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In just a few days, we will welcome the New Year together with a special sit and talk from Roshi Joan. We look forward to spending this time together in community!
Dec. 31st, 10pm – 12am (MST)
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Dec. 31st, 10pm – 12am (MST)
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NEW YEAR’S EVE SIT 2025-2026 (In Person)
Please review our health protocol for in-person programs. If you have registered for this program, please access the RESOURCE PAGE here. If you would like to attend this program online, go to NEW YEAR...
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December 31, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
December 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
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Keep the faith.
December 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Keep the faith.
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Winter Solstice meditation, 5:30PM, Dec 21, and a talk by Roshi Joan on Turning the Light Around (Eko Hensho). Will be onsite and online. For our onsite sangha, please join us for dinner. Deep bow
December 15, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Winter Solstice meditation, 5:30PM, Dec 21, and a talk by Roshi Joan on Turning the Light Around (Eko Hensho). Will be onsite and online. For our onsite sangha, please join us for dinner. Deep bow
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On Sunday, Dec. 14th, we will gather in community with Sharon Salzberg and Frank Ostaseski for Awareness in Action: LOVE
We hope to see you there!
Register here: (online, free + by donation): www.upaya.org/program/awar...
We hope to see you there!
Register here: (online, free + by donation): www.upaya.org/program/awar...
December 5, 2025 at 11:01 PM
On Sunday, Dec. 14th, we will gather in community with Sharon Salzberg and Frank Ostaseski for Awareness in Action: LOVE
We hope to see you there!
Register here: (online, free + by donation): www.upaya.org/program/awar...
We hope to see you there!
Register here: (online, free + by donation): www.upaya.org/program/awar...
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"The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism."
- Hannah Arendt
- Hannah Arendt
December 11, 2025 at 8:08 PM
"The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism."
- Hannah Arendt
- Hannah Arendt
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Rebecca Solnit will give tonight's Dharma Talk at Upaya.
In person and online for FREE, with donations deeply appreciated.
Grateful to have Rebecca in our midst!
Join online here: www.youtube.com/user/upayaze... @joanhalifax.bsky.social @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
In person and online for FREE, with donations deeply appreciated.
Grateful to have Rebecca in our midst!
Join online here: www.youtube.com/user/upayaze... @joanhalifax.bsky.social @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Rebecca Solnit will give tonight's Dharma Talk at Upaya.
In person and online for FREE, with donations deeply appreciated.
Grateful to have Rebecca in our midst!
Join online here: www.youtube.com/user/upayaze... @joanhalifax.bsky.social @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
In person and online for FREE, with donations deeply appreciated.
Grateful to have Rebecca in our midst!
Join online here: www.youtube.com/user/upayaze... @joanhalifax.bsky.social @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
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For millions of Americans, today will bring the chance to be heard.
If there's an election where you live, then you get to send a message on the policies and leadership you believe in - and begin changing the trajectory of this country.
If there's an election where you live, then you get to send a message on the policies and leadership you believe in - and begin changing the trajectory of this country.
November 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
For millions of Americans, today will bring the chance to be heard.
If there's an election where you live, then you get to send a message on the policies and leadership you believe in - and begin changing the trajectory of this country.
If there's an election where you live, then you get to send a message on the policies and leadership you believe in - and begin changing the trajectory of this country.
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🚨Today is a nationwide day of action to protect #SNAP!
42 million people are at risk of losing SNAP benefits on Nov. 1, and families will go hungry without urgent action from our leaders in D.C.
This is a critical moment to contact your members of Congress. Action resource ⬇️
42 million people are at risk of losing SNAP benefits on Nov. 1, and families will go hungry without urgent action from our leaders in D.C.
This is a critical moment to contact your members of Congress. Action resource ⬇️
October 28, 2025 at 5:10 PM
🚨Today is a nationwide day of action to protect #SNAP!
42 million people are at risk of losing SNAP benefits on Nov. 1, and families will go hungry without urgent action from our leaders in D.C.
