Event Detail

CTLD Book Discussion: Three Books About Rest

Tuesday, April 22, 2025 2:00–3:00 PM

Location
Admin 325A or via Teams
Description
For the last book discussion of the year, we will pull ideas from three different texts about "rest." Join us to share the importance of rest and explore some strategies to build restful practices into our busy lives.<ul> <li>Sacred Rest, by Saundra Dalton-Smith </li><li>Permission to Rest, by Ashley Neese </li><li>Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto, by Tricia Hersey</li></ul>We do not have review copies of these books. Instead, all of these authors have numerous podcast and video interviews easily found online, a few of which are <a href="https://www.msudenver.edu/teaching-learning-design/programs/book-discussion/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">listed on our book discussions website</a>, for those who would like to explore these books before our discussion.
Categories
Center for Teaching, Learning and Design

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