IN PERSON: Outdoor Morning Meditation
2026-06-29 07:15 - 07:45, 2026-07-06 07:15 - 07:45, 2026-07-13 07:15 - 07:45 (America/Los_Angeles) | East Bay Meditation Center, 285 17th Street, Oakland, CA, 94612, United States
Start your week off right with gentle mindfulness meditation on Monday mornings this spring and summer! Instruction will be offered for seated and movement meditation. All are welcome to attend and no experience is necessary.
Meditation has been scientifically proven to reduce stress, improve focus, and support the nervous system. Practicing in community also helps build a supportive community. Mats, chairs, and blankets provided, and you may also bring your own accessories. We look forward to practicing meditation with you!

Location: Lot 2270, at 23rd and Broadway in Oakland
Days: Mondays, June 1st to September 28
Time: 7:15-7:45am
Teacher schedule:

Day
Teacher

June 1
Renato Almanzor

June 8
Patrick Brown

June 15
Tania Triana

June 22
Tania Triana

June 29
Tania Triana

July 6
Elese Lebseck

July 13
Jonathan Relucio

July 20
Jonathan Relucio

July 27
Renato Almanzor

August 3
Jonathan Relucio

August 10
Jonathan Relucio

August 17
Jonathan Relucio

August 24
Ramón Honea

August 31
Patrick Brown

September 7 – no session
SKIP FOR LABOR DAY HOLIDAY

September 14
Patrick Brown

September 21
Jonathan Relucio

September 28
Jonathan Relucio

This program is a partnership between EBMC and Northlake.

IN-PERSON: Gather & Ground: Compassionate Community Building
2026-06-30 17:00 - 19:00, 2026-07-02 17:00 - 19:00, 2026-07-07 17:00 - 19:00, 2026-07-09 17:00 - 19:00, 2026-07-10 17:00 - 19:00, 2026-07-14 17:00 - 19:00
Gather & Ground: Compassionate Community Building
Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays
5-7 PM PT
In person only

January 2026 note: Dear Sangha, coming together is a form of resistance. Let’s ground and regroup in community with meditation and in solidarity. After which we will gather and discuss ways to respond. Art supplies to make signs of resistance are available. We can brainstorm ways to use our voices. Or provide a shoulder to cry on.

We now have the center open every Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 5-7pm. The first hour (5-6pm) will be for meditation in our temple or compassion room space or to peruse our library offerings. The second hour (6-6:45pm) will be for a fun social potluck in the kitchen space. Everyone is encouraged to bring something to share with the group. We hope this effort will build some momentum and energy for EBMC and bring more people in our community together in-person.

Generally, you can also expect to see: art on Tuesdays, movement on Thursdays, and occasional open mics on Fridays!

These new community building hours are the same evenings as our Alphabet (Tuesdays 7pm), BIPOC (Thursdays 7pm) and Maha Sanghas (Fridays 7pm) so we hope this effort will also encourage people to join those groups with a hope to generate enough attendance to bring them back to in-person every week! This was also based on feedback from the survey. See more info about our Practice Groups here.

There are so many reasons to be in community right now and EBMC wants to support this by opening our space during these times to anyone who needs it. We are stronger when we are in solidarity together to meet the moment we are in. We hope to see you soon! Come practice. Come snack. Come as you are. Feel free to bring a friend! No registration needed.

ONLINE: Alphabet Sangha
2026-06-30 19:00 - 20:30, 2026-07-14 19:00 - 20:30
A meditation group for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Same-Gender Loving, and Two-Spirit communities. Because that’s such a mouthful, we call ourselves the Alphabet Sangha.
Tuesdays
7:00 – 8:30 pm
Please email: alphabetsangha at eastbaymeditation dot org to request Zoom link to join online.
For more information, visit the ALPHABET SANGHA WEBSITE

ONLINE: Kapwa Meditation for Filipinx/a/o Community
2026-07-01 07:00 - 07:30, 2026-07-08 07:00 - 07:30, 2026-07-15 07:00 - 07:30
We are happy to announce that a weekly Kapwa Meditation for Filipinx/a/o folks will begin on Wednesday, Jan. 8, from 7:00 to 7:30 AM Pacific Time. We will continue to gather every Wednesday morning, coming together for support and practice, on our paths of individual and collective transformation.