This is a critical moment to contact your members of Congress. Action resource ⬇️
42 million people are at risk of losing SNAP benefits on Nov. 1, and families will go hungry without urgent action from our leaders in D.C.
This is a critical moment to contact your members of Congress. Action resource ⬇️
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The kid's are alright.
btw it's even better than what the OP claimed. The student journalists actually wrote an entire new solidarity themed paper under a different masthead so that IU administrators could not punish IU journalists for insubordination.
www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/l...
btw it's even better than what the OP claimed. The student journalists actually wrote an entire new solidarity themed paper under a different masthead so that IU administrators could not punish IU journalists for insubordination.
www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/l...
October 18, 2025 at 8:07 PM
The kid's are alright.
btw it's even better than what the OP claimed. The student journalists actually wrote an entire new solidarity themed paper under a different masthead so that IU administrators could not punish IU journalists for insubordination.
www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/l...
btw it's even better than what the OP claimed. The student journalists actually wrote an entire new solidarity themed paper under a different masthead so that IU administrators could not punish IU journalists for insubordination.
www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/l...
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You can now listen to Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi's teaching on "Discernment" on Upaya's Dharma Podcast!
As Roshi Joan shares: "His perspective around genocide, war, peace, and sanity is essential to hear at this time." @joanhalifax.bsky.social
www.upaya.org/2025/10/bodh...
As Roshi Joan shares: "His perspective around genocide, war, peace, and sanity is essential to hear at this time." @joanhalifax.bsky.social
www.upaya.org/2025/10/bodh...
Awareness In Action: Discernment with Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi (Part 12 - September)
In this session of Upaya’s Awareness in Action series, Bhikkhu Bodhi offers a penetrating teaching on discernment as the heart of engaged Buddhism in times of crisis. He reflects on his journey from…
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October 5, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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GLOBAL SUMUD FLOTILLA: Thank you for your courage, compassion, and persistence.
May you be safe.
May you reach your destination.
May you serve the hungry and bereft.
May you be safe.
May you reach your destination.
May you serve the hungry and bereft.
October 2, 2025 at 4:08 AM
GLOBAL SUMUD FLOTILLA: Thank you for your courage, compassion, and persistence.
May you be safe.
May you reach your destination.
May you serve the hungry and bereft.
May you be safe.
May you reach your destination.
May you serve the hungry and bereft.
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BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.
August 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.
@kondamason.bsky.social speaking on equity + equanimity this morning via #AwarenessinAction at @upaya.bsky.social is 🔥 🙏🏽
August 10, 2025 at 6:04 PM
@kondamason.bsky.social speaking on equity + equanimity this morning via #AwarenessinAction at @upaya.bsky.social is 🔥 🙏🏽
“Justice is what love looks like in public." - Cornel West, American philosopher, Theologian, Political Activist
August 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
“Justice is what love looks like in public." - Cornel West, American philosopher, Theologian, Political Activist
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Today, Congress chose to fund cruelty and foster greed at the expense of the most vulnerable in our communities.
We are outraged and saddened by the passage of this profoundly immoral bill. But our work won't stop here.
www.fcnl.org/updates/2025...
We are outraged and saddened by the passage of this profoundly immoral bill. But our work won't stop here.
www.fcnl.org/updates/2025...
Quaker Lobby Condemns Cruel Budget Bill | Friends Committee On National Legislation
Today, Congress chose to fund cruelty and foster greed at the expense of everyday needs like food for children and low-income families, health care, and energy. The profoundly immoral “One Big Bea...
www.fcnl.org
July 3, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Today, Congress chose to fund cruelty and foster greed at the expense of the most vulnerable in our communities.
We are outraged and saddened by the passage of this profoundly immoral bill. But our work won't stop here.
www.fcnl.org/updates/2025...
We are outraged and saddened by the passage of this profoundly immoral bill. But our work won't stop here.
www.fcnl.org/updates/2025...
