Description: This series will explore timely questions related to caring for ourselves, our collective human family and the planet. Featuring BIPOC speakers who will share practical approaches to skillfully meet the challenges of our times. They will draw upon their lived experience as Engaged Mindfulness practitioners to investigate how we can name/witness our despair and grief, while simultaneously recognizing, cultivating and celebrating our capacity to heal and transform. These sessions will illuminate what we already have within us to individually and collectively meet challenges such as the climate crisis, systems of oppression, burnout and racial injustice.
“Author of America’s Racial Karma: An Invitation to Heal” (2020)
Dr. Larry Ward
Larry is a senior teacher in Buddhist Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh’s Plum Village tradition. He brings twenty five years of international experience in organizational change and local community renewal to his work as director of the Lotus Institute and as an advisor to the Executive Mind Leadership Institute at the Drucker School of Management. He holds a PhD in Religious Studies with an emphasis on Buddhism and the neuroscience of meditation. Larry is a knowledgeable, charismatic and inspirational teacher, offering insights with personal stories and resounding clarity that express his dharma name, “True Great Sound.”
Organization: The Lotus Institute
Book: America’s Racial Karma: An Invitation to Heal (2020)