In addition to our weekly meditation, we would like to remind everyone of our monthly Kapwa Deep Refuge Group for Filipinx/a/o folks. Launched in the Spring of 2024, we meet on the third Sunday of every month, from 9:00 to 10:30 AM Pacific Time.
Together, in both spaces, we aspire to cultivate a special community space in the intersection of Filipinx/a/o identity + culture + history and Buddhist spiritual practice.
The Zoom credentials are the same for both our weekly Wednesday meditation and our monthly gathering.
If you identify as Filipinx/a/o and would like to join, please contact us at: kapwa.deep.refuge@gmail.com

HYBRID: Midday Sangha
2026-07-01 12:00 - 13:35
Join our peer-led multicultural sangha for silent meditation practice and community building.
Every Wednesday
12:00 – 12:45pm PST Silent sitting, standing or lying down meditation with optional walking meditation.
12:55 – 1:35pm PST Facilitated conversation about our practice and being the dharma in the world
HYBRID EVERY FIRST WEDNESDAY, ONLINE FOR OTHER MEETINGS (unless otherwise noted)
Midday Sangha Coordinating Committee:
emiko yoshikami, Jennie Powe Runde, Sakshi Uomoto, Elese Lebsack and Robert Gavino
email middaysangha at eastbaymeditation dot org for zoom link and password

HYBRID: BIPOC Sangha
2026-07-02 19:00 - 20:30
The BIPOC Sangha is a growing community of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color waking up and getting free!
Thursdays
7 – 8:30 PM PT
**Hybrid on First and Third Thursdays (online only on other Thursdays)
**Potluck in the EBMC kitchen on the Third Thursday meeting, from 6-7 PM PT! Bring a dish or beverage to share.
Closed Captions Provided.
Zoom info: Meeting details are shared through their mailing list (subscribe on their website), and their Facebook group.

ONLINE: Maha Sangha
2026-07-03 19:00 - 20:30, 2026-07-10 19:00 - 20:30
Maha Sangha for All People & Communities
Creating Freedom in Community
Every Friday night, 7:00 – 8:30pm.
Hybrid, every 4th Friday of the month
Event Details: Meets weekly on zoom, and starting to meet once a month in person, email mahasangha at eastbaymeditation dot org for more info and get on our newsletter
The EBMC Maha Sangha for All People and Communities is a meditation and dharma group with an emphasis on radical inclusivity and social justice.
Maha is a Pali word meaning whole, great, larger/largest, deepest, and Sangha is a Pali word for community, or community of practitioners. Together, these words represent a place where all people and communities are warmly invited to explore the Dharma together in keeping with East Bay Meditation Center’s core mission to foster liberation, personal and interpersonal healing, social action, and inclusive community building. We hope that you will join us.
The EBMC Maha Sangha’s leadership team of teachers, dharma leaders, and sangha members includes: Arisika Razak, Fresh! Lev White, Rebekah Eppley, Sarwang Parikh and Shay.
Contact: mahasangha at eastbaymeditation org

ONLINE: 8 Step Buddhist Recovery Deep Refuge
2026-07-04 10:00 - 11:30, 2026-07-11 10:00 - 11:30
Every Saturday from 10AM – 11:30AM PST / PDT ONLINE
Compassionate Dharma Deep Refuge Buddhist meetings focus on ways to heal addiction. Based on the Eight Steps to Recovery developed by Dr. Mason-John M.A (hon.doc) and Dr Groves, we believe this inclusive approach can build a solid foundation for those at any level of recovery and for those who have yet to seek help.
Through these practices we hope you gain a practice that can sustain you in your recovery.
We are a multi-recovery space. Whether you are navigating addiction to substances like drugs and alcohol, or process addictions, such as disordered eating, codependency, or sex and love addiction–you are welcome here.
Advance Registration is not required.
For additional information, please contact: ebmcrecovery at gmail dot com.

Every Body Every Mind Sangha
2026-07-05 18:00 - 19:30, 2026-07-12 18:00 - 19:30
Every Body Every Mind Sangha is a weekly practice group for people living with disabilities, limitations, differences and chronic illnesses.
Sundays
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm

ONLINE WITH SPECIAL HYBRID DATES
March 23rd 2025 with Arisika Razak
April 20th 2025 with Anne Finger
May 18th 2025 with Mushim Ikeda
June 22nd 2025 with Anne Finger
No registration needed to attend these meetings in person. More hybrid dates may be announced in the future.