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The utter madness of military violence. Consider how we could use all resources given to war/genocide + dedicate them to education, health, + care. We must transform how we educate and care for our young, how we treat our elders, and how we treat our earth and indigenous peoples.
June 6, 2025 at 12:59 PM
The utter madness of military violence. Consider how we could use all resources given to war/genocide + dedicate them to education, health, + care. We must transform how we educate and care for our young, how we treat our elders, and how we treat our earth and indigenous peoples.
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Teams trailing by 9+ points in the final three minutes of an NBA Finals game are 1-182 since 1971.
That one win was the Pacers' thrilling comeback last night.
H/T SportsCenter
That one win was the Pacers' thrilling comeback last night.
H/T SportsCenter
June 6, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Teams trailing by 9+ points in the final three minutes of an NBA Finals game are 1-182 since 1971.
That one win was the Pacers' thrilling comeback last night.
H/T SportsCenter
That one win was the Pacers' thrilling comeback last night.
H/T SportsCenter
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This might be the absolute greatest reply we have ever received.
Thank you, Cookie Monster 📕🍪💙
Thank you, Cookie Monster 📕🍪💙
June 5, 2025 at 1:19 PM
This might be the absolute greatest reply we have ever received.
Thank you, Cookie Monster 📕🍪💙
Thank you, Cookie Monster 📕🍪💙
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Beaches are meant to hold memories — not plastic waste. Yet, plastic pollution is altering coastlines.
The solutions are there — now is the time to scale them up and #BeatPlasticPollution.
June 5 is #WorldEnvironmentDay.
www.worldenvironmentday.global
The solutions are there — now is the time to scale them up and #BeatPlasticPollution.
June 5 is #WorldEnvironmentDay.
www.worldenvironmentday.global
June 2, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Beaches are meant to hold memories — not plastic waste. Yet, plastic pollution is altering coastlines.
The solutions are there — now is the time to scale them up and #BeatPlasticPollution.
June 5 is #WorldEnvironmentDay.
www.worldenvironmentday.global
The solutions are there — now is the time to scale them up and #BeatPlasticPollution.
June 5 is #WorldEnvironmentDay.
www.worldenvironmentday.global
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Francisco Varela: “The only world we humans know is the one we can create together through the actions of our coexistence.”
May 28, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Francisco Varela: “The only world we humans know is the one we can create together through the actions of our coexistence.”
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#1000wordsofsummer starts in FIVE days. This Saturday, May 31! Come write 1000 words a day for 2 weeks straight with 50k+ other people. It’s fun and nerdy and free. Have you started prepping for it yet? 1000wordsofsummer.substack.com/p/how-to-pre...
How to Prep for #1000wordsofsummer
Time to get ready, people.
1000wordsofsummer.substack.com
May 26, 2025 at 1:48 PM
#1000wordsofsummer starts in FIVE days. This Saturday, May 31! Come write 1000 words a day for 2 weeks straight with 50k+ other people. It’s fun and nerdy and free. Have you started prepping for it yet? 1000wordsofsummer.substack.com/p/how-to-pre...
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This Rümeysa Öztürk hearing is radicalizing.
I've been a court reporter for many years, and I've never covered anything like this: A student deeply committed to her studies, imprisoned solely over writing an op-ed, being made to testify under oath for her own freedom.
Dark, dark stuff.
I've been a court reporter for many years, and I've never covered anything like this: A student deeply committed to her studies, imprisoned solely over writing an op-ed, being made to testify under oath for her own freedom.
Dark, dark stuff.
May 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This Rümeysa Öztürk hearing is radicalizing.
I've been a court reporter for many years, and I've never covered anything like this: A student deeply committed to her studies, imprisoned solely over writing an op-ed, being made to testify under oath for her own freedom.
Dark, dark stuff.
I've been a court reporter for many years, and I've never covered anything like this: A student deeply committed to her studies, imprisoned solely over writing an op-ed, being made to testify under oath for her own freedom.
Dark, dark stuff.