Member Phone Call with Debra White Plume, Harsha Walia, and Diana Pei Wu!

Continuing with this month's theme of Decolonizing Our Sanghas (an unusual, collective take on the Fifth Precept of Buddhist ethics), we are thrilled to announce that this month's BPF member phone call will host:The phenomenal Debra White Plume, leader of Owe Aku and Moccasins On The Ground.  White Plume leads trainings and tours on nonviolent direct actions to stop the tar sands and Keystone XL Pipeline. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nPYwfK2AJY]The amazing activist-scholar Harsha Walia, based in Vancouver, Indigenous Coast Salish territories, who "believes in overgrowing the logic of the state."In addition to being a feminist organizer, Walia is the author of Undoing Border Imperialism, forthcoming this October from AK Press. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGqhgRr66ng]The fantastic direct-action expert and Buddhist practitioner Diana Pei Wu .  Formerly of The Ruckus Society, she has helped train community groups on direct action tactics for movements around environmental justice, immigration, and more.  This video gives a sense of the practical, empowering skills that Diana has helped to teach![youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyoXBVICO9E]Holy smokes, y'all — we cannot wait for this conversation on decolonization, spirituality, and transformation through social and political movements.

Thursday, August 29th

6pm PST / 9pm EST

Monthly BPF phone calls are open to all members (check your email this week for info on how to call in!).  To become a member, join here and we will send you the call information shortly.