To join online, please email: ebem at eastbaymeditation dot org to request a Zoom link.
Please come and take part in this time to meditate, share our lives and support with each other, and learn more about the dharma. There is no need to register for these weekly meetings, just come and share this path together!
EveryBody, EveryMind Teacher Group: Debra Kerr, Kenji Oshima, Anne Finger, Master John W. Ellis IV, Beth Smith, Mushim Ikeda, Victor Jih, & Zac Krohn
For more info, visit the Every Body Every Mind Sangha Website.

ONLINE: Parent-Caregiver Sangha
2026-07-06 20:00 - 21:15
EBMC’s Parent-Caregiver teaching team will be offering a monthly parents’ meditation group for restoration, support and connection.

Parenting often can be challenging…as well as a great practice. We offer a short talk, guided meditation and sharing. We gather to create a safe refuge to share the joys and the challenges of caring for young people by cultivating loving-kindness, compassion, patience and generosity with the support of the sangha. We welcome all parents/grandparents/caregivers of young people to join us. No prior experience necessary.

Meeting time: First Mondays of the month, 8-9:15 PM Pacific Time. On Zoom (closed captions provided).

Click here for more information.

HYBRID: Alphabet Sangha
2026-07-07 19:00 - 20:30
A meditation group for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Same-Gender Loving, and Two-Spirit communities. Because that’s such a mouthful, we call ourselves the Alphabet Sangha.
Tuesdays
7:00 – 8:30 pm
HYBRID on First and Third Tuesdays of the month! Meet at EBMC or online.
Please email: alphabetsangha at eastbaymeditation dot org to request Zoom link to join online.
For more information, visit the ALPHABET SANGHA WEBSITE

ONLINE: Midday Sangha
2026-07-08 12:00 - 13:35

ONLINE: BIPOC Sangha
2026-07-09 19:00 - 20:30
The BIPOC Sangha is a growing community of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color waking up and getting free!
Thursdays
7 – 8:30 PM PT
**Online on Second, Fourth (and the possible Fifth) Thursdays
**Hybrid on First and Third Thursdays
**Potluck in the EBMC kitchen on the Third Thursday meeting, from 6-7 PM PT! Bring a dish or beverage to share.
Closed Captions Provided.
Zoom info: Meeting details are shared through their mailing list (subscribe on their website), and their Facebook group.

Watering Our Roots, Planting Seeds: Exploring South Asian Lineages and Collective Futures
2026-07-11 12:30 - 17:00
Watering Our Roots, Planting Seeds:
Exploring South Asian Lineages and Collective Futures
Saturday, July 11th 2026
12:30 pm to 5:30pm PT
In-person at EBMC (2406 Webster St., Oakland CA)
Online via Zoom
Masking is strongly encouraged. The center is wheelchair accessible and fragrance-free.
Together with Access to Zen, EBMC is excited to invite EVERYONE to attend our biggest summer event, “Watering Our Roots, Planting Seeds: Exploring South Asian Lineages and Collective Futures”! Join us for a very special afternoon dedicated to uplifting the South Asian histories of Buddhism, music, dance, and yoga. We’ll also look at what it means for a diverse community to practice with these lineages today and in the future.
Let’s come together to celebrate past and present, our personal and shared heritages, and an afternoon of joy in community! All are welcome, including families! (recommended ages 8+)
Featuring:

Live Indian classical music concert with Srinivas Reddy (sitar) and Ferhan Najeeb Qureshi (tabla)
Panel discussion about with Srinivas Reddy, Jyoti Argade, and Anjali Rao, moderated by Rahil Rojiani
Opening ritual with Sakkshi
Interactive altar designed by Shreya Shankar
DJ, dancing, food, and social time!
NEW: Chetna Mehta, creator of “Cultivating Compassion in Times of Fascism” will host a coloring corner for kids (and kids at heart)!!

