The Ones Who Have Gathered Here: On Bearing Witness to Asylum Seekers at the Mexico/US Border
PLAYAS DE TIJUANA, MEXICO. Kineret Ando Yardena visited the border of Texas, USA and Tijuana Mexico on December 23rd, 2018. What follows is her personal reflection of the human chaos she witnessed among those...
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Zen Peacemakers International member aids refugees in Greece
CHIOS, GREECE. Zen Peacemaker Jan Lecklikner has been working with Chios Eastern Shore Response Team (CESRT) to provide on-the-scene assistance to refugees coming into Greece. Below, find Jan's reflections and pictures of her volunteer work.
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The Territory is My Body: More on the Indigenous Leaders Workshop in Colombia, Interview with ZPI Executive Director Rami Efal
SIERRA NEVADA de SANTA MARTA, COLOMBIA. Interview with Rami Efal, executive director of ZPI on his experience in the First Workshop for Indigenous Leaders in December 2017, which saw leaders from indigenous communities of...
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Come into Contact: A Berliner Supports Refugee Women with Circles of Peace
BERLIN, GERMANY. German Zen Peacemaker Gabriele Blankertz supports resettled refugee women from Syria with facilitated community circles. "To be with what is going on now includes silence as well as talking and laughing and...
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Roshi Joan Halifax’s Nomad Clinic Treats Rohingya Refugees in Kathmandu
KATHMANDU, NEPAL. American Zen Peacemaker Roshi Joan Halifax and her team from Upaya Zen Center have been conducting their annual Nomad Clinic program in Kathmandu when a few days ago #Rohingya#refugees from #Myanmar started appearing at their medical camp with harrowing reports...
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بَحِبِّك This Says I Love You: U.S. Couple Addresses Islamophobia with Dialogue and Artivism
Married U.S. couple and co-founders of the Bahebak Project, Azzam, a Muslim Palestinian, and Anna, a Jewish American, speak about their work transforming fear to love. Through the Bahebak Project, they create grassroots community...
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The Path of Solidarity
NATIONAL CITY, CALIFORNIA, USA. "By letting go of who we imagine ourselves to be and cultivating a non-clinging heart, we can learn to accompany each other in an embodied way and live in community—and...
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Reflections on the Upcoming Bosnia-Herzegovina Bearing Witness Retreat, by Roshi Barbara Wegmüller
Reflections on the Upcoming Bosnia-Herzegovina Retreat, 8-12 May 2017 By Roshi Barbara Wegmüller, Spiegel Sangha, Bern Switzerland
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From War in Syria to Bearing Witness in Auschwitz
Story by Roshi Barbara Wegmüller, Switzerland, September 2016 BERN, SWITZERLAND. My friend Rabia is an extremely courageous woman and I am happy to share my story of how we met. It was in 2006,...
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Passover in Piraeus: A Zen Peacemaker’s Plunge with Refugees
A series of 6 reports written during the Not-Knowing Pilgrimage in the refugee camp in Piraeus, Greece, the home of thousands dislocated people from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and Lebanon.
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