CONTRIBUTORS

Hello. I practice at the threshold of ecologies, Buddhist-inspired meditation and philosophy, contemplative education, and psycho-social political change. My ongoing appreciation for those practices join together in the Four Fields.

Alex has been facilitating courses geared towards social and personal transformation for the past 6 years. They have spent the last 10 years as a core member of the collective running the Ulex Project and has a deep experience of the integral approach we have developed.

Brooke is the Co-Founder and President of Courage of Care. She holds a Ph.D. in Religious Studies and Cognitive Science from Emory University, an M.A. in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism from Columbia University and a B.A. in Religion and Psychology from Barnard College.

Brooke was a fellow of the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies in Germany, where she co-developed a climate justice program for ecological sustainability researchers.

Gee (Guhyapati) has been working at the intersection of Buddhism and activism for decades. This led him to set up the Ecodharma Centre in 2007. Out of that experience he established the Ulex Project, which is a global leader in activist education and social movement capacity building.

Kaira Jewel Lingo is a Dharma teacher with a lifelong interest in spirituality and social justice. Her work continues the Engaged Buddhism developed by Thich Nhat Hanh, and she draws inspiration from her parents’ lives of service and her dad’s work with Martin Luther King, Jr.

Kosen Gregory Snyder is the Senior Director and Assistant Professor of Buddhist Studies at Union Theological Seminary, where he oversees the Master of Divinity degree program in Buddhism and Interreligious Engagement as well as the Thích Nhất Hạnh Program for Engaged Buddhism.

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Laurence Cox is an interdisciplinary researcher, writer and educator whose work explores two key aspects of the making of the modern world: how can we understand the extraordinary variety of ways in which social movements from below have developed and sometimes reshaped societies, and how has the long historical conversation between “Eastern” and “Western” cultures been mediated through the globalisation of Buddhisms?

Natasha Adams is a movement researcher and strategist with 20 years experience working for social change – as an activist, organiser, NGO campaign manager, trainer and consultant. She is currently working on a relational infrastructure and research project to galvanise more strategic action and collaboration to meet the challenges of the moment (and the threat of the authoritarian far right).

Reed does the thinking and writing behind the No Selves No Masters blog. It is a project about interpreting revolutionary anarchism through a Buddhist lens and Buddhism through an anarchist lens, which has elicited a lot of appreciation amongst anarcho-buddhists and activists in recent year.

Thanissara embarked on her Buddhist practice within the Burmese school in 1975. The encounter with Ajahn Chah inspired her to ordain, leading to 12 years as a Buddhist monastic. During this time, she was a founding member of Chithurst Monastery and Amaravati Buddhist Monastery in the UK.

For over 35 years, Thanissara has been a guiding force in facilitating meditation retreats globally. Holding an MA in Mindfulness-Based Psychotherapy Practice from Middlesex University & the Karuna Institute in the UK, she brings a wealth of expertise to her teaching and guidance.