PLEASE NOTE THE ADDRESS OF EBMC’S NEW BUILDING:
2406 Webster St., Oakland, CA
[If you are using a navigation/map app, DO NOT type in East Bay Meditation Center. That will take you to our 285 17th St. location instead.]
In person attendance: Space is limited to the first 200 people who register.
Please allow time for parking! We recommend using public transit if possible.
Schedule:
12:30 pm Doors and altar interaction
1:00 pm Program begins
1:30 – 2:30 pm Panel discussion with Q&A
3- 4:00 pm Live music concert
4 – 5:30 pm DJ, dancing, food, mingling
Cost
We’re continuing to fundraise for EBMC so that we can keep our center sustained. The tickets are sliding scale and there is an option to name your own donation amount. We humbly request that folx give at the highest level they can for the benefit of the collective. If you are able, please purchase a Generosity Ticket for someone who cannot afford to buy one for themselves (you can donate any amount). Thank you!
If you wish to RECEIVE a Generosity Ticket, please email kristal@eastbaymeditation.org

Our Organizations
Learn more about EBMC here.
Learn more about Access to Zen here.

SPECIAL GUESTS!

Srinivas Reddy (musician & panelist) is a scholar, translator and musician. He studied classical sitar in the traditional guru-shishya style with Pandit Partha Chatterjee, a direct disciple of the late sitar maestro Pandit Nikhil Banerjee. Srinivas also trained in classical South Asian languages and literatures at Brown University and UC Berkeley. He has released three CDs and published five books including the latest Illuminating Worlds: An Anthology of Classical Indian Literature (Bloomsbury 2024). Srinivas is currently Associate Professor of South Asian Studies at Nayanta University in Pune, India. www.sankalpana.org

Ferhan Najeeb Qureshi (musician) is a senior disciple of the legendary tabla master Ustad Tari Khan. Prior to his ongoing training with Ustad Tari Khan, Ferhan took his initial lessons in Hindustani music theory and practice with Surinder Singh Mann. Ferhan studies the Punjab gharana of classical tabla which both of his teachers represent. In addition to performing tabla lehra (tabla solo), Ferhan Qureshi has also accompanied numerous distinguished classical artists (vocalists, instrumentalists and dancers) both in the United States and in Pakistan.

Anjali Rao (panelist) brings an intersectional and decolonial feminist lens to the study of philosophy and religion integrating storytelling, art and poetry. Deeply influenced by her yoga practice and dance training, her work emphasizes an embodied approach and explores how spirituality, power and politics intersect. Her first book, Yoga As Embodied Resistance: A Feminist Lens in Caste, Gender And Sacred Resilience in Yoga History, North Atlantic Books was named as one of the 10 most inspiring, insightful and seriously worthwhile books of 2025 by Yoga Journal and “a scholarly work and a deeply personal journey” by L.A Book Review.
She is on the faculty of multiple yoga education programs. She considers herself a first, foremost and forever a student and is currently pursuing a PhD in Philosophy and Religion (Women’s Spirituality) in California Institute of Integral Studies.

Jyoti Argade (panelist) is a bharatanatyam artist, scholar, and educator whose work sits at the intersection of devotion, embodied practice, and critical inquiry into South Asian performance traditions. Born into a family of bharatanatyam teachers, she trained under her mother, Srimati Veena Argade, and later with V.P. and Shantha Dhananjayan in the Kalakshetra style. She has performed at The Asia Society, The Brooklyn Museum, The Guggenheim, The Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, and the American Dance Festival, among others.
Jyoti holds a PhD in Performance Studies from Northwestern University and served as Chair and Associate Professor of Dance at the University of East London. As a producer, she produced Shobana Jeyasingh Dance Company’s historic first tour to India, where she chaired public dialogues on diaspora, identity, and the politics of contemporary South Asian dance. Her scholarly work examines the historical, devotional, and political dimensions of South Asian dance traditions, with ongoing research into the devadasi lineage and bharatanatyam’s modern reconstruction for nationalist and global stages. She runs a bharatanatyam studio in Berkeley and leads The Actual Project, a consultancy focused on leadership and organizational development. Jyoti is also the mother to two extraordinary humans.

Rahil Rojiani (they/them) (panel moderator & planning team) is a queer, genderfluid, South Asian facilitator and healer, currently swimming the waters of capitalism as an abolitionist trauma-oriented psychiatrist. They are committed to a path of weaving together the many threads and contradictions of their life, spanning decades of community organizing, neuroscience research and medical training in ivory tower academia, contemplative and somatic healing practices, and a primary orientation toward Spirit. Rahil’s spiritual lineages include Mahamudra and Dzogchen schools of Buddhism, the esoteric tradition of Ismaili Islam in which they were raised, and Hindustani classical music through sitar under Srinivas Reddy and the Ali Akbar College of Music. They feel most alive when supporting queer and trans BIPOC communities in healing complex trauma through conscious use of psychiatric tools, liberatory somatics, shadow work, and reconnecting to Spirit for the sake of our collective liberation in apocalyptic times. When not making long lists, you might find them climbing, gardening, reading, or deliciously lost in deep conversation and cuddles with their dear ones.

