ATSBMS People of Color Group

Bi-Weekly  Meeting on Melrose

Meets the First and Third Monday each Month

Eileen Ybarra facilitates a 30 minute guided meditation that is followed by a group discussion. All who self-identify as a person of color are welcome, buddhists and non-buddhists alike, at all levels of meditation experience.  These groups are offered on a dana/donation basis. No one is ever turned away for lack of funds.

The aim of this group is to support and address the issues that people of color may be struggling with in the American Buddhist traditions. The intention is not to divide, but rather to explore feelings of separateness and disconnectedness, cultivate connections independent of external conditions, and find true freedom in a way that does not ignore difficult social realities.

To receive email updates about this group, please join the Google Group for the Against The Stream People of Color Sangha.

For resources related to diversity in Buddhism and connection to others outside of LA, please visit Urban Refuge, a virtual sangha & social networking site for Buddhist Practitioners of Color and Allies.

The group will be held at the Melrose Center - 4300 Melrose Ave, LA, 90029