Spritual Brotherhood Retreat
2025-09-12 16:00 - 2025-09-14 13:00 (America/New_York) | NC
Please join us for a weekend of friendship and brotherhood. We’ll explore our masculinity, gender roles, and feminism on the spiritual path towards wisdom and divine love. Brother Raghuviira will lead us in a session about “Devotion and Awe”. Dada Maheshvarananda will facilitate challenging team-building initiative tests and cooperative games in the surrounding fields of this 170-acre spiritual community. Brother Bhavesh will lead a session: “The Self That Can Love: Understanding ego states and devotion.” At night we’ll share stories that define who we have become and consider what new stories we want to create. Throughout we’ll share kiirtan chanting, collective meditation, yoga asanas, and delicious vegetarian meals. Experience your spiritual brotherhood.
Arrival Friday, Sept. 12, at 5:00 pm, departure after lunch on Sunday, Sept. 14, at 2:00 pm.
Cost: $200 including room and board
Commuters and those with financial difficulty: $125.

Storytelling for Change - Workshop
2025-12-12 17:00 - 2025-12-14 13:00 | NC
Storytelling for Change
A Weekend Workshop Celebrating the Transformative Power of Your Story
Friday, December 12, 2025 to Sunday, December 14, 2025

Improve your public speaking skills with professionals, enthusiasts, and first-time tellers
Workshop a story from your life
Perform at a community dinner Saturday night at the Hatch Coworking Space

$125 – Workshop and meals
$200 – Workshop, meals, and accommodations
Prout Research Institute: 272 Wellness Way, Marshall, NC 28753

Storytelling for Change - Community Event
2025-12-13 19:00 - 2025-12-15 20:30 | NC
Listen to transformative stories, and enjoy a community dinner hosted at Hatch Coworking Space.

Stories are told by participants of the Storytelling for Change weekend workshop.

6:30 pm – 8:00 pm: Light Dinner (vegetarian)
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm: Performances
Free Admission, Donations Welcome

45 S French Broad Ave. Suite 170 Asheville, NC 28801

Beyond Left and Right: Building a New Economy in Uncertain Times
2026-01-17 08:00 - 15:30 | NC
Imagine a world where everyone has access to the basic necessities of life (food, clothing, housing, healthcare and education), where we all have an enjoyable job with a living wage, and where the economy is based on cooperation instead of competition.
Join us in a day of discussion, collaborative workshops and expert-led panels. Together we will learn practical steps and strategies that local governments, businesses, community organizations, and individuals are each using to transform our economy–an economy of the people, by the people, for the people.
Speakers
Dr. Steven Landau, MD “Easily Affordable Healthcare for Everyone”
Dr. Ravi Batra “Rational Distribution of Wealth”
Dr. Sohail Inayatullah “World Futures”
Dr. Howard Nemon “Economic Democracy”
Dr. Gregory McPherson “Higher Education as a Public Good”
Japa Buckner “Neohumanism”
Ame Johnson “Psychoeconomy”
Mark Armstrong “Public Banking”
Dada Maheshvarananda “Biopsychology of Cooperation”
General Admission – Students $25.00
Non-Students $50.00
Online $10
Conference Scholarship available at registration.

Program
8:00 am – 9:00am Arrival and Registration
9:00am – 9:25am Opening Ceremony & Cooperative Games
9:30 10:00 Keynote speaker
10:00 10:30 Presentation on Economic Democracy
10:30 10:45 Coffee break & Networking
10:45 11:45 Breakout sessions 1, 2, 3
11:45 12:15 Presentation
12:15 1:00 Lunch
1:00 1:45 Panel Discussion
1:45 2:00 Music/Video
2:00 2:30 Presentation 3
2:30 3:00 Presentation 4
3:00 3:20 Closing Ceremony
Location:
University of North Carolina Charlotte
Dubois Center, 320 E 9th St, Charlotte, NC 28202
Sponsored by Prout Research Institute Asheville and Sadvipra Internationale

Economic Democracy Training 2026
2026-08-11 - 2026-08-16 | Prout Research Institute, 272 Wellness Way, Marshall, NC, 28753, United States
