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Let’s Talk About It Workshops:

About the Workshops

These free workshops are organized by the Young Buddhist Editorial and facilitated by AAPI community leaders and members. The focuses of the workshops are education and allowing a safe space for productive conversation to take place. We hope that all questions can be asked and discussed, so that we can all grow together to be better allies. Each of the workshops has a different focus, and all are designed to be beneficial regardless of attendance to previous sessions or level of personal education. Please see “Past Workshops” below for more information and recordings from our series of workshops on Black Lives Matter and antiracism, held in summer 2020.

Past workshops

Let’s Talk About: What’s in a Vote

Topics

Workshop IV: Let's Talk About: Walking the Path of Anti-Racism

Topics

I. . How do we use our privileges to uplift the Black community?
II. What are some sustainable actions that I incorporate into my everyday life?
III. How do we apply intersectionality and restorative justice to our temple communities in hopes to promote inclusivity?

Facilitators

Allison Tanaka / B.S. Psychology Student at Seattle University, YBE Gallery Director
Stephanie Fong / Student at Northeastern University, YBE PR Chair

Workshop III: Let's Talk About: A Future Without Suffering

Topics

I. What kind of Reparations need to be made for the Black Community?
II. What does defunding or abolishing the police mean?
III. How can mutual aid help build a world free of suffering?

Facilitators

Marissa Wong / Student studying Social Work, YBE Dharma Talks EditorJohn Mullins / Student, Institute of Buddhist Studies
John Mullins / Student, Institute of Buddhist Studies

Workshop II: Let's Talk About: Systemic Racism that Causes Suffering in the Black Community

Topics

I. Systemic vs. Individual Racism
II. Implicit Bias and How We Perpetuate It
III. What is disproportionality and how does it affect Black people?

Facilitators

Tara U. / MSW, PPSC
Marissa Wong / Student studying Social Work, YBE Dharma Talks Editor

Workshop I: Let's Talk About: Why Black Lives Matter in a World Full of Suffering

Topics

I. Why is Black Lives Matter relevant right now?
II. Racism vs. Anti-Blackness
III. How are these sentiments prevalent in our community? 

Facilitators

Rev. Matthew Hamasaki / Resident Minister at Sacramento Buddhist Church
Devon Matsumoto, MSW / YBE President