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SUMMARY:BCD Women in Solidarity Group
DESCRIPTION:This is a group for women to express and discuss their own lived experience within the safety of a women’s-only space. The group’s focus is on matters relevant to engaged Buddhism. Topics may include patriarchy within Buddhist groups\, activist groups\, and society at large. Depending on the interests of the members\, the group may discuss writings by Buddhist women and/or invite outside speakers. The group is facilitated by Kanchi Mary Richards and meets the first Thursday of each month at 7:00 p.m. \nClick here to be on the BCD Women in Solidarity mailing list and stay informed about upcoming groups: bcdwomeninsolidarity@gmail.com. \nTo join the meeting\, click here: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87096192102?pwd=dTWeiqODdZYdtnORhKGGlLZPT6o83M.1 \n 
URL:https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/bcd-women-in-solidarity-group/2026-05-07/
LOCATION:Zoom Event
CATEGORIES:BCD Meeting,Engaged Buddhism,Virtual Event
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SUMMARY:Live BCD Event: New Horizons in Engaged Buddhism: Host Julia Sagebien interviews Kaira Jewel Lingo
DESCRIPTION:In this eighth live interview in the New Horizons in Engaged Buddhism series\, host Julia Sagbien will interview Kaira Jewel Lingo. Kaira Jewel is a senior Dharma teacher in the Plum Village Zen lineage and teaches Vipassana in the Insight tradition. She is a member of the Plum Village North American Dharma Teachers’ Council of Elders. She has been practicing mindfulness since 1997 and teaching since 2007\, and completed the four-year Spirit Rock teacher training in 2020. Her work continues the Engaged Buddhism developed by Thich Nhat Hanh\, drawing inspiration from her parents’ lives of service and her father’s work with Martin Luther King Jr. \nAfter living as an ordained nun for 15 years in Thich Nhat Hanh’s monastic community\, Kaira Jewel now teaches internationally in the Zen and Vipassana traditions. Based in New York\, she is faculty in a Buddhist Eco-Chaplaincy training and a guiding teacher of One Earth Sangha. With her partner\, Adam Bucko\, she is founding a center for engaged contemplation\, The Beloved Community for Engaged Spirituality\, in the Hudson Valley of upstate New York. She is the author of We Were Made for These Times: Ten Lessons in Moving Through Change\, Loss\, and Disruption and co-author of Healing Our Way Home: Black Buddhist Teachings on Ancestors\, Joy\, and Liberation. \nThere will be time for Q- and-A with Kaira Jewel after the interview. \nTo join this live interview\, click on: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/8246019794?pwd=wBClQIIZIA1hLkaiL8dzZyniJoQj0V.1&omn=88669214775 \nOr use Meeting ID: 824 601 9794. Passcode: 468468 \nTo receive information about future New Horizons in Engaged Buddhism interviews\, contact: newhorizonsinengagedbuddhism@gmail.com \n 
URL:https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/live-bcd-event-new-horizons-in-engaged-buddhism-host-julia-sagebien-interviews-kaira-jewel-lingo/
LOCATION:Zoom Event
CATEGORIES:BCD Meeting,Engaged Buddhism,Virtual Event
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SUMMARY:Ten Percent More Engaged (Monthly BCD Group)
DESCRIPTION:BCD offers a monthly gathering for those who want to engage in mindful reflection and find practical ways to be more involved in making change happen. \nOur gatherings take place on the third Wednesday of each month from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. EST. \nWe start with a meditation\, after which we briefly share what came up for us. The bulk of the meeting is devoted to exploring ways in which we can be more involved and effective in reaching out and making change happen… in a way that is realistic and productive. \nA concrete example of the types of discussion we have is: How we can use social media more effectively individually and as a group. \nWe conduct our gatherings in a respectful\, supportive space that embodies our aspiration for mindfulness and democracy in action. \nThe gatherings are facilitated by Serge Prengel. \nTo register and receive monthly reminders of meetings\, click here: https://tinyurl.com/bcdengaged
URL:https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/mindful-conversations-interconnection-and-inner-connection/2026-05-20/
LOCATION:Zoom Event
CATEGORIES:BCD Meeting,Engaged Buddhism,Virtual Event
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