Shreya Shankar (interactive altar designer) Shreya’s practice is where ancestral forms and futurisms meet across the mediums of design, mythology, worldbuilding, place-keeping, and meaning-making.
Their work engages collective memory and the radical imagination, seamlessly prototyping across mediums and forms to create functional ritual sculptural art objects, sacred architectures, altars, sets, literary and visual art.
With degrees in Environmental Policy, Urban Planning, and Architecture from UC Berkeley and CCA, Shreya Shankar draws from spiritual ecology, folklore, and foresight to explore the rich territory between ancestral cosmologies and liberatory near-futures.

A SF-based Bay Area native, Neha aka jaag strives to weave different genres into a cohesive rhythmic fabric to create an environment of liberation, joy, and connection. Raised on the genre-bending South Asian producers of the 90s, the hyphy movement of the 2000s, and the vocalists of ancient Carnatic music, her mixes keep you on your toes while taking you on a journey. She blends breaks, electro, leftfield bass, trance, acid, and a plethora of global percussive genres, and runs a party series called Maja Blast with fellow SF dj nofi, which is centered on a genre-less, set time-less experience where party goers can allow themselves to fully trust the dj and be surprised on the dance floor.

Sakkshi (she/her) (opening ritual & planning team) is a Queer immigrant rooted in Indian lineage and the living tradition of Sanathana Dharma the eternal Vedic path she has walked alongside her family for over three decades. Her practice is supported by the rhythms of ancestral ritual and the wisdom of Jyotish aka Vedic astrology, where our energetic footprint becomes a way to explore the relationship between karma and dharma, a journey she holds space for through her Jyotish practice, Cosmicdesi. In her work as the founder of a boutique residential design firm, she brings this same philosophy into the spaces people inhabit, understanding that the places we build are extensions of the lives we are creating. She is a devoted student of ancestral veneration and healing, understanding that the wounds and gifts carried in our bloodlines are portals to collective liberation. For the past four years, she has been co-facilitating weekly meditations at East Bay Meditation Center. At the heart of her work lives a single conviction: that separation is an illusion, and that through conscious creation, our remembering, and aligned action we can return to a living relationship with our metaphysical existence as our birthright.

Sarwang Parikh (he/they) (planning team) is a decolonial psychotherapist and meditation teacher based on unceded Ohlone land in the SF Bay Area. Born into a devotional Indian lineage with an immigrant, working-class background, Sarwang has been practicing and studying the Dharma for over 25 years through their ancestral traditions of Vedic yoga, Theravāda, and Indian Vajrayāna. They have completed various multi-year teaching and study programs, including East Bay Meditation Center’s (EBMC) 2-year Spiritual Teacher Leader program, and are currently in Spirit Rock’s Community Dharma Leader cohort. Sarwang teaches with Dharma Homies, East Bay Meditation Center, Braided Wisdom and Inward Bound Mindfulness where they also serve on the board. Rooted in a liberatory approach to mindfulness and healing, Sarwang integrates deep ancestral wisdom with contemporary practices. They find joy in playing their handpan, frolicking with friends in nature, and getting free on the dance floor.

ONLINE: Multiracial Peer-Led Deep Refuge Group
2026-07-11 19:00 - 21:00
The Multiracial Deep Refuge Group is a monthly exploratory Deep Refuge Group for and by people who identify as multiracial. Our meetings include periods of mindfulness meditation and sharing of narratives and perspectives as we come together to be seen and to see one another. By sitting and exploring our own unique stories, we can come to know and care for the common threads that bind us together. Our collective work bravely expands the narrative that informs multiracial experience today. Meets 7pm-9pm on the second Saturdays of every month. Online and occasionally hybrid (in-person at EBMC + online).
Newcomers welcome- please contact us before your first visit: mrdrcoordinators at googlegroups dot com

ONLINE: White and Awakening Monthly Sangha
2026-07-12 10:30 - 12:00
The White and Awakening Monthly Sangha will meet on the second Sunday of each month from 10:30 am to Noon PT/1:30-3:00 pm ET beginning January 11, 2026. This group is a joint offering of EBMC and Brooklyn Zen Center. All meetings are on Zoom.

