CFF + IMCC Forming a White Affinity Group

IMCC and Cloud Floating Free are offering a Racial Affinity Group– a white identifying practice group focusing on deepening anti-racist engagement, supported by dharma practice and Sangha– one Monday or Thursday evening, starting in December 2025. The group will be open to 10 white individuals who are interested in engaging with a model designed and described by Ruth King in her book Mindful of Race. The group will meet monthly for a minimum of one year and be led by Maggie Morris and Sarah Adams. The goal is to invite a personal investigation, transformation, and healing of our racial conditioning with members of our racial group. If you are interested in participating, please contact us at cloudfloatingfree@gmail.com

New: BIPOC Sangha meets in Charlottesville

The BIPOC Sangha is a spiritual community for those who identify as Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC). We gather regularly in members’ homes to explore mindfulness, Buddhist wisdom, and other spiritual traditions as pathways toward a more joyful and fulfilling life. Our group offers a supportive space to connect deeply with other BIPOC people in the area and to walk alongside one another in our spiritual and life journeys. No prior meditation experience is needed, and you don’t have to identify as Buddhist to participate. For more information or to visit a meeting, email us at cvbipocsangha@gmail.com.

Dialogue On Race

I have copied this information from the Dialogue on Race Facebook page so that you can be informed about what is happening here in Cville.

Maