Fearless Hearts: Women Leaders in Contemplative Social Action with T.Marie King

As part of our Women’s Leadership series, we will talk with T. Marie King. In December 2022, she co-produced and released her first full-length documentary. The documentary highlights the life and legacy of the unsung hero and civil rights icon, the Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth. Premiering on Alabama Public Television the documentary stands as a testament to […]
Together Apart – Building Beloved Community Behind and Beyond Bars

With Erin Parish & Sita Lozoff What if our criminal legal system was made of communities of curious and creative people working together to get well? Our current system works to disconnect communities and makes it hard for people to build healthy, helpful, and nurturing communities within this structure. The desire to connect and create, however, […]
Fearless Hearts: Women Leaders in Contemplative Social Action with Ella Reznikova

As part of our Women’s Leadership series, translator, meditation teacher and conflict mediator, Ella Reznikova will talk about her work with Compassion for Ukraine whose mission is to radiate compassion to those in Ukraine who suffer from the unjust and unjustified invasion by Russia.
Fearless Hearts: Women Leaders in Contemplative Social Action with Jennifer Dohrn

Jennifer Dohrn, CNM, DNP, FAAN is a Professor and Assistant Dean of the Office of Global Initiatives and director of the PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center for Advanced Practice Nursing at Columbia University School of Nursing. She has served communities locally and globally. As Director of Midwifery Services, she initiated the first freestanding maternity center in an […]
Holy Land Trust: Fostering Peace, Justice, Healing and Transformation

Meet Zen Peacemakers’ Affiliate, Holy Land Trust’s Executive Director, Elias Deis to learn more about his organization and current projects. Holy Land Trust is a non-profit Palestinian organization committed to fostering peace, justice and understanding in the Holy Land. They are deeply committed to exploring the root causes of violence and seek to develop solutions to address them. They believe […]
Polish Peacemakers On The Current Situation In Ukraine

June 2024 Please join us to hear an update from 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 ongoing situation in Ukraine and Poland.
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 […]
