilitators come together to reflect\, connect\, and deepen their wisdom around power dynamics in everyday life. These Community of Practice events are a brave and compassionate space to share real-life stories\, explore challenges\, and celebrate growth in using power ethically and heartfully. Whether you’re still unpacking the types of power\, navigating up-power roles\, or working with feedback and repair\, you’re welcome here. Come as you are\, and let’s learn together how to use our power with presence. \nWe are delighted to introduce Maya Shaw Gayle\, one of our RUPI teachers\, as our facilitator this month. \nRegister and Donate Here Now\n\n\n\n\nMaya Shaw Gale\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMaya Shaw Gale is a Board Certified (BCC) life and leadership coach\, a certified Hakomi practitioner and trainer\, an energy medicine teacher\, and an advanced RUP teacher. Over the past year\, she has been part of a team developing a RUP coaching and consulting application. Based in Sedona\, Arizona\, Maya maintains a private practice where she coaches community and business leaders\, healers\, spiritual teachers\, artists\, and highly sensitive and empathic individuals. \nThroughout her life\, she has studied with a number of shamanic and indigenous teachers and is deeply committed to integrating indigenous perspectives of interconnectedness and reverence for all life into contemporary culture. She has served on the Board of the Tribal Trust Foundation\, a nonprofit dedicated to protecting indigenous cultures and supporting wisdom keepers in sharing their teachings. Currently\, she is collaborating with two corporate consultants to develop Business Beyond Usual\, a new-paradigm approach to business.
URL:https://rightuseofpower.org/event/community-of-practice-a-gathering-mon-dec-15/
CATEGORIES:Community of Practice
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rightuseofpower.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/chris-montgomery-smgTvepind4-unsplash-scaled.jpg
LOCATION:https://rightuseofpower.org/event/community-of-practice-a-gathering-mon-dec-15/
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR