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    • Not that a Black, mixed-raced woman Zen priest is ordinary to begin with, but Rev. angel Kyodo williams defies and transcends any title, descriptor or category you can imagine. Freed from ordinary ways of naming, she captures imaginations, expands visions, and gets straight to the heart of the work of liberation.

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    • Once called “the most intriguing African-American Buddhist” by Library Journal, and “one of our wisest voices on social evolution” by Krista Tippett, Rev. angel Kyodo williams Sensei, is an author, maverick spiritual teacher, master trainer and founder of Transformative Change.

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      RADICAL DHARMA: Talking Race, Love and Liberation – “the book for right now” is igniting conversations to radically transform how race is navigated in dharma, yoga, activist, faith communities and more. It wouldn’t be an overstatement to say that this book shifted the tide of what liberation means worldwide.  Transform race in your life now.

      BEING BLACK: Zen and the Art of Living With Fearlessness & Grace – The book that changed everything for so many reached its 20th year anniversary in 2020, Rev. angel’s first critically-acclaimed book was called “a classic” by Buddhist pioneer Jack Kornfield and “an act of love” by iconic writer Alice Walker. Find out why.

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“love and justice are not two. without inner change, there can be no outer change; without collective change, no change matters.”

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  • featured1 April 2022
    History, Division,& Liberatory Path-Radical Dharma Camp-Omega 2021 [excerpt]RD is igniting a long-overdue dialogue about how the legacy of racial injustice + white supremacy plays out in society. RD is an urgent call to action with a framework that outlines & takes into account the ways that racism + advantage prevent our collective healing....Read more...
  • featured4 March 2022
    Harm vs. Hurt w/ Resmaa Menakem & Rev. angel Kyodo williams (excerpt)Drop IN to the powerful conversation Harm vs. Hurt w/ Resmaa Menakem & Rev. angel Kyodo williams to explore what is showing up for you now, & allow yourself to turn into the hurt of historical, ancestral & generational harm to build authentic culture + connection....Read more...
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  • featured / podcasts / video1 December 2021
    The Alchemy of Belonging [podcast]Tune into the Relationship Alchemy podcast and learn more about The Alchemy of Belonging with Rev. angel Kyodo williams....Read more...
  • featured30 November 2021
    LIB5 Challenge Pillar 5: Collective Process [excerpt]Watch/listen to this 5 min excerpt  and hEAR Rev. angel explain how love collapses untruths, & anchors us in being in right relationship with ourselves + one another....Read more...
  • audio / featured / podcasts14 October 2021
    Redefined with Zainab SalbiIn this moving conversation, Rev. angel Kyodo williams and Zainab Salbi unpack what they saw and how they acted as part of a tender, revealing and impactful dialogue about what it really means to live in truth....Read more...
  • audio / featured / podcasts22 September 2021
    The Core of BelongingIn this profound conversation, Tami Simon and Rev. angel take a deep look at how society shapes our sense of belonging—and how we can all take back the power to belong for ourselves....Read more...

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“I teach only liberation and the path to liberation.”

Formally trained in the Zen tradition, angel’s teaching uses a lens of spirit and dharma to transcend boundaries of faith, color, and class.

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  • Your Liberation Is On The LineYour Liberation Is On The Line
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Radical Dharma: Talking Race Love and Liberation


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Igniting a long-overdue dialogue about how the legacy of racial injustice and white supremacy plays out in society at large and Buddhist communities in particular, this urgent call to action outlines a new dharma that takes into account the ways that racism and privilege prevent our collective awakening.

angel Kyodo williams, Jasmine Syedullah and Rod Owens

Radical Dharma is both radical … and courageous. The authors build upon the growing understanding of the connection between personal and societal liberation. Radical Dharma unflinchingly turns this lens to this most challenging and critical nexus of racism and white supremacy…Take the invitation!

Robert Gass
Co-founder, Rockwood Leadership Institute and Social Transformation Project

Radical Dharma is a powerful and vulnerable circle held by three Dharma practitioners who are people of color. It is a beautiful and rare invitation to listen to how each transformed their pain. Some of this is familiar…and some of this, for white people, will be new: What does it look like to truly sit with the pain caused by racism in your body? Radical Dharma demands that we step into the circle and ask: How do we restore our humanity? How do we transform ourselves and the world?

Marianne Manilov
Co-Founder, Engage Network

Radical Dharma is a clear, honest testimony of the heart from three leaders of our time. You may not always see things just as they do (I didn’t) or even feel like you fully understand it all (again, I didn’t) but that makes it even more important to read.

Sharon Salzberg
Buddhist Teacher and Author

It is rather astonishing that the Black tradition of continuous and endless enlightenment in this country produces its prophets as if bad laws, discrimination, horrors of financial inequality and so on, do not exist to blight the way.

Alice Walker
American Novelist and Pulitzer Prize Winner

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“Love and justice are not two.”

How you can actually have that show up in the worldis the tricky part. And it matters.

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  • Pittsburgh Racial Justice SummitPittsburgh Racial Justice Summit
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“How we treat our planet is rooted in how we treat people in our society.”

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  • Power & Heart: Black and Buddhist in AmericaPower & Heart: Black and Buddhist in America
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  • Radical Dharma: Emergence Magazine InterviewRadical Dharma: Emergence Magazine Interview
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  • Black Queer Buddhist Teacher Leading An AwakeningBlack Queer Buddhist Teacher Leading An Awakening
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  • featured8 March 2022
    Radical Dharma Camp @ Hollyhock InstituteRadical Dharma Camp comes to the North! Going beyond race training 101, Radical Dharma Camp is an immersive experience designed to gather and connect peoples already committed to implementing racial justice and anti-oppression interventions in their circles of community, identity, faith and vocation. Together we’ll take a deep dive into the framework and practices of a radical dharma approach to confronting white supremacy, racial injustice and the intersections of dominance and isolation that keep us from personal and collective liberation. Click here to register:...Read more...
  • featured7 March 2022
    Centering Leadership in Presence I & II at Omega InstituteLearn to use the power of centering to take your leadership capacity to the next level with Reverend angel Kyodo williams Sensei. A new era calls for a new way of leadership, one that can be cultivated by anyone. More than a position, being a true leader calls us to practice ways of being that catalyze collective action toward a shared vision. Yet most of us have learned leadership approaches that have two major obstacles: They don’t stimulate the pressure we feel when confronting everyday situations They use approaches of the mind to address habits, patterns, and behaviors that are held in our body The result? We find it difficult to translate our training and our best intentions into how we show up as leaders. This workshop, for all who identify as women, combines training for the heart-mind with training for the body-mind to present another way. Rev. angel’s Third Way methodology teaches self-diagnostic tools and practical skills you can apply in the moment and over time to take your leadership capacity to the next level. You learn to use the power of centering in presence to manage personal energy, exhibit grace under pressure, and listen without taking things personally. You go beyond mind-only practices that allow patterns of ancestral, generational, and day-to-day anxiety to drive you. And you tap into the deep wisdom of your body to develop positive boundaries, increase self-awareness, and release unwanted behaviors with self-compassion, humor, and love. Return participants are welcome to deepen into Level II training....Read more...
  • featured4 March 2022
    Radical Dharma Camp at Omega InstituteTake a deep dive into the Radical Dharma approach to racial injustice with activists and co-authors Rev. angel Kyodo williams Sensei and Dr. Jasmine Syedullah. Going beyond race and diversity training 101, Radical Dharma Camp is an immersive experience designed to gather and connect people already committed to implementing racial justice and anti-oppression interventions in their circles of community, identity, faith, and vocation. Together we dive deep into the framework and practices of a Radical Dharma approach to confronting white supremacy, racial injustice, the intersections of dominance and isolation that keep us from personal and collective liberation....Read more...

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