Social Justice Archives - Mindfulness + Magic https://erinsharaf.com/category/social-justice/ Transform ourselves, Transform the world Mon, 28 Aug 2023 21:52:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://erinsharaf.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/cropped-dahliaPixaby-32x32.jpg Social Justice Archives - Mindfulness + Magic https://erinsharaf.com/category/social-justice/ 32 32 “Where are all the good people?” https://erinsharaf.com/where-are-the-good-people/ https://erinsharaf.com/where-are-the-good-people/#respond Thu, 24 Aug 2023 14:29:50 +0000 https://erinsharaf.com/?p=5393 “Where are all the good people who are supposed to stop this from happening?” This is the heart wrenching question asked by Joan Meyer shortly before she died. The 98-year-old co-owner of a Kansas newspaper died after local police raided her home and seized her computer and cell phone in what was likely an illegal raid and […]

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]]> https://erinsharaf.com/where-are-the-good-people/feed/ 0 Buddhism Meets Activism: A powerful combination https://erinsharaf.com/buddhism-meets-activism/ https://erinsharaf.com/buddhism-meets-activism/#respond Mon, 16 Jan 2023 21:20:49 +0000 https://erinsharaf.com/?p=5348 The day of remembrance of the honorable Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. seems like a good time to deeply consider what it means to be an advocate for peace and justice, and how mindfulness and activism intersect. Dr. King was a friend and collaborator of one of my teachers Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. […]

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]]> https://erinsharaf.com/buddhism-meets-activism/feed/ 0 How Thich Nhat Hanh Changed My Life by Encouraging a Vegan Diet https://erinsharaf.com/how-zen-master-thich-nhat-hanh-changed-my-life-vegan/ https://erinsharaf.com/how-zen-master-thich-nhat-hanh-changed-my-life-vegan/#comments Mon, 07 Feb 2022 20:24:20 +0000 https://erinsharaf.com/?p=5227 As I grieve the loss (or ‘continuation’ as he would say) of my beautiful teacher Thich Nhat Hanh, I remember the huge shift he catalyzed in my life. I had read a few of his books before being lucky enough to get a spot at one of his in-person retreats in 2010. I had started […]

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