Write Action:
A one-day Meditation & Writing retreat for People of Color
with Mushim Ikeda-Nash and Kenji Liu
Sunday, April 11, 2010
10 am - 5 pm
East Bay Meditation Center
2147 Broadway, Oakland
(near 19th Street BART in downtown Oakland)
www.eastbaymeditation.org
About this Retreat
This daylong retreat is for any Person of Color who desires to write - whether you are an experienced writer or a novice attempting to put together your first poem or story. The day will include basic meditation instruction and writing periods with suggested exercises and time for free-writing, and will include an open-mic sign-up for those who wish to share brief samples of their work.
Dana, or Generous Giving
There is no registration fee for attending this event, nor most EBMC events.
However, EBMC is not independently funded.
About the Teachers
Kenji Liu is a 1.5 generation Japanese-born Taiwanese American expatriate of New Jersey suburbia. His writing arises from his work as an activist, educator and cultural worker. Liu's poetry chapbook You Left Without Your Shoes (Finishing Line Press 2009) was nominated for a California Book Award, and his poetry has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Liu was a guest editor for Buddhist Peace Fellowship's Spring 2007 issue of Turning Wheel, "Building Alliances to Address Racism." He has practiced vipassana in Burmese and Thai traditions since 1998. For more information, go to http://liusan.wordpress.com/
Mushim Ikeda-Nash has published poetry, Buddhist essays, and autobiographical fiction widely under the names "Patricia Y. Ikeda," and "Mushim Ikeda-Nash." A core teacher at EBMC, she teaches meditation retreats for people of color and social justice activists nationally. Mushim is the first recipient of the Ragdale Foundation's Alice Hayes Writing Fellowship supporting work on a book-length manuscript, Elegy with Blue Shirt, Tie & Gun. See http://mushim.wordpress.com/
(More information at PAWAINC.)
A one-day Meditation & Writing retreat for People of Color
with Mushim Ikeda-Nash and Kenji Liu
Sunday, April 11, 2010
10 am - 5 pm
East Bay Meditation Center
2147 Broadway, Oakland
(near 19th Street BART in downtown Oakland)
www.eastbaymeditation.org
About this Retreat
This daylong retreat is for any Person of Color who desires to write - whether you are an experienced writer or a novice attempting to put together your first poem or story. The day will include basic meditation instruction and writing periods with suggested exercises and time for free-writing, and will include an open-mic sign-up for those who wish to share brief samples of their work.
Dana, or Generous Giving
There is no registration fee for attending this event, nor most EBMC events.
However, EBMC is not independently funded.
About the Teachers
Kenji Liu is a 1.5 generation Japanese-born Taiwanese American expatriate of New Jersey suburbia. His writing arises from his work as an activist, educator and cultural worker. Liu's poetry chapbook You Left Without Your Shoes (Finishing Line Press 2009) was nominated for a California Book Award, and his poetry has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Liu was a guest editor for Buddhist Peace Fellowship's Spring 2007 issue of Turning Wheel, "Building Alliances to Address Racism." He has practiced vipassana in Burmese and Thai traditions since 1998. For more information, go to http://liusan.wordpress.com/
Mushim Ikeda-Nash has published poetry, Buddhist essays, and autobiographical fiction widely under the names "Patricia Y. Ikeda," and "Mushim Ikeda-Nash." A core teacher at EBMC, she teaches meditation retreats for people of color and social justice activists nationally. Mushim is the first recipient of the Ragdale Foundation's Alice Hayes Writing Fellowship supporting work on a book-length manuscript, Elegy with Blue Shirt, Tie & Gun. See http://mushim.wordpress.com/
(More information at PAWAINC.)
