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Race and The Body: Why Somatic Practices Are Essential for Racial Justice – HIGHLIGHT
Illustration by Alicia Brown This article was originally published as part of an issue of The Arrow: A Journal of Wakeful Society, Culture, and Politics. The issue can be found here. by Kelsey Blackwell “Within this fathom–long body and mind is found all of the teachings.” – The Buddha But ... continuePosted October 17, 2020 by archives-staff
Going to the Root: How White Caucuses Contribute to Racial Justice – HIGHLIGHT
Illustration by Alicia Brown By Alex Vlasic This article was originally published on July 3rd, 2019 on The Arrow: A Journal of Wakeful Society, Culture & Politics Caucusing is a form of upāya—skillful means. To caucus is skillful because it reduces harm. For Buddhists, practicing harm reduction is a ... continuePosted June 23, 2020 by archives-staff
Why Talk About Whiteness? – HIGHLIGHT
Shifting the culture of Shambhala, deconstructing barriers and experiencing social liberation by members of the White Awareness Council Over the past several months, the Shambhala community has been shaken to its core. There are things that we can see now that we couldn’t see as clearly before, particularly ... continuePosted September 30, 2018 by CGH
Unraveling Oppression – HIGHLIGHT
Unraveling oppression and white privilege starts here by Kelsey Blackwell Dad and Me “But all our phrasing—race relations, racial chasm, racial justice, racial profiling, white privilege, even white supremacy—serves to obscure that racism is a visceral experience, that it dislodges brains, blocks airways, rips muscle, extracts organs, cracks bones, ... continuePosted January 13, 2017 by CGH
Race, Love, and Liberation – HIGHLIGHT
A coalition of meditation centers sponsors community conversation around race, power, and unity in North Carolina by Catherine Neill A long time ago, though it’s only been two weeks, we were in church on a Friday night in Durham, North Carolina to hear Rev. angel Kyodo williams. Everything ... continuePosted November 22, 2016 by catherineneill
Shambhala Hosts the UNtraining – HIGHLIGHT
A daylong training session brings together individuals committed to unlearning their social conditioning around race by Robert Pressnall “Loving yourself is a political act. We are taught not to love ourselves, and from that place we are easily manipulated. Love yourself so much that this love changes the ... continuePosted October 15, 2016 by CGH
America and Me/Shambhala and Me, Pt 3 – HIGHLIGHT
Part three of a three part series describing one Shambhalian’s experience growing up as part of an interracial family by David Ken Engelbrecht Who is this “I” that appears to exist? It might be helpful to ask a similar, but different, question: What do I think our true ... continuePosted October 13, 2016 by CGH
America and Me/Shambhala and Me, Pt. 2 – HIGHLIGHT
Part two of a three part series describing one Shambhalian’s experience growing up as part of an interracial family by David Ken Engelbrecht In October 2009, I left Los Angeles and moved to Vancouver, Washington. I did not go outside alone for twenty months. If I did go ... continuePosted October 9, 2016 by CGH
Practicing Radical Dharma – HIGHLIGHT
by Daniel Phillips In March of 2015 Reverend angel Kyodo williams Sensei, founder of the Center for Transformative Change in Berkeley California, visited the Atlanta Shambhala Center, along with Lama Rod Owens, who is the resident director of the Natural Dharma Fellowship in Cambridge Massachusetts. At the ... continuePosted October 3, 2016 by CGH
America and Me/Shambhala and Me – HIGHLIGHT
Part one of a three part series describing one Shambhalian’s experience growing up as part of an interracial family by David Ken Engelbrecht The essence of warriorship, or the essence of human bravery, is refusing to give up on anyone or anything. We can never say that we ... continuePosted September 19, 2016 by CGH
Hope and the Spiral of Resentment – HIGHLIGHT
A heartfelt, awake, and compassionate response to the recent shootings in Dallas by Will Handy So we continue in the spiral of resentment and violence. It’s shocking to wake up to five dead police officers and, instead of an anonymous street scene from Some City, it’s an intersection ... continuePosted July 25, 2016 by CGH
Making Diversity Personal – HIGHLIGHT
A Shambhala Center responds to the death of a black teenager in their neighborhood, killed by a white police officer. by Shastri Mark Blumenfeld and Miriam Hall On March 6, 2015, Tony Robinson, a nineteen-year-old black teenager, was fatally shot two blocks from the Madison Shambhala Center. This ... continuePosted March 19, 2016 by CGH
The Inheritance of Race in an Enlightened Diverse Society
By Gale Young “It’s okay Gale” my long time professional partner, an African American, said in 1992, “Sunday is the most segregated time in America. Relax. It’s your white ethnic experience”. Except for the Level One instructor, I hadn’t seen another person of color in either the ... continuePosted February 25, 2009 by