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Honouring Nizah Morris: Pioneering Black Trans Buddhist

TransBuddhists are honouring the life and passing of Nizah Morris, an African American Trans Buddhist who was killed in police custody. Her case is still being covered up until this day, … Continue reading

2016/12/19 · Leave a comment

Children of The Mirror

I have seen the future of Buddhism: American Buddhism, neo-liberal Buddhism, Western Buddhism, globalized Buddhism, what have you. It’s the IFC’s new comedy show, The Mirror. Slate is running a story … Continue reading

2016/12/17 · Leave a comment

Refuge in the Sangha

I’ve been searching for something I wrote on ‘dukkha’ as ‘unsatisfactoriness’ and while I haven’t found it yet, I’ve come across other writings which I also ‘lost’ some time ago and gave … Continue reading

2016/12/16 · Leave a comment

Spirituality is a Whole Brain Phenomenon

Non-Self and Spiritual Experience are a Natural Result of Shifting Brain Function It’s my opinion, based on my experience, that an increase in capacity for non-dogmatic spiritual experience is concomitant … Continue reading

2016/12/16 · 1 Comment

Shearer: American History Prof. on Watchlist

A conservative group put UM historian Tobin Miller Shearer on ‘Professor Watchlist.’ To Shearer, the threat sounds awfully familiar. By Tobin Miller Shearer In the weeks since I was put on … Continue reading

2016/12/15 · 3 Comments

A ‘Buddha On Strike’ at Goldman Sachs

originally published in 2013 by Sarah Jaffe inthesetimes.com Back in 2004, pundits went wild when exit pollsters found that 22 percent of votershad made their selection based on “moral values,” more … Continue reading

2016/12/15 · Leave a comment

Wrestling with my white fragility

This moment in American history calls me to enter spaces where my people’s shame can arrive with me, charging in on white horses. ENNIFER LENTFER 15 December 2016 Right now I … Continue reading

2016/12/15 · Leave a comment

Rev. Barber: Fusion Politics as a Third Reconstruction

We need a moral movement to create change. by Rev. William J. Barber, II 6 hrs ago Rev. William Barber, president of the state chapter of the NAACP and architect of the protests … Continue reading

2016/12/15 · 1 Comment

Sellassie: The Unconscious Whiteness of Being

The Work of Diversity: A Deeper Engagement If you haven’t already, join our mailing list to receive monthly articles in your inbox. Learn more about Sebene’s upcoming course at BCBS this May … Continue reading

2016/12/14 · Leave a comment

Local Hero Clive McFarlane, Worcester MA

“Worcester MA is the largest refugee resettlement destination in the Northeast” Clive McFarlane: Social activism still needed, still works By Clive McFarlane Telegram & Gazette Staff Earlier this month I wrote … Continue reading

2016/12/13 · Leave a comment

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