About Rima Vesely-Flad, Founding Director
Rima Vesely-Flad, PhD, is the author of Black Buddhists and the Black Radical Tradition: The Practice of Stillness in the Movement for Liberation (NYU Press, 2022) and Racial Purity and Dangerous Bodies: Moral Pollution, Black Lives, and the Struggle for Justice (Fortress Press, 2017). She is the founder of the Initiative for Black Buddhist Studies and the recipient of grants from the Fetzer Institute, the Henry J. Luce Foundation, the Fredrick P. Lenz Foundation, the Crossroads Program, and the US Department of State Fulbright program.
She is a scholar of social theory and social ethics, with a focus on Critical Race Theory, Buddhism, Christianity, and Social Justice. She has practiced vipassana in the Insight tradition since 2006.
Communications Director
Sandra Hannebohm, CEO of Twice As Good Media, partners with Black Buddhist Studies to amplify our public scholarship through comprehensive communications support including social media, design, website management, newsletters, podcasts, and course development.
Twice As Good Media is a digital media production company that offers sustainable digital media production practices and services for values-driven organizations, content creators and journalists.
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