On Dawn’s professional and personal journey to the Director role, BPF as an institution, and current issues and topics within mindfulness and Buddhism — including racism, community activism, and gendered violence from a Buddhist perspective.

In the face of violence and brutality, we should develop "samma kodha" — Right Anger — for the sake of all beings.

"Stories can break the dignity of a people, but stories can also repair that broken dignity."– Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nigerian writer

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.