About
Tend explores the burgeoning field of mindful-driven advocacy by forging together the fire-building process, mindfulness, and advocacy to provide advocates with concepts to sustain their advocacy fire.
Drawing from experiences in the wilderness, yoga, meditation, and two decades in politics, Dr. Camp approaches the often stern worlds of Zen and politics with a light-heartedness that allows readers to steadily deepen their engagement. The reader will know how to alternate focusing and expanding practices, like a bellows breathing fresh air on a fire, to sustain their political advocacy.
Matthew is a government relations professional with nearly 20 years of experience in politics, public policy, and advocacy. He is Director of Government Relations & Community Engagement for Teachers College, Columbia University (TC), where he oversees alumni engagement for 95,000 College alumni and cultivates relationships with city, state, and federal government officials. Matt co-founded TC Take Action with TC students in 2017 and has been an adjunct Assistant Professor of Advocacy & Political Action at New York University.
Matt is a Registered Yoga Teacher and teaches yoga in New York City and Massachusetts. Matt holds a Ph.D. in Politics & Education from Teachers College, Columbia University, a Masters of Public Policy from Rutgers University, and a B.A. with distinction from the University of Delaware with a double major in political science and psychology. He has been a staff assistant for two United States Senators.
