The DEIA committee invites you to an in person, community viewing, of Session One of Many Sanghas, One Community. This is a course presented by the Soto Zen Buddhist Association and East Bay Meditation Centre, developed by teachers Rhonda Magee, Mushim Ikeda, and Crystal Johnson.

Decades of experience and many hours of expert design went into this labor of deep love by these three wonderful teachers, reflecting their wish to support Buddhist sanghas working to increase racial and other types of equity in their communities.

We invite you to join a beginning inquiry into how we can create the ongoing conversation in our dharma communities and our lives that will allow us to create community spaces that provide safety, dignity and belonging to as diverse a group of people as possible.

Session One:  Introduction and Values. This session provides an introduction to basic practices for creating an inclusive community and an invitation to explore the tensions between the stated values of our sanghas, and the values that are (or will be) actually expressed by actions.

*This session will likely have affinity groups which guided the decision to offer this showing in person. We will consider having an on-line option, in the future, if there is interest. Please let us know. angela.kayira@mountainrainzen.org

You are invited to read "Sangha is a Verb" by Sebene Selassie prior to the first session.

And the East Bay Meditation Centre's Agreements for Multicultural Interactions