First hour: How are race, culture, and architecture connected?
Second hour: How meditation can help relieve anxiety
How are race, culture, and architecture connected? The question is the focus of an upcoming presentation at the University of Rochester led by Bryan C. Lee, Jr. Lee is a design justice advocate whose work focuses on creating spaces that are equitable and accessible to people of all backgrounds. He’s in Rochester to speak about the policies and practices he thinks will be most effective in creating those spaces. He joins us to explore his ideas, and we discuss how they can be applied to our community. In studio:
- Bryan C. Lee, Jr., design justice advocate and the director of the New Orleans-based design-justice nonprofit Colloqate
- Kathryn Mariner, assistant professor in the University of Rochester’s Anthropology Department and Visual and Cultural Studies program
- Nana-Yaw Andoh, assistant professor of architecture at RIT, and board member for the Community Design Center Rochester
Then in our second hour, according to an American Psychiatric Association poll, 39 percent of Americans said they were more anxious in 2018 than they were the previous year. Mindfulness training has emerged as a popular method to address anxiety and stress – both at work and at home. This hour, we discuss one approach to mindfulness – Buddhist meditation – with two Buddhist teachers. They share meditation techniques and talk about why they think this approach to mindfulness can be effective in responding to life’s challenges. In studio:
- Tim Burkett, co-guiding teacher at Minnesota Zen Meditation Center, retired CEO of People Incorporated, and author of “Zen in the Age of Anxiety: Wisdom for Navigating our Daily Lives”
- Sue Kochan, guiding teacher at Dharma Refuge, and retired CEO and founder of Brand Cool Marketing