Events for Social Justice and People of Color
LIVING LIFE IN VIEW OF DEATH: Yogic & Buddhist practices for People of Color
Saturday, November 4 from 1 – 5 pm at Rainier Beach Yoga.
Sliding scale. To register, contact Genevieve Hicks.
YOGA HEALING FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR as part of Artist of Color Expo & Symposium
Friday, Nov 17 10:30 – 11:30 am Armory Lofts at Seattle Center
For more info contact Genevieve Hicks.
YOGA HEALLING CLASS FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR
Friday, Nov 24 and Friday, Dec 22 from 6:30 – 9:30 pm
Black Dot, 1437 S. Jackson, Seattle, 98144
De-stress during the holidays! For more info contact Genevieve Hicks.
POC CAUCUS with Rev. angel Kyodo williams
Friday, December 15 6 – 9 pm The Summit, 420 East Pike, Seattle 98122
Free. Register here.
LOVE AT THE CROSSROADS: Climate and Social Justice: Second Annual Faith Action Climate Team Conference
Saturday, October 28 from 8:30 am – 5 pm
Mt. Zion Baptist Church, 1634 – 19th Ave, Seattle
Keynote is Deborah Parker (Tulalip & national climate leader); many great workshops infused with race equity & climate justice perspective. Michele Gomes will present as Buddhist on interfaith panel.
Registration required by Wednesday, October 25, so please register soon.
INTRODUCTORY GUIDED MEDITATION SERIES in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh
Six-week series Tuesdays, Oct 31 – Dec 5 from 7 – 8 pm
Dharma Gate, 1910 – 24th Ave South, Seattle
Taught by Genevieve Hicks. Offered by donation. Register here.
MOVING WITH BALANCE TOWARD RACIAL JUSTICE
Group study of the book “Radical Dharma” facilitated by Genevieve Hicks & Laura Humpf
Six week series Wednesdays, November 1 – December 13 from 4:30 – 5:45 pm
Register at Rainier Beach Yoga.
PROMISED LAND
A documentary film about the long struggle of the Duwamish & Chinook for federal tribal status recognition, and larger context of Indigenous sovereignty.
Saturday, November 25 at 7 pm
Prospect Congregational Church, 1919 E. Prospect, Seattle 98112
Discussion after film. Free; donations support Duwamish Tribe. Co-sponsored by POCAS and 350 Frontline Allies.
RADICAL DHARMA TEACHINGS & PRACTICE
with Reverend angel Kyodo williams
Friday, December 15 (6–9 pm) POC Caucus
Saturday, December 16 (9:30 am – 5 pm) for People of Color
Sunday, December 17 (9:30 am – 12:30 pm) open to all
The Summit, 420 E. Pike (Capitol Hill), Seattle 98122
Radical Dharma is an urgent call to dharma communities to wake from the habitual ways they and their members reproduce and sustain exclusion. Radical Dharma advocates a “new dharma” that deconstructs rather than amplifies systems of suffering, and prepares us to weigh the shortcomings not only of our own minds, but also of our communities. We can only accomplish shifts in awareness through radical honesty, a common ground where we can drop our need for perfection to speak and act from a place of deep vulnerability, and authentic presence. Regardless of how unpleasant this feels or how messy this looks, Radical Dharma emerges out this kind of disarmed honesty, just as a lotus emerges from the mud.
RACIAL STAMINA AND RACIAL JUSTICE WORK: What’s Mindfulness & Compassion Got to Do With It? with Angela Rose Black
Thursday, January 18 at 7:30 pm
Free lecture at University of Washington Kane Hall. Registration is required. More information here.