the lunch hour
LOVE BELONGS IN THE WORKPLACE
The Coronavirus Pandemic has united the planet in it’s impact while raising levels of mental illness, loneliness, systemic injustice, and division in our societies, organizations, schools and workplaces. Now is an important time to bring our teams together in support of their well-being for the sake of their own lives and the health of our organizations. This program offers a new framework to support inclusion, mental health and trust building within corporations and communities so employees can show up to work complete and leave the same way.
Meet our facilitators
The Love Extremist Lunch Hour is a series of 30-60 minute virtual workshops for employees across the organization to cultivate practices supporting resilience, understanding, trust, courage and respect for themselves, their teams and the planet. This workshop is designed for groups of 20-200 spanning the organization, either selected at random from different departments or focused on specific teams.
- Average cost is $100 per attendee and companies, organizations and schools have the option to match their workshop cost ($200 per attendee) to support the facilitation of a pro-bono workshop in the community. Group discounts may apply for larger sessions and ongoing projects.
After over more than 100 discovery sessions focused on understanding the ways in which we can bridge differences interpersonally, overcome hardship and cultivate self-care and dignity on an individual basis, we have developed a targeted program that uses personal narratives, journal reflection and group sharing intended to help employees and leaders support themselves and their peers through challenging times such as these.
Ethan Lipsitz
Ethan Lipsitz is a trained D&I facilitator, published writer, podcast host, content producer and brain cancer survivor. As founder of the Love Extremist project, his life’s work is to catalyze a reprioritization of non-romantic, actionable love in our daily lives.
Indigo Mateo
Indigo Mateo is a singer, songwriter and trained D&I facilitator who creates artistic experiences for the world to heal and transform. She is a co-owner of her social impact record label, Question Culture and founder of Soul Showers, a space for those who've experienced sexual violence to cleanse shame and 'heal in the sun.' Indigo is due to drop her second album in 2021. To learn more about Indigo's work visit www.indigomateo.com or follow @indigomateo
Dr. Joiselle Cunningham Smith
Dr. Smith is CEO of Pathways to Creative Industries, an organization focused on building access for women and youth interested in creative careers and is currently on the faculty at NYU. Joiselle currently leads efforts at CareerWiseNY working on changing systems to support underserved communities at Fortune 100 companies. She earned her doctorate from Harvard’s Graduate School of Education.
Andy Barr
Andy is an artist, songwriter, performer and designer. He is the co-founder and creative director of Eyes Open (eyesopendesign.com), a design studio that supports artists, and purpose-driven entrepreneurs. He is the former touring guitarist for classic rock band America, and is the creator and producer of Formerly Alien (formerlyalien.com), an immersive space opera that explores themes of healing and hope through collective imagination.