Fearless Hearts: Women Leaders in Contemplative Social Action

Judith Simmer Brown is a founding faculty member at Naropa University, one of the first fully accredited Buddhist-inspired universities in the U.S, and has served as an Acharya, senior dharma teacher, in Shambhala International. She is active in academic and dharmic circles in many collaborative projects, and is a popular lecturer, retreat teacher, and frequent […]

Summoned by the Earth: Becoming a Holy Vessel for Healing Our World

During this presentation, Cynthia Jurs will discuss her new book, Summoned by the Earth, which offers a riveting account of one woman’s response to the challenges we face and is an irresistible invitation to become “sacred activists” heeding the call of the Earth.

Current Situation in Ukraine and Poland: Refugee Needs (March 19, 2024)

Please join us to hear our Polish Peacemaker friends, Orina Krajewska of Małgosia Braunek “Be” Foundation and the Zwiazek Buddyjski/Kanzeon Sangha in Warsaw, along with volunteer and activist Vladyslav Gryn as they talk about  the situation in Ukraine and Poland, as well as refugee needs. Vladyslav will describe not only life in Ukraine two years after the beginning of war, but will […]

The Inner Work of Age: Shifting from Role to Soul

Even those of us with spiritual practices don’t often connect them to our aging. How do we use the circumstances of age as openings to psychological and spiritual development? How do we do shadow-work in the context of retirement, illness, loss, and mortality? How do we find spiritual practices that lead to expanding our awareness […]

Bearing Witness to the Unfolding Environmental Disaster of the 21st Century

It is evident that humanity is facing an existential threat with global warming and climate change. It is also evident that we are facing a serious biodiversity crisis – ecosystems undergoing major alterations and species threatened with extinction. Mr. Harrison will lead a discussion on these juxtaposed environmental threats, particularly from the perspective of freshwater […]

Literacy and Justice for All

Literature generously provides us with opportunities to make meaningful connections and expand perspectives – creating mirrors, windows, revolving doors, and bridges. Dr. Rajni Shankar-Brown will illuminate the transformative power of literature and discuss current social justice issues including rising book bans in public schools and challenges facing public libraries. In addition, highlights on her equity […]

Taking Action with Eon Zen

Serving Dinner at the Boulder Shelter for the Homeless Serving and engaging in community is fundamental to Zen practice. The Third Tenet of the Zen Peacemakers is taking action. The action that arises from this practice is a caring action that serves everyone and everything, including yourself, in the whole situation. Through the practice of […]

Polish Peacemakers Helping Ukraine

Please join us to hear our Polish Peacemaker friends, Orina Krajewska of Małgosia Braunek “Be” Foundation and the Zwiazek Buddyjski/Kanzeon Sangha in Warsaw, along with Taras Gembik of the BLYZKIST (“closeness”) collective and “Sunflower” Solidarity Community Center as they talk about  the situation in Ukraine and Poland, as well as refugee needs. They will expound on the Common Kitchen project: “Cook, eat, explore! Gotuy, їж, знайо!”, and a free program for kids: “Let’s […]

Leaving Prison Behind: A Council Before I Go

Please join Roshi Eve Marko and Jared Seide, Exec Director of Center for Council, in a dynamic conversation about Leaving Prison Behind: A Council Before I Go. This new illustrated novella chronicles the journey of Ray, a fictionalized participant in a council-based program for incarcerated people.

THE MOTHERS OF GYNECOLOGY MONUMENT

warning: this video discussed racial violence The erection of the “Mothers of Gynecology” monument honors the sacrifice of Anarcha, Lucy, and Betsey, the enslaved experimental subjects of the so-called “father of gynecology,” J. Marion Sims. Michelle L. Browder (with Deborah Shedrick), Mothers of Gynecology, 2021, found metal objects and other media, roughly 15 feet high […]