events
Each event listed contains a link to register, if needed.
For past events, the link leads to a recording, if available.
GYUTO FOUNDATION, RICHMOND, CA / MOST MONDAY NIGHTS
The Power and Price of Anger
TED, VANCOUVER, BC/ April 9, 2025
Burning a Cleaner Fuel: Choosing Love over Rage in Rage-Worthy Times
South Asian SOAR/ONLINE/ Feb 24, 2025
When We Love, We Win: Compassionate Activism for November and Beyond
ONLINE/ Sep 21, 2024
Wednesday Meditations with Dr. Rick Hanson
ONLINE/ May 1, 2024
The Prison Within: The way out is through
ONLINE WITH THE ZEHR INSTITUTE/ APRIL 17, 2024
Collaboration, Conflict, and Community
BIONEERS CONFERENCE 2024, BERKELEY, CA/ MARCH 28-30, 2024
May We Gather: A National Buddhist Memorial Ceremony for Asian American Ancestors
ANTIOCH, CA / MARCH 16, 2024
How to Train a Happy Mind Book Release: A Conversation with author Scott Snibbe
GYUTO FOUNDATION, RICHMOND, CA/ MARCH 15, 2024
Mind & Life Summer Research Institute:
Trauma, Resilience, and Flourishing
GARRISON INSTITUTE, GARRISON, NY / JUNE 4-10, 2023
Out of the Lab and Into the World:
Envisioning the Next Chapter of Contemplative Science
UC DAVIS CENTER FOR BRAIN & MIND, DAVIS CA + ONLINE / FEBRUARY 24, 2023
Wisconsin Educational Equity Winter Institute
ONLINE / JANUARY 26, 2023
Middlebury College Two-Day Residency
MIDDLEBURY, VT / JANUARY 18-19, 2023
From the Paradigm of Punishment
to EcoSystems of Healing
COLLECTIVE TRAUMA SUMMIT 2022 / SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
Keeping it Real: Avoiding Spiritual Bypass
on the Path to Liberation
TSE CHEN LING BUDDHIST CENTER / JUNE 30, 2022
Faculty at Summer Research Institute
MIND & LIFE INSTITUTE, ONLINE / JUNE 6-10, 2022
Opening Our Hearts to Our Enemies
TARA BUDDHIST CENTER, NASHVILLE, TN (VIRTUAL) / MAY 10, 2022
Compassionate Accountability: Exploring Non-Punitive
Approaches in Ending Sexual Violence
KEYNOTE, MASOC/MATSA VIRTUAL CONFERENCE / APRIL 6, 2022
Talks on Restorative Justice & Forgiveness
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY, LUBBOCK, TX / MARCH 24-25, 2022
Keynote: Reimagining the Movement to
End Gender Violence
RACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE LAW REVIEW, MIAMI LAW SCHOOL
MIAMI, FL / FEBRUARY 18 2021
BLACK NEWS CHANNEL / DECEMBER 9, 2021
Creating Mental Space in Stressful Times
COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL / DECEMBER 1, 2021
A Taste of Buddhism: Gratitude
TSE CHEN LING CENTER FOR TIBETAN BUDDHIST STUDIES,
SAN FRANCISCO, CA / NOVEMBER 7, 2021
Anger, Social Justice, and Buddhism:
In conversation with Aishah Shahidah Simmons
TSE CHEN LING CENTER FOR TIBETAN BUDDHIST STUDIES,
SAN FRANCISCO, CA / NOVEMBER 4, 2021
National Action Plan - Gender Violence
WHITE HOUSE & VALOR US LISTENING SESSION / SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
Asian Americans Under Attack:
What Would The Buddha Do?
Guyasamaja Center
ON LINE EVENT / AUGUST 15, 2021
Center for Justice and Peacebuilding
25th Anniversary Celebration
Plenary Talk: Are We Climbing The Same Mountain? Journeying to Collective Liberation
ON LINE EVENT / JUNE 4, 2021
The Practice of Restorative Justice
and Mindful Listening
Columbia Law School
ON LINE EVENT / MAY 4, 2021
with Michel Martin
NPR / APRIL 2021
A Pattern of Violence: How the Law Classifies Crime
and What It Means for Justice
Panelist, Book Event at Stanford Law School
ON LINE EVENT / APRIL 12, 2021, 4:30pm PST
In Conversation with Maestro Jerry Tello
PODCAST / MARCH 2021
Culture x Policy: (In)Justice System
The Shed
ON LINE EVENT / FEB 18, 2021
Opening Our Hearts in Divided Times
Tse Chen Ling Buddhist Center
ON LINE EVENT / DEC 2020
Prison Abolition Panel
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
ON LINE EVENT / OCT 19, 2020
Restorative Justice & Intimate Partner Violence
South Carolina Restorative Justice Initiative Webinar
ON LINE EVENT / SEPT 29, 2020
American Political Science Association
New Political Science Caucus
Invited Lecture
ON LINE EVENT / SEPT 12, 2020
National Sexual Assault Conference Workshop
Not In My Name: BIPOC Survivors for Prison Abolition
In Conversation with Amita Swadhin and Alicia Sanchez Gill
ON LINE EVENT / 11am PST, SEPT 2, 2020
National Sexual Assault Conference
Plenary Speaker
ON LINE EVENT / 9amPST, SEPT 2, 2020
The Transformative Power of Restorative Justice
IN CONVERSATION WITH EZRA KLEIN / JUNE 2020
Krista Tippett:
Mindfulness in Uncertain Times
In Conversation with sujatha baliga
THE COMMONWEALTH CLUB - ON LINE EVENT / NOON PST, JUNE 16, 2020
with James Bell, Byron Hurt, and Irwin Keller
ON LINE EVENT / 3pm PST, JUNE 14, 2020
Awakin Call with Leslie Booker
ON LINE EVENT /9am PST JUNE 13, 2020
Committee on Revision of the Penal Code
Invited Testimony
SACRAMENTO, CA / APRIL 23, 2020