Facilitated by Crystal Johnson, Sarah Emerson, Heather Lear, Kitsy Schoen and guests, the monthly sangha is an opportunity for white people to gather and discuss their dilemmas and successes in waking up to whiteness and making a difference in undermining white supremacy culture in all of its many manifestations, including in our sanghas. Our intention is to create a supportive space that allows us to do the hard and painful inner work that frees us to take action in the world.

Open to all self-identified white people and to those for whom whiteness is an important part of their identity. Questions? Email us at whiteandawakening@eastbaymeditation.org.

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FACILITATORS

Crystal Johnson is a retired clinical psychologist and a Community Teacher at the East Bay Meditation Center (EBMC) in Oakland, CA, where she also serves on the Leadership Sangha (Board) and as a member of the Radical Inclusivity Committee. She completed the year long Commit2Dharma training at EBMC, as well as the 2-year Dedicated Practitioner Program and the 2-year Community Dharma Leader Program at Spirit Rock Meditation Center. In her teaching, she focuses on creating/co-creating programs for white dharma practitioners seeking to build awareness, knowledge and skills to challenge the dynamics of white privilege and race-based oppression, and create truly inclusive sangha. Her courses include White and Awakening in Sangha at EBMC, Unpacking Whiteness: Reflection and Action at the San Francisco Zen Center, White and Awakening Together at Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Unpacking Whiteness for the Soto Zen Buddhist Association and Unpacking the Whiteness of Leadership for Branching Streams. She offers consultation to individuals and organizations seeking to disrupt the practices of white supremacy culture and support change toward racial equity.

Sarah Dōjin Emerson’s formal practice in Soto Zen began in 1996. She received Dharma Transmission from Abbott Konjin Gaelyn Godwin of the Houston Zen Center in 2015. She has a M.A. in Counseling Psychology, and has worked in the fields of mental health and pastoral care with children and adults. She experiences Bodhisattva Zen practice as deeply supportive to inquiring into, challenging and transforming systems of oppression, particularly racial inequities and the harm they cause within convert Buddhist sanghas, and in U.S. society generally. Sarah has worked for many years in grief support- clinically, ritually and in community- specializing in child loss. She lives with her partner, Charlie Pokorny (who is also a Soto Zen Buddhist priest), their children (who are her most profound and constant teachers) and numerous pets in Brooklyn, NY.

Heather Lear (she/her) was born and raised with the Dharma in a family of Insight Meditation practitioners in the South, and is now based on unceded Ramaytush Ohlone land in San Francisco. She studies and teaches at the intersection of heart-centered Dharma, embodiment practices and DEIA work around white and awakening in community, and serves as the Program Manager at Spirit Rock Meditation Center. Heather has completed various study and teaching programs, including Spirit Rock’s LEAP program, the Sati Center’s Buddhist Chaplaincy Training, and Radiant Heart Qigong Teacher Training with Teja Bell. She has served on the board at Insight Santa Cruz, on the teaching team offering the 6-month White and Awakening in Sangha program at the East Bay Meditation Center since 2019, and is part of the current Spirit Rock Community Dharma Leaders (CDL7) cohort.

Kitsy Schoen, MSW, began her mindfulness practice and was inspired to work as a hospice social worker after meeting Stephen Levine in 1979. Throughout her career she has been able to integrate mindfulness and her passion for racial equity into her work. At Kaiser Permanente, Kitsy led the NCAL Kaiser Psychiatry’s Cultural Diversity Workgroup and was a founding member of the “Isms Collaborative”, a group of representatives from public and private health care organizations that sought to address workplace bias in agencies committed to reducing health disparities. In 2004 she began Spirit Rock’s Community Dharma Leader program with the specific focus of bringing insight and compassion practices to working with other white people on racism. In 2007, she joined the Leadership Sangha (board) of East Bay Meditation Center and began offering antiracism classes to white practitioners. Kitsy has provided training and consultation to numerous mental health training programs and dharma centers on issues of racism, power and privilege.

ONLINE: Social Justice Lunchtime Sangha - Peer Led Deep Refuge group
2026-07-14 12:00 - 13:00
Social Justice Sangha is a place to practice and reflect with #EBMCOakland organizers and activists. Includes a 30 minute meditation and time for sharing what’s on our hearts.

Contact: socialjustice at eastbaymeditation dot org
