Session 11:
Materials

Ten days after the Charleston church shooting in 2015, Bree Newsome scaled the South Carolina State House flag pole to remove the Confederate flag. She and an accomplice Jimmie Tyson, dressed as a construction worker, were arrested. They did not know each-other before this act of civil disobedience.

1) Anti-racist spiritual friendship

Bettina Love on conspirators vs. allies. (6 min)

Cornel West on solidarity during a panel about Dalit / Black / Romani Liberation, link here. (listen ONLY to the first 4.5 minutes as Cornel West responds to the first question)

2) Stages of white awakening for organizations

White Supremacy Culture in Organizations by Tema Okun.

Continuum on Becoming an Anti-Racist Multicultural Organization, (1 page diagram but dense!)

(optional) Building Accountable Relationships with Communities of Color: Some Lessons Learned by the Pax Christi Anti-Racism Team, (8 pages), link here.

3) Learning from other sanghas on the journey

Larry Yang, excerpts from Awakening Together: Appendix 1 and 2 (8 pages)

Statement of Recognition and Repentance from the Soto Zen Buddhist Association (1 page).

(optional) Inclusion and Exclusion in the White Space: An Investigation of the Experiences of People of Color in a Primarily White American Meditation Community (2019), Craig N. Hase, James C. Meadows & Stephanie L. Budge, University of Wisconsin-Madison, link here.

Resources to Go Deeper

White Awakening for Organizations

Strategies for Racial Equity in Organizations from Learning by Giving, link here. (1 page)

Dismantling Racism from the Western States Center - Anti-Racist Organizational Development excerpt – link here. (10 pages - pp. 57-67)

The code of ethics for White Anti Racists developed by JLove Calderon and Tim Wise with others (2 pages)

Buddhist case studies and resources

Ann Gleig (2014) “Dharma Diversity and Deep Inclusivity at the East Bay Meditation Center: From Buddhist Modernism to Buddhist Postmodernism?” in Contemporary Buddhism, link her

Ann Gleig (2019), book chapter: “The Dukkha of Racism: Racial Diversity, Inclusion, and Justice Work” in American Dharma.

Resources from other communities:

Spirit Rock DEI Plan : https://www.spiritrock.org/about/diversity-DEI-plan

IMS: https://www.dharma.org/about-us/diversity-and-inclusion/

Joseph Goldstein, Reflections on Race and Diversity, 2014, Link here (35 min talk)

Alliance for the Buddhist Ethics statement.