Buddhism and Black Liberation (RV1C22)
Dr. Rima Vesely-Flad, Devin Berry, Kate Johnson, MA, Leslie Booker, Noliwe Alexander and Konda Mason
October 8 - November 5, 2022
Online
Date and Time Details:
5 Saturdays: October 8–November 5, 20229:00 am–10:30 am Pacific Time**Note: Class time is the same for all 5 Saturdays.
Location:
Online via Zoom
SLIDING SCALE:
$75–$600. Our sliding scale options for this program include financial support for our teachers.Code RV1C22.
Contact: Spirit Rock Registration
registration@spiritrock.org
- Benefactor – $600.00
- Sustainer – $300.00
- Base – $150.00
- Online Reduced – $95.00
- Mudita/Karuna Scholarship – $75.00
- People of Color Scholarship – $75.00
Cancellation Policy:
- Spirit Rock only offers open credits for this program according to the deadlines below. No refunds are available.
- Open credits are available: any time prior to midnight the night before the event/program.
- No open credits available the day of the event, or later.
Registration closes prior to the final class at 8:30 a.m. (Pacific Time) on November 5, 2022. A waiting list will be created if the program fills early. A recording* will be available following the program in approximately 10 days.
Open to Everyone
Description:
Based on interviews in the 2022 book Black Buddhists and the Black Radical Tradition: The Practice of Stillness in the Movement for Liberation, this five-week class series will explore the themes of intergenerational trauma, non-self and relative reality, gender and sexuality, honoring ancestors and the land, and love in collective liberation. Author Dr. Rima Vesely-Flad leads conversations with Dharma teachers Devin Berry, Kate Johnson, Leslie Booker, Noliwe Alexander, and Konda Mason.
Class dates are: October 8, October 15, October 22, October 29, November 5; all classes are held on Saturdays from 9:00-10:30 a.m. US Pacific Time
*Recording Note: If you would like access to the recording, you must register by the deadline above. You will have ~90 days from the original program date to view the recording of this program.
About the Teachers
Dr. Rima Vesely-Flad
Dr. Rima Vesely-Flad is the author of Black Buddhists and the Black Radical Tradition: The Practice of Stillness in the Movement for Liberation (NYU Press, 2022) and Racial Purity and Dangerous Bodies: Moral Pollution, Black Lives, and the Struggle for Justice (Fortress Press, 2017). She is currently at work on a new manuscript, The Fire […]
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Devin Berry
Devin Berry is co-founder of Deeper Still, a teen meditation sangha at East Bay Meditation Center and serves as a founding board member of Mindful Peacebuilding. A meditation practitioner since 1999, he is a student of Thich Nhat Hanh as well as a Vipassana practitioner. Devin is a graduate of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction teacher-training practicum. […]
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Kate Johnson, MA
Kate Johnson is a meditation teacher, facilitator, writer and mama. She has practiced Buddhist meditation in the Insight lineage since her early 20’s, and was authorized as an independent dharma teacher through Spirit Rock Meditation Center’s four-year retreat teacher training. Kate began facilitating organizational training and retreats after co-founding the Meditation Working Group at Occupy […]
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Leslie Booker
Booker is a heart-centered, spirit-driven activist and meditation teacher committed to creating a culture of belonging through her teaching and writing. She trained at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in their Mindful Yoga and Meditation (2012), Community Dharma Leaders (2017), and Retreat Teacher training programs (2020). Outside of her formal training, she shared the practices of […]
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Noliwe Alexander
Noliwe Alexander has been a student of Vipassana meditation for over 20 years. Throughout this time of deep devotion to the Dharma, Noliwe has become a dedicated practitioner, meditation teacher of various retreats and sitting groups, day-longs and class series programs. She dedicates her BuddhaDharma practice and teachings to the BIPOC, LGBTQIA, At Risk and […]
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Konda Mason
Konda Mason is a social entrepreneur, eco-spiritual thought leader, mindfulness teacher and justice advocate working at the intersection of social and financial justice and planetary healing. Konda was introduced to Tibetan Buddhism in 1982. Her love for Vipassana began in 1996, working with Jack Kornfield at the Vallecitos Retreat Center. She has taught at Spirit […]
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