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Sensei Joan Hogestsu Hoeberichts, along with Dr. Charika Marasinghe, will receive the third annual award for Women in Engaged Buddhism from the Buddhist Council of the MidWest in Chicago at the Buddhist Women's Conference on March 8, 2008. They are receiving this work for their Psycho-Spiritual Healing Program in Sri Lanka. Dr. Charika Marasinghe will speak at the Zen Community of Oak Park, on Friday evening, March 7th at 7:30 pm. Sensei Hoeberichts will give a Dharma Talk at the Zen Commnity of Oak Park on Sunday, March 9, 2008 at 9 am.

The Buddhist Peace Fellowship and Rev. Taigen Dan Leighton will conduct a meditaiton vigil in Richmond Virginia to bear witness to the slave trade on April 19, 2008 from 9 am until 4 pm. This will take place in downtown Richmond at the Statue of Reconciliation, at the site of the slave auction houses. On the Statue of Reconciliation, are the following words, composed by stduents from the City of Richmond school: "Acknowledge the past, embrace the present, shape the future of reconciliation and justice." Richmond was a key link in the chain involving the sale and export of African Americans throuhout the south. Click here for more information.