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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 \nSave the Date: The next live New Horizons in Engaged Buddhism interview will be on June 25th at 7:00 p.m. when host Julia Sagebien will interview Joshin Byrnes from the Breadloaf  Mountain Zen Community. \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:BCD Engaged Buddhist Book Club
DESCRIPTION:This weekly book club is hosted by Kat Symington Muendell.  Each week\, members will discuss a book or article related to engaged Buddhism. \nEmail Kat at bcdbookclub@gmail.com for the weekly reading assignment and Zoom link and to get on the Book Club mailing list. \n 
URL:https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/bcd-engaged-buddhist-book-club-2-2/2026-05-19/
LOCATION:Zoom Event
CATEGORIES:BCD Meeting,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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260526T191500
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SUMMARY:BCD Engaged Buddhist Book Club
DESCRIPTION:This weekly book club is hosted by Kat Symington Muendell.  Each week\, members will discuss a book or article related to engaged Buddhism. \nEmail Kat at bcdbookclub@gmail.com for the weekly reading assignment and Zoom link and to get on the Book Club mailing list. \n 
URL:https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/bcd-engaged-buddhist-book-club-2-2/2026-05-26/
LOCATION:Zoom Event
CATEGORIES:BCD Meeting,Virtual Event
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SUMMARY:BCD Poetry as Witness: A Contemplative Circle of Nature and Word (Recurring Monthly Group)
DESCRIPTION:Poetry as Witness is a monthly online contemplative circle of Nature & Word designed as a space for literary expression\, mindful witnessing\, and relational reflection. \nThe circle is facilitated by Lorena Saavedra-Smith\, BCD member\, poet\, pacha philosopher\, and ecopsychologist. Originally from Perú\, Lorena is a lifelong storyteller and keeper of Andean ancestral wisdom. \nThis circle invites both experienced writers and first-time participants to engage with poetry as a practice of presence. \n• Providing contemplative space for authentic expression \n• Encouraging mindful\, non-reactive speech \n• Cultivating moral imagination through shared language \nThe circle emphasizes presence over performance and listening over reaction. \nEach session begins with a brief meditation to ground participants in shared presence. A suggested monthly theme will gently orient the gathering and allow participants time to reflect and prepare writing connected to interconnectedness\, nature\, or lived experience. A short selected poem will open the evening and anchor collective reflection. \nTo get on this group’s mailing list\, write to poetryandnaturegroup@gmail.com. \nTo join on Zoom\, click on: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87407397997?pwd=s0JoQenCUv49aC5wLrBhNpIdqS42IC.1 \nOr use Meeting ID: 874 0739 7997 and Passcode: 468468. \n– \n 
URL:https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/bcd-poetry-as-witness-a-contemplative-circle-of-nature-and-word-recurring-monthly-group/2026-05-28/
LOCATION:Zoom Event
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