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SUMMARY:A Mindful Town Hall: Inner Connection & Interconnection
DESCRIPTION:​We are inviting you to a Mindful Town Hall\, in which we will explore how we are affected by the political situation. This will be a 90-minute Zoom session in which there will be time for meditation\, breakout rooms\, and group discussion. ​The meeting will be facilitated by Serge Prengel\, a therapist and mindfulness practitioner who has a lot of experience leading groups that foster inner connection and interconnection while exploring difficult topics.
URL:https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/a-mindful-town-hall-inner-connection-interconnection/
CATEGORIES:Engaged Buddhism,Virtual Event
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SUMMARY:Hozan Alan Senauke's Memorial Service
DESCRIPTION:Honor and celebrate the life of Zen Priest-Musician-Activist Hozan Alan Senauke\, the late Abbot of Berkeley Zen Center. The day will include a Zen ceremony\, stories from a number of friends\, and lots of music. \nHozan authored several books in which he shared his lived understanding of the Dharma: Heirs to Ambedkar: The Rebirth of Engaged Buddhism in India (Clear View Press)\, The Bodhisattva’s Embrace: Dispatches from Engaged Buddhism’s Front Lines (Clear View Press) and Turning Words (Shambhala). \nLive stream the memorial celebration via this link : \nWelcome to BZC
URL:https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/hozan-alan-senaukes-memorial-service/
CATEGORIES:Engaged Buddhism,Virtual Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250811T120000
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SUMMARY:Introduction to Zen Peacemaking with Eve Marko
DESCRIPTION:Our approach to Peacemaking is unique. As we practice the Three Tenets of Not Knowing\, Bearing Witness\, and Taking Action\, we commit to not taking fixed positions\, to embracing wholeness and unity\, to setting a place at the table for everyone. In a world of conflict\, suffering\, and violence\, how do we make peace in this way. Please join us to learn about Zen Peacemaking. \nEvent website \nhttps://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/182442
URL:https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/introduction-to-zen-peacemaking-with-eve-marko/
CATEGORIES:Engaged Buddhism,Virtual Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250820T120000
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SUMMARY:From Trauma to Hope in the Holy Land
DESCRIPTION:From Trauma to Hope in the Holy Land \nJoin this presentation with Elias Deis\, Executive Director of Holy Land Trust. Holy Land Trust is a non-profit Palestinian organization committed to fostering peace\, justice\, and understanding in the Holy Land. They are deeply dedicated to exploring the root causes of violence and developing solutions to address them. They believe that true peace and justice are achieved through nonviolent activism\, personal and spiritual transformation.\nFounded in 1998 by local Palestinian visionaries\, Holy Land Trust has over 20 years of experience in nonviolence\, peacemaking\, and raising awareness of the social and political conditions in the Holy Land. Officially registered with the Palestinian Ministry of Interior on May 5\, 2004\, under registration number BL-408-C\, Holy Land Trust stands out for its focus on personal transformation and addressing the spiritual trauma that hinders a just and lasting peace. They are neither a political nor a religious organization but strive to live and act with unconditional love rather than fear. \nElias Deis – Executive Director\nHoly Land Trust’s E.D.\, Elias Deis has worked for over a decade at Holy Land Trust. He was formally the Travel & Encounter Program Director and serves on the Beit Sahour City Council. \nDuration: 90 minutes\, Presentation followed by Q&A\nA link to join using Zoom will be sent after you register. \nEvent registration link. \nhttps://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/185511/
URL:https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/from-trauma-to-hope-in-the-holy-land/
CATEGORIES:Engaged Buddhism,Virtual Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250831T130000
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SUMMARY:Actualizing Unfaltering Engaged Practice In Our Time – HOPE with Rebecca Solnit
DESCRIPTION:Join us in the continued commitment to social and environmental engagement and justice in this very complex time\, to exploring the roots of structural violence in our social systems\, and to engaging in the world in a courageous way based on contemplative practice and views that actualize non-separateness\, interbeing\, equity\, compassion\, justice\, integrity\, courage\, dignity\, and unshakable awareness. \nThis monthly series is stewarded by Roshi Joan Halifax\, Sensei Kodo Roen\, and Sensei Wendy Dainin Lau. \nThe faculty for this series includes: Jon Kabat-Zinn\, Christiana Figueres\, Ruth King\, Valerie Brown\, Bhikkhu Bodhi\, Father Greg Boyle\, Terry Tempest Williams\, Konda Mason\, Rebecca Solnit\, Father John Dear\, Guo Gu\, Tara Brach\, Frank Ostaseski\, Sharon Salzberg\, Roshi Joan\, and Senseis Kodo Roen and Dainin Lau. \nThe focus is on recognizing and ending violence in relation to addressing the roots of war/genocide\, racism\, climate suffering\, economics of exploitation and extraction\, othering\, and our own delusion that we are separate from any being or thing. \nWriter\, historian\, and activist Rebecca Solnit is the author of more than twenty books on feminism\, western and urban history\, popular power\, social change and insurrection\, wandering and walking\, hope and disaster. Her books include Recollections of My Nonexistence; Hope in the Dark; Men Explain Things to Me; and A Paradise Built in Hell:The Extraordinary Communities that Arise in Disaster. A product of the California public education system from kindergarten to graduate school\, she writes regularly for the Guardian and Lithub and serves on the board of Oil Change International. \nRebecca also has been working with Upaya’s Nomads project since 2013 and was a student of Zenkai Blanche Hartman\, an early leader at San Francisco Zen Center. \nTo register: \nhttps://www.upaya.org/program/awareness-in-action-actualizing-unfaltering-engaged-practice-in-our-time-with-rebecca-solnit-online-august-31-2025/
URL:https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/actualizing-unfaltering-engaged-practice-in-our-time-hope-with-rebecca-solnit/
CATEGORIES:Engaged Buddhism,Virtual Event
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