Explorer’s Club: How Ram Dass Inspired the Creation of Fireside Project with Joshua White

Dear Explorers,

What happens when Ram Dass’ teaching — “Be here now” — becomes a seed for a modern movement of psychedelic care?

Join us for our next Ram Dass Explorer’s Club on Thursday, October 23, at 8 PM EDT, featuring Joshua White, founder of the Fireside Project, the world’s first psychedelic peer support line.

Joshua’s talk — “Loving Rock in a Psychedelic Storm: How Ram Dass Inspired the Creation of Fireside Project” — is a powerful story of turning compassion into action. Drawing on Ram Dass’ teachings on love, presence, and service, Joshua built a community where anyone, anywhere, can find calm and connection in the midst of psychedelic intensity.

Together, we’ll explore:
🔥 Presence as the foundation of true service
🔥 How love and compassion can transform harm reduction
🔥 What it means to be a “loving rock” in another’s storm

 To Register: Sign up for the Ram Dass Fellowship, and check “Explorer’s Club Fellowship” button under the Fellowship Group Options. You will be added to the mailing list and will receive monthly invitations to events.

After Joshua’s talk, we’ll open the circle for community dialogue and reflection — an invitation to share, listen, and learn from one another.

All are welcome — whether you’re a seasoned explorer or simply curious how love and service can transform our inner and outer journeys.

Bring your heart. Bring your curiosity. Bring your willingness to serve.

With love,
Jackie

About Joshua White
Joshua (he/him) is Fireside Project’s Founder. He is a lawyer, peer support advocate, and psychedelic researcher who believes in the power of peer support and the role of support lines as foundational components of an equitable mental-health ecosystem.

Prior to founding Fireside Project, Joshua volunteered for many years as a counselor on Safe & Sound’s TALK Line and a psychedelic peer support provider for the Zendo Project.

Before devoting his life to the psychedelic field, Joshua spent more than a decade as a Deputy City Attorney at the San Francisco City Attorney’s Office, where he focused on suing businesses exploiting vulnerable communities, serving as general counsel to City departments, and co-teaching a nationally renowned clinic at Yale Law School. He also clerked on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and practiced civil litigation at Conrad | Metlitzky | Kane.

About Your Host:
Jackie serves as the Director of Education for the Love Serve Remember Foundation, stewarding Ram Dass’ legacy through courses and community programs. She also serves as a spiritual care provider with the PEARL Psychedelic Institute, supporting preparation and integration through mentorship, education, and care.