Summit Presenters
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Ruth King
Celebrated Author, Educator, Meditation Teacher, Founder, Mindful of Race Institute, Author, Mindful of Race
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Rhonda Magee, MA, JD
Professor of Law, USF, Author, The Inner Work of Racial Justice: Healing Ourselves and Transforming Our Communities Through Mindfulness
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Pamela Ayo Yetunde, JD, ThD
Chaplain and Pastoral Counselor, Co-founder, Center of the Heart, Founder, Audre, Co-editor, Black and Buddhist
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Claudelle Glasgow, PSYD, PLLC
Non-binary, Queer, First-generation Afro-Caribbean, Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Buddhist chaplain, Death doula, Writer, Public Speaker
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Justin Miles, LCPC, LCADS
Buddhist Teacher, Creator and Facilitator, Black Power Meditation Group, Psychotherapist, Baltimore City Master Gardener
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Angela Dews
Teacher, Harlem Meditation & Discussion, Author, Still, in the City: Creating Peace of Mind in the Midst of Urban Chaos
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Larry Ward, PhD
Senior teacher in Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh's Plum Village tradition, Author, America's Racial Karma
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Spring Washam
Meditation Teacher, Author, A Fierce Heart, Co-Founder, East Bay Meditation Center
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Sebene Selassie
Teacher, Speaker, and Author who explores the themes of belonging and identity through meditation, creativity, and spirituality
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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
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Rachel Bagby
Award-winning Vocalist, Author, Divine Daughters: Liberating the Power and Passion of Women’s Voices
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Fresh "Lev" White
Love and Compassion Activist, Meditation Teacher, Professional Diversity Trainer, San Francisco Bay Area
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Breeshia Wade
Buddhist End-of-life Caregiver, Grief Expert, Author, Grieving While Black: An Antiracist Take on Oppression and Sorrow
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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
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Dawa Tarchin Phillips
Meditation Teacher, Author, Speaker, Founder of Empowerment Holdings, President of International Mindfulness Teachers Association
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Shanté Paradigm Smalls, PhD
Scholar, Researcher, Artist, Meditation Teacher, and Writer
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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
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Suryagupta Dharmacharini
Meditation Teacher, Speaker, First Woman Chair of London Buddhist Centre
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Kamilah Majied, PhD
Mental Health Clinician, Researcher, Internationally Recognized Expert on the Impact of Social Oppression on Mental Health and Behavioral Health
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