Why It’s So Hard to Talk to White People About Racism
From http://imcw.org/Resources/Article-Detail/ID/244/Why-Its-So-Hard-to-Talk-to-White-People-About-Racism; also hosted on Buddhists for Racial Justice: Call to White Buddhists Dr. Robin DiAngelo explains why white people implode when talking about race. I am white. I have spent … Continue reading →
HBC Buddhism and Race Conference
Harvard Buddhist Community recording of a conference on Race and Racism within a Buddhist context. Great discussion, please watch!
Doyle Canning: Five Ways to Change the Story in 2016
So you’re a social change maker looking to shake things up this year? Here are some ideas on how to make your campaign stand out with story-based strategy: 1. Cast … Continue reading →
¡Nunca Mas! People Powered Strategy in the Time of Trump
Doyle Canning strategist, co-founder Center for Story-based Strategy, doylecanning.com Nov 12 originally published at https://medium.com/@doylecanning/nunca-mas-people-powered-strategy-in-the-time-of-trump-a10c214b05db#.s4vse3ayi My mother was in Buenos Aires during the dirty war of the 1970s. She was stringing for … Continue reading →
Spiritual Secular Movements in the Anthropocene
The fact that creed and existential spirituality are interinvolved but not equivalent opens up the possibility of a new pluralist assemblage. The new assemblage will not be organized around one … Continue reading →
Yeshe Matthews: Cultivating Awareness
The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness. -Lao Tzu Cultivating Awareness Last week, I asked you if you were really and truly ready to … Continue reading →
If communism is dead, can spirituality revive it?
[Editor: the following thesis, “communism as spirituality”, is a total revision of the way communism has been theorized and practiced historically, which has been overtly hostile toward any kind of spirituality or religion. … Continue reading →
Why this gay Buddhist teacher is dubious about Buddhist refuge in the Trump era
BY PABLO DAS NOVEMBER 17, 2016 originally published in Lion’s Roar Last week, someone sent me a link to the LionsRoar.com article, “Buddhist Teachers Respond to Trump’s Presidential Win.” Several Buddhist teachers had written … Continue reading →
Cornell West: Goodbye Neoliberalism
Goodbye, American neoliberalism. A new era is here | Cornel West Cornel West originally published in the Guardian UK ‘What is to be done? First we must try to tell the … Continue reading →
How to Survive the Election Apocalypse
These presentations from Josh Korda (When the Fit Hits the Shan) and Tommy Rosen (How to Avoid Relapse) can be useful guides for those of us affected by trauma, PTSD, addiction … Continue reading →
