Panels & Workshops

Resilience Lounge: Rest & Recharge

June 1, 2026
8:30-17:30
June 2, 2026
13:00-18:00

At the Human Rights Foundation, we believe that supporting mental health and emotional resilience is essential to sustaining movements for freedom. Hearing first-person accounts of tyranny and persecution on the OFF stage can be overwhelming for both the dissidents describing their experiences and the allies who support them. Our Resilience Lounge is a dedicated space for those seeking a quiet moment during the Forum, featuring mindfulness activities, opportunities for creative stress relief, and drop-in office hours with experts in the field of mental health who are kindly donating their time to our community.

Panelists

Gayle Karen Young

Gayle Karen Young

Freedom Fellowship Mentor, Leadership Expert, and Facilitator Specializing in Resilience and Capacity Building for Change-makers
Dr. Elissa Epel

Dr. Elissa Epel

Professor at UC San Francisco; Leading Researcher on Stress, Resilience, and the Biological Impact of Adversity
Vanina Waizmann

Dr. Vanina Waizmann

Freedom Fellowship Mental Health Mentor; Founder and Director, Living with Totality
Annette Knopp

Annette Knopp

Therapist, Meditation Teacher, and Co-Founder of the Blue Spirit Retreat Center in Nosara, Costa Rica
Dr. Trudy Goodman

Trudy Goodman, PhD

Clinical Psychologist and Meditation Teacher
Jack Kornfield

Dr. Jack Kornfield

Meditation Teacher, Psychologist, and Leading Voice in the Integration of Mindfulness and Western Psychology

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