Spiritual Life Trainings

To promote informed dialogue about religion on campus and beyond, Global Spiritual Life presents various trainings across our global network.

Cultivating Beloved Community Zone

Offered to NYU students, faculty, staff.

This workshop helps you identify your own voice, gain new tools to share its power, and participate in difficult conversations with others to cultivate more belonging, care, and connection for all.

Register for Cultivating Beloved Community. The next in-person session will be on Thursday, March 2nd, from 1:00 to 2:30 PM EST

Faith Zone Trainings

Offered to NYU students, faculty, staff.

Faith Zone

Faith Zone is a workshop designed to promote spiritual and religious literacy and dialogue. Since its inception, the training was awarded the 2017 NASPA International, Multicultural, Gender, LGBTQ, Spirituality, Disability, and Related Excellence Award and the 2014 Inaugural Spirituality and Religion in Higher Education Outstanding Spiritual Initiative Award.

Faith Zone 2: Faith as a Bridge

Join GSL for Faith as a Bridge. Together we’ll be empowered to build coalitions across faith traditions and find ways to turn our religious commitments into empowered moral activism.

More information about Faith Zone Trainings

Faith Zone trainings are a resource for those who desire innovative and participatory training, contextualized resources, and honest dialogue about religion and spirituality. NYU students, faculty, and staff members can participate and become Faith Zone certified.

Based upon the Safe Zone model which is used to educate groups about the LGBTQ community, Faith Zone sessions take a dual approach that integrates theory and practice. Topics covered include reflecting on personal experiences with faith and spirituality, examining the global and local context for various religious traditions represented at NYU, as well as discussing tips for creating a safe and welcoming environment in one’s office, residence hall, student group, or classroom. Many of these ideas are contained in our Top Ten Tips for Multifaith Work that are handed out at the conclusion of every Faith Zone workshop.

Suggested Reading

The following texts are recommended to those seeking Faith Zone trainings:

Teaching Religious Literacy: A Guide to Religious and Spiritual Diversity in Higher Education by Ariel Ennis
Teaching for Diversity and Social Justice by Maurianne Adams, Lee Anne Bell, Pat Griffin
No Longer Invisible: Religion in University Education — Chapters 2 and 5 by Douglas Jacobsen, Rhonda Hustedt Jacobsen
Faithiest by Chris Stedman, Foreword by Eboo Patel
Religions in My Neighborhood by the Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding

Jewish Ally Zone

Offered to departments and students by request.

This workshop invites participants to explore the diversity of Jewish identity and practice at NYU, learn about the history of anti-Semitism and its manifestations today, and reflect on the impact of anti-Semitism on the Jewish student experience.

Living on Purpose: Mindful Life Skills

Offered to NYU students, faculty, staff.

Join us for a conversation with the Center for Global Spiritual Life on the benefits of mindfulness, meditation, and integrating a continuum of care into our well-being practices. This training empowers you to utilize tools for self-regulation to foster curiosity, empathy, connection, and groundedness in your daily life.

Through contemplative practices, you will assess how you, as an individual, contribute to personal and collective well-being!

Register for Living on Purpose. The next online session will be on Thursday, February 23rd, 2023 from 3:00 to 4:30 PM EST

Muslim Ally Zone

Offered to departments and students by request.

This presentation, offered by the Islamic Center at NYU, educates departments at NYU about the religion of Islam, understanding the challenges of Islamophobia, and most importantly, reflecting upon the Muslim student experience on campus.