The Beloved Community for Engaged Spirituality with Kaira Jewel Lingo and Father Adam Bucko, is restarting monthly Buddhist Christian gatherings, now on Saturday mornings from 11-12:30pm ET. (This used to be called The Buddhist Christian Community for Meditation and Action)
These gatherings will include guest teachers and conversations that draw from the lives and wisdom of the saints of the beloved community—those whose lives remind us that even in difficult and violent times, groundedness, courage, and a spacious vision are possible. Their witness helps us remember that oppression and cruelty never have the final word.
We invite you to join us on Saturday, April 25, from 11 am-12:30 pm ET for our Saints of the Beloved Community series, in an intimate conversation with Ambassador Andrew Jackson Young.
Ambassador Andrew Jackson Young is a prominent American civil rights leader, diplomat, and pastor who worked closely with Martin Luther King Jr. during the struggle for racial justice in the 1960s. He later served as a U.S. congressman, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, and mayor of Atlanta, becoming one of the most influential Black political leaders of his generation. Known for his commitment to nonviolence, global human rights, and economic development, Young has spent decades working at the intersection of social justice, public policy, and international diplomacy.
He is author of An Easy Burden: The Civil Rights Movement and the Transformation of America
“Working closely with Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, he endured beatings and arrests while participating in seminal civil rights campaigns. In 1964, he became Executive Director of the SCLC, serving with King during a time of great accomplishment and turmoil. In describing his life through his election to Congress in 1972, this memoir provides revelatory, riveting reading. Young's analysis of the connection between racism, poverty, and a militarized economy will resonate with particular relevance for readers today.”
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Our monthly gatherings are offered on a donation basis.
Recording will be available.
Register here for April 25: An Easy Burden: Intimate conversation with Ambassador Andrew Jackson Young
Online
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We will gather monthly through June, on Saturdays from 11-12:30pm ET, for teachings and shared practice. The remaining dates of our gatherings for the first half of 2026 are:
No gathering in May,
and June 13, Guest speaker TBA