BAC 3RD ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
Join us in this celebration of engaged practice. Bring your tea, dessert, and party hats. We will have songs, stories, poetry, and a short video.
Via Zoom. Registration required.
First, we will pause...
We'll begin the night by reading the names of the people killed in Atlanta.
And we'll end with a sitting meditation, in memoriam, and
presencing Asians, Asian-Americans, and AAPI communities.
Keynote: Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi, Chuang Yen Monastery, Buddhist Global Relief
Honored Guests: JyakuEn Sherri Posey, Buddhist Chaplain | Rev. Kosen Gregory Snyder, Ancestral Heart Zen Monastery, Thích Nhất Hạnh Program for Engaged Buddhism | Roshi Pat Enkyo O’Hara, Village Zendo | Willie Mukei Smith, Buddhist Council of NY, Zen Peacemakers, Peace Team-NYC | Sensei Koshin Paley Ellison, New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care | David Iozzi, New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care, Contemplative Medicine Programs | Milou Haskin, Melanie Gin, and Minh-Chau Le, Sit.Walk.Listen.NYC | Carolyn Cervantes Antonio, Womankind | Robert Kolodny, Buddhist Climate Action Network | A. Jesse Jiryu Davis, VZ Sing Sing Prison/NYC Jails Buddhist Programs | Rebecca Li, Chan Dharma Community | Kaishin Victory Matsui, Brooklyn Zen Center, Ancestral Heart Zen Monastery | Ryan Lee Wong, Undoing Patriarchy, Brooklyn Zen Center
*Honored Guests will include founders of the Buddhist Action Coalition, convenors of the February 2018 conference that birthed BAC, and dharma teachers and practitioners responding to the critical issues of our time.
Joyful Offerings: Zack Foley (music) | Amber Atiya (poetry) | Rev. Dan Hoen Hull (story) | Sensei John Sprague (music) | Short Video on BAC in action
After Party / Open Mic (at 1-2 minutes each): share a story, a song, a dance, some images, what you're working on, or anything else you'd like