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SUMMARY:Welcoming Liberation Monthly BIPOC Gathering
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  800px\;" />Welcoming Liberation</span></span></sp
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 pan style="text-decoration:none">A Monthly Space f
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 a AEDT 04.00 (Sunday) | New Zealand 06:00 (Sunday)
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 pan style="text-decoration:none"> experience and w
 ho also come from the richly diverse lived experie
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 ive Hawaiian\, Latinx\, Arab/Middle Eastern\, bira
 cial\, mixed heritage\, multiracial\, and any othe
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 le="text-decoration:none">Making more possible gen
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 ty in this space\, and beyond</span></span></span>
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 na being offered by different Buddhist Centers. We
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 m this distinctly international space and that tho
 se looking for a space can find a home here</span>
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 unity\, who in racialized societies live as a whit
 e identity\, are supportive of the people the spac
 e is for\, even though you do not walk in the shoe
 s of racialized discrimination directly. What is t
 he invitation to you? You are welcome to give us t
 he gift of well-wishing and understanding the need
  for this kind of space to create room to breathe 
 and be together. You may also make a solidarity do
 nation to assist with the practical costs of this 
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DESCRIPTION:Welcoming Liberation\n \n \n A Monthly Space for T
 hriving BIPOC (Black\, Indigenous\, People of Colo
 r) and BAME (Black\, Asian\, Minority\, Ethnic) Dh
 arma and Community Connection. (BAME is the termin
 ology most commonly used in the UK).\n \n \n \n La
 st Sunday of every month: 1.5 hours\n \n \n \n USA
  PST 09:00 | México 11:00 | USA EST 12:00 | IE & U
 K 17:00 | Europe CET 18:00 | India 22:30 | Austral
 ia AEDT 04.00 (Sunday) | New Zealand 06:00 (Sunday
 )\n \n \n \n This is a gathering for people practi
 cing the dharma\, at any stage of that journey and
  experience and who also come from the richly dive
 rse lived experiences of these intentionally welco
 med identities: Black\, Indigenous\, and people of
  color inclusive of Asian/Pacific Islander\, South
  East Asian\, Native Hawaiian\, Latinx\, Arab/Midd
 le Eastern\, biracial\, mixed heritage\, multiraci
 al\, and any others identifying as non-white.\n \n
  \n \n What is the space?\n \n A monthly welcoming
  two-hour on-line international and intentional Tr
 iratna community space for:\n \n \n \n \n 	Authent
 ic connection and co-creating culturally diverse c
 ommunity (sangha)\n 	Deepening dharma practice thr
 ough meditation\, reflection and real conversation
 s\n 	To practice welcoming\, empathy\, healing\, w
 holeness\, complexity\, liberation and joy\n 	Lear
 ning from each other and with a variety of BIPOC/B
 AME Triratna order members and community members\n
  	Making more possible genuine connection with the
  Triratna Buddhist community in this space\, and b
 eyond\n \n \n We celebrate the multiplicity of “BI
 POC/BAME” spaces in Triratna being offered by diff
 erent Buddhist Centers. We hope many from those sp
 aces will also benefit from this distinctly intern
 ational space and that those looking for a space c
 an find a home here\n \n \n \n Where:\n \n On Zoom
  – you will be emailed the link to join when you r
 egister\n \n \n \n Supporting this space:\n \n Any
 one can make a donation to resource this space and
  the programming.\n \n \n \n We know many in the T
 riratna community\, who in racialized societies li
 ve as a white identity\, are supportive of the peo
 ple the space is for\, even though you do not walk
  in the shoes of racialized discrimination directl
 y. What is the invitation to you? You are welcome 
 to give us the gift of well-wishing and understand
 ing the need for this kind of space to create room
  to breathe and be together. You may also make a s
 olidarity donation to assist with the practical co
 sts of this gathering.\n \n \n \n REGISTER HERE\n 
 \n 
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