A few weeks ago, Rose Sackey-Milligan, c-Integral’s Co-Director, and I held our first Consciousness-in-Action webinar. This presentation was hosted by the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society as part of their series of webinars for the Association for Contemplative Mind in Higher Education, teachers, scholars, administrators and students who teach or use contemplative practices in...
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Firing Zone: On a Beach in Vieques
A few years ago, as thousands of peaceful anti-militarism resistors struggled for the withdrawal of the US Navy from the occupied island of Vieques, Puerto Rico, I wrote this piece. When asked by Turning Wheel, the Journal of Socially Engaged Buddhism, to submit something for their special 30 anniversary issue, I remembered it. The entire issue...
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From Amherst, to Istanbul, to New York
It’s incredible how quickly the first quarter of the year has already gone by! And it feels like things are just getting started. For me, in many ways, they are. As I shared in my last entry, this work is starting to get broader exposure, with important presentations scheduled, a book chapter published, and...
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Paco Genkoji Receives Dharma Transmission
My dear friend and colleague, Rev. Francisco Lugoviña, recently received Dharma Transmission from his teacher, Roshi Bernie Glassman of the Zen Peacemaker Order, making him Senior Teacher in the Soto Zen Lineage. Paco, or Genkoji, as he is generally known, is also one of very few Latino/a Zen priests. I happened to meet Paco,...
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Transforming the Culture of Organizing Through Contemplative Practice
The Social Justice Program of the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society is hosting a gathering for emerging leaders on October 12-15, 2006. The history of social justice work is filled with individuals and organizations that were unable to sustain the long-term effort needed to face continuing oppression. Many activists today are learning from...
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