Burma's Genocide: A Panel Discussion, Plus 5 Things You Can Do Right Now
The Rohingya crisis in Myanmar has reached a tipping point. What can we do?BPF Board member Jess Benjamin reports back from a panel hosted by the Chicago Theological Seminary.
Systemic Youth Suffering: The Twelve-Fold Path of Social Transformation
When it comes to the education of low-income students of color, mindfulness can easily mystify the structure of social oppression, shifting the analysis of school reform from the systemic level to the individual. I hope for a future in which mindfulness is grounded in notions of interconnectedness and social benefit, rather than focusing on individual growth.
Ouch! Systemic Suffering and the Fourth Noble Truth
We are constantly yearning for peace and harmony. Yet, the transformation requires us to destroy a life system that we depend upon — a system that is artificially bound together by the dominance of one living being upon another.