This week, SEED founder Peggy McIntosh will be in Spokane, Washington to give free, public lectures at two universities and meet with members of the institutions' communities.

A guest post by SEED leader Scott Lowery, Teacher, Winona Area Public Schools, Winona, Minnesota

Looking back, I'm surprised that I found my way to that first SEED circle. About ten years into my teaching career, almost every in-service learning opportunity I'd experienced had registered within a disappointingly narrow range on my personal response scale, from tedium at best to mild torture at worst. Mine was the usual conditioned skepticism any workshop presenter faces from experienced teachers.

SEED founder Peggy McIntosh writes about "The Gated Community of the Heart" at Women Change Worlds, the blog of the Wellesley Centers for Women, SEED's parent organization.