Buddhist Peace Fellowship

BPF is growing! We are hiring an Operations Manager and Community Engagement Consultant to start in June. For more info and to apply: buddhistpeacefellowship.org

Today @NYUpress published BLACK BUDDHISTS AND THE BLACK RADICAL TRADITION: The Practice of Stillness in the Movement for Liberation by Rima Vesely-Flad nyupress.org/9781479810499/… #Buddhism #BlackandBuddhist #BlackBuddhists #Liberation

Applications to join our Board of Directors are open through Sunday!

@BenevolentLew Applicants residing anywhere are welcome!

@BuddhistPeace Country-wide? Or residing in CA?

The Buddhist Peace Fellowship is putting out a call for new people to join our Board of Directors! Join our sangha of BIPOC-led stewards that are passionate about serving the intersection of Buddhism and social justice. Learn more and apply here: buddhistpeacefellowship.org/board-invitati…

Spring 2022 BPF update, with links to the new Teachers Council and an invitation to join the Board of Directors! buddhistpeacefellowship.org

There’s so much urgency and I don’t know about you but I’m trying harder to get some space in between stimulus and reactivity.

"As healers and social activists living in a time of great violence and oppression, it can be so easy to become lost in the news of the latest injustice. So easy to be consumed by the... buddhistpeacefellowship.org/thich-nhat-han…

From Buddhists of many lineages and social movement affiliations. Read the whole letter, then sign and share. "Wherever Muslim kin may feel under threat, from New Zealand to Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Tibet, India, Palestine,... buddhistpeacefellowship.org/to-muslim-kin/

Over 13,000 people have signed — will you add your name? Gratitude to Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Asian Law Caucus and all those across the US organizing to stop this wave of deportations. dailykos.com/campaigns/peti…

White supremacy, or violent nationalism by any dominant group, is a systemic manifestation of the Three Poisons: greed, hatred, and delusion. With heavy hearts, we send prayers and metta to Muslim kin... facebook.com/buddhistpeacef…

There is so much to be angry about these days. White supremacist immigration policies. Mass incarceration of black and brown folks. Endless war and an ever increasing U.S. military budget. Policy decisions at every level... …ddhist-peace-fellowship.teachable.com/p/u-mad

On this day in 1942, Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, requiring "internment" of all Americans of Japanese ancestry. As Duncan Ryūken Williams describes in his just-released book ***American Sutra***,... duncanryukenwilliams.com/american-sutra

Today the US is preparing to deport 46 Cambodian American refugees. Since many of them are... @nathanieltan/a-pause-for-grief-and-anger-46-cambodian-american-refugees-deported-730c63926b4b?fbclid=IwAR1sUSEoLi9qPnG4C1jiXysW0uJYwIVA4wLQEikETFNPut12Bc_PeGll4ks" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@nathanieltan/…

Breath meditation gets especially precious amidst hazardous air quality. How can we use Buddhist practices like mindfulness of the breath and compassion to combat our overwhelm of environmental crisis... facebook.com/buddhistpeacef…

As empire crumbles around us, what does Buddhism have to offer us? Not just to soothe our suffering, but to actually build alternatives to the deep failures of capitalism? If you are in the Bay Area,... facebook.com/buddhistpeacef…

Watch this today. Oral histories and intergenerational connections are powerful. This is part of Buddhist history — both suffering, healing, and solidarity with Muslims — in the United States. Deep... facebook.com/buddhistpeacef…

“We don't meditate to get better at meditating, we meditate to get better at life.” — Insight teacher Sharon Salzberg Practice of all forms helps us not just get better at caring for our... facebook.com/story.php?stor…

Are you ready for your newest role post-election? In the latest from Lion's Roar, BPF Co-Director Dawn Haney prepares us all for work after US Midterms: "What will you do next? At... lionsroar.com/6-buddhists-le…