Summit Presenters

Ruth King
Celebrated Author, Educator, Meditation Teacher, Founder, Mindful of Race Institute, Author, Mindful of Race

Rhonda Magee, MA, JD
Professor of Law, USF, Author, The Inner Work of Racial Justice: Healing Ourselves and Transforming Our Communities Through Mindfulness

Pamela Ayo Yetunde, JD, ThD
Chaplain and Pastoral Counselor, Co-founder, Center of the Heart, Founder, Audre, Co-editor, Black and Buddhist

Claudelle Glasgow, PSYD, PLLC
Non-binary, Queer, First-generation Afro-Caribbean, Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Buddhist chaplain, Death doula, Writer, Public Speaker

Justin Miles, LCPC, LCADS
Buddhist Teacher, Creator and Facilitator, Black Power Meditation Group, Psychotherapist, Baltimore City Master Gardener

Angela Dews
Teacher, Harlem Meditation & Discussion, Author, Still, in the City: Creating Peace of Mind in the Midst of Urban Chaos

Larry Ward, PhD
Senior teacher in Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh's Plum Village tradition, Author, America's Racial Karma

Spring Washam
Meditation Teacher, Author, A Fierce Heart, Co-Founder, East Bay Meditation Center

Sebene Selassie
Teacher, Speaker, and Author who explores the themes of belonging and identity through meditation, creativity, and spirituality

Arisika Razak, CNM, MPH
Professor Emerita, Former Chair, Women’s Spirituality Program at the California Institute of Integral Studies, Core Teacher, East Bay Meditation Center

Rachel Bagby
Award-winning Vocalist, Author, Divine Daughters: Liberating the Power and Passion of Women’s Voices

Fresh "Lev" White
Love and Compassion Activist, Meditation Teacher, Professional Diversity Trainer, San Francisco Bay Area

Breeshia Wade
Buddhist End-of-life Caregiver, Grief Expert, Author, Grieving While Black: An Antiracist Take on Oppression and Sorrow

Vimalasara Mason-John
Public Speaker, Master Trainer in Conflict Transformation, Leadership and Mindfulness, Author, Eight Step Recovery: Using The Buddha’s Teaching to Overcome Addiction

Dawa Tarchin Phillips
Meditation Teacher, Author, Speaker, Founder of Empowerment Holdings, President of International Mindfulness Teachers Association

Shanté Paradigm Smalls, PhD
Scholar, Researcher, Artist, Meditation Teacher, and Writer

Rima Vesely-Flad, PhD
Associate Professor, Religion and Social Justice, Director, Peace and Justice Studies at Warren Wilson College, Author, Racial Purity and Dangerous Bodies

Suryagupta Dharmacharini
Meditation Teacher, Speaker, First Woman Chair of London Buddhist Centre

Kamilah Majied, PhD
Mental Health Clinician, Researcher, Internationally Recognized Expert on the Impact of Social Oppression on Mental Health and Behavioral Health
