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“Without Community There Is No Liberation”

“Without community there is no liberation, only the most vulnerable and temporary armistice between an individual and her oppression. But community must not mean a shedding of our differences, nor the pathetic pretense that these differences do not exist.” – Audre Lorde June marks several celebrations – Immigrant Heritage Month, LGBTQIA2S+ Pride and Juneteenth!   …

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Pride Is Rooted in Collective Liberation

“Nobody’s Free Until Everybody’s Free.” – Fannie Lou Hamer June is Pride Month, Immigrant Heritage Month and also marks Juneteenth celebrations. Pride month is not only a celebration of LGBTQIA+ identities, it’s a celebration rooted in movement towards collective liberation. As we continue this glorious month let us also remember our movement leaders who paved …

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End Police Violence

Dear Sangha, Since the beginning of this calendar year 2023, police shootings continue against Black and Brown bodies. We are cracked open from this state violence. It’s hard to breathe. We are tired. The system that maintains misunderstanding, impatience, hatred, and separation which feeds state-sanctioned violence requires a complete overhaul.  What is the role of …

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Transgender and Queer Love: We Will Not Go Back

On this Transgender Day of Remembrance, we hold in our hearts our dear queer, trans, lesbian, gay, two-spirit siblings (QTLGB2S+) and all the communities and families who lost a sibling, a friend, a relative from anti-transgender violence. We grieve the broken hearts from these acts of hatred. We grieve for those who’ve lost their lives. …

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Save the Date for Together as One, Shining Like the Sun

Save the Date! The ARISE and MettaMorphosis sanghas are co-sponsoring Together as One, Shining Like the Sun on Saturday October 30 (with an optional sit on Friday October 29). This is an inaugural virtual gathering for Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) on the Order of Interbeing (OI) path. More details will be forthcoming. …

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