

Scottish Rite Center
1547 Lakeside Drive
Oakland, CA 94612
Sliding Scale: $100 - $25 (Students: $15)
Tickets will NOT be available for purchase at the door.
More about the teachers:
Alice Walker won the Pulitzer Prize for her novel, The Color Purple. Her most recent book is We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For. Coming in 2010 are The World Has Changed: Conversations With Alice Walker, and Overcoming Speechlessness; A Poet Encounters the Horror of Rwanda, Congo, and Palestine/Israel. Due in 2012 is: Hard Times Require Furious Dancing: A Year of Poems. An activist and social visionary, Ms. Walker has been a participant in most of the major movements of planetary change.
Trained as a Buddhist monk, Jack Kornfield is co-founder of Spirit Rock Meditation Center, an international teacher, and author of numerous books including The Wise Heart; After the Ecstasy, the Laundry; Buddha's Little Instruction Book; Soul Food: Stories to Nourish the Spirit and the Heart and A Path with Heart.
CANCELLATION POLICY:
- All cancellations received before March 2 will receive a full refund, if requested, minus a $10 processing fee.
- All cancellations received between March 2 and March 19 will receive a 50% refund, if requested, minus a $10 processing fee.
- No refunds will be issued for cancellations received after March 19.
ASL interpretation services will be provided at this event for the deaf community.
This event is wheelchair accessible.
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Founded in a celebration of diversity, the East Bay Meditation Center welcomes everyone seeking to end suffering and cultivate happiness. Our mission is to foster liberation, personal and interpersonal healing, social action, and inclusive community building. We offer mindfulness practices and teachings on wisdom and compassion from Buddhist and other spiritual traditions. Rooted in our commitment to diversity, we operate with transparent democratic governance, generosity-based economics, and environmental sustainability.