Events

This event is co-sponsored by Candler School of Theology and Emory’s Office of Spiritual and Religious Life

🗓️ November 18, 2026 @ 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET

📍In-person

📍Pitts Lecture Hall (CST 360), 1531 Dickey Drive, Atlanta, GA 30322

All are invited to attend a discussion and reading by author and Buddhist scholar Dr. Rima Vesely-Flad, founding director of the Initiative for Black Buddhist Studies and a research fellow at the Institute of Buddhist Studies, from her new book The Fire Inside: The Dharma of James Baldwin and Audre Lorde (North Atlantic Books, 2026). Vesely-Flad will be in conversation with Charles Howard Candler Professor of Pastoral Theology and Spiritual Care Emmanuel Lartey. A reception and book signing will follow in the Candler third floor atrium.

Two events presented by The Center for Interfaith Relations

🗓️ Nov 13, 2026 @ 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM ET and 4:00 PM – 4:45 PM

📍In-person

📍Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts, 501 W Main St, Louisville, KY 40202

Embodying Courage: How do we move from inspiration to action?

and

From Poison to Power: How to Transform Our Energy with Dr. Rima Vesely-Flad
What happens when we meet anger and aversion with compassion?

Presented with the Institute of Buddhist Studies

🗓️ April 7, 2027 @ 4:00pm PST / 7:00pm EST

📍Online

This conversation series brings Black and Asian-American Buddhist scholars and practitioners together for honest dialogue about what it means to practice Buddhism in America today. These conversation partners aim to create bridges and ask nuanced questions — about ancestral practices and culture, about appropriation and erasure, and about what it means to evolve the Buddhist tradition to meet the current moment.

Presented with the Institute of Buddhist Studies

🗓️ March 3, 2027 @ 4:00pm PST / 7:00pm EST

📍Online

This conversation series brings Black and Asian-American Buddhist scholars and practitioners together for honest dialogue about what it means to practice Buddhism in America today. These conversation partners aim to create bridges and ask nuanced questions — about ancestral practices and culture, about appropriation and erasure, and about what it means to evolve the Buddhist tradition to meet the current moment.

Presented with the Institute of Buddhist Studies

🗓️ February 3, 2027 @ 4:00pm PST / 7:00pm EST

📍Online

This conversation series brings Black and Asian-American Buddhist scholars and practitioners together for honest dialogue about what it means to practice Buddhism in America today. These conversation partners aim to create bridges and ask nuanced questions — about ancestral practices and culture, about appropriation and erasure, and about what it means to evolve the Buddhist tradition to meet the current moment.

Presented with the Institute of Buddhist Studies

🗓️ January 20, 2027 @ 4:00pm PST / 7:00pm EST

📍Online

This conversation series brings Black and Asian-American Buddhist scholars and practitioners together for honest dialogue about what it means to practice Buddhism in America today. These conversation partners aim to create bridges and ask nuanced questions — about ancestral practices and culture, about appropriation and erasure, and about what it means to evolve the Buddhist tradition to meet the current moment.

Presented with the Institute of Buddhist Studies

🗓️ November 4, 2026 @ 4:00pm PST / 7:00pm EST

📍Online

This conversation series brings Black and Asian-American Buddhist scholars and practitioners together for honest dialogue about what it means to practice Buddhism in America today. These conversation partners aim to create bridges and ask nuanced questions — about ancestral practices and culture, about appropriation and erasure, and about what it means to evolve the Buddhist tradition to meet the current moment.

Presented with the Institute of Buddhist Studies

🗓️ October 21, 2026 @ 4:00pm PST / 7:00pm EST

📍Online

This conversation series brings Black and Asian-American Buddhist scholars and practitioners together for honest dialogue about what it means to practice Buddhism in America today. These conversation partners aim to create bridges and ask nuanced questions — about ancestral practices and culture, about appropriation and erasure, and about what it means to evolve the Buddhist tradition to meet the current moment.