Holding our Pain for the World: Racism in America

Published: June 6, 2020, 5:58 p.m.

Mei Elliott speaks about the many recent tragedies, both related to racism and the pandemic, and how to hold our pain for the world.  

Martin Luther King Jr. said that "a riot is the language of the unheard." How can we learn to truly listen to the "riot" within, without turning away or suppressing it? When anger, grief, numbness, or despair rise up, how can we meet it with wisdom and kindness? This talk explores meditation training as an anti-racist response to injustice, highlighting how it can begin to dissolve implicit bias.