Black Buddhist Meetup | with special guest Professor Jan Willis

A space for Black Buddhist students and practitioners to come together and share experiences, mutual support and collective wisdom. We are honoured to welcome Professor Jan Willis to this space as our special guest. Professor Willis is an early student of Lama Yeshe, the founder of FPMT, including Jamyang London Buddhist Centre. She is a Buddhist scholar, an activist whose formative years overlapped with the United States' era of racial segregation, and she has been an advocate for the development of more inclusivity within Buddhist practice spaces. In many ways, she is a trailblazer and an inspiration. Join us for an evening of dialogue and connection.

Is this for me?
This is a space for Black people and people of mixed Black heritage.
About Professor Jan Willis
Jan Willis is Professor Emerita of Religion at Wesleyan University. A student of Lama Yeshe that grew up in Alabama during the era of segregation, she is the author of several books including Dreaming Me: Black, Baptist and Buddhist. Professor Willis was named one of six ‘spiritual innovators for the new millennium’ by TIME magazine, and one of Ebony magazine’s ‘Power 150’ most influential African Americans.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Jamyang Buddhist Centre - London, 43 Renfrew Road, London, United Kingdom