#227: Race is Not Tangential to Meditation | Rhonda V. Magee

Rhonda V. Magee is a Professor of Law at the University of San Francisco and an internationally-recognized thought and practice leader focused on integrating mindfulness into higher education, law and social change work. Born in North Carolina in 1967, Rhonda experienced a childhood of significant trauma and challenge. Yet, she was gifted with the insight that through a life of caring engagement, self-development, and service with others, she could find a way up and out. She has dedicated her life to healing and teaching in ways that support others in a journey to wholeness and justice. A student of a variety of Buddhist and other wisdom teachers, including Norman Fischer, Joan Halifax and Jon Kabat Zinn, she trained as a mindfulness teacher through the Oasis Teacher Training Institute of the University of Massachusetts Center for Mindfulness. She teaches mindfulness-based interventions, awareness, and compassion practices from a range of traditions.

Plug Zone

• Book: The Inner Work of Racial Justice Healing Ourselves and Transforming Our Communities through Mindfulness https://www.rhondavmagee.com/my-book/
• Website: https://www.rhondavmagee.com/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/rvmagee
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RhondaVMagee/
• Prior Podcast Episode: #124: Rhonda Magee, Law Professor Using Mindfulness to Defeat Bias

Other References During Episode: 

• W.E.B. Du Bois - The Color Line
• The Immigration Act of 1790
• Prison Industrial Complex - The Zachary Project
• 13th - Netflix Documentary
• The 14th Amendment
• Scene on Radio Podcast Series
• Seeing White
• Men
• Peggy McIntosh - Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack
• Race and Dharma Course with Barre Center for Buddhist Studies
• Sebene Selassie
• Episode #42: Sebene Selassie, A Life of Service While Fighting Breast Cancer
• Winnie Nazarko - Predatory Listening
• Ruth King - Author Mindful of Race
• Episode #164: Ruth King, Being Mindful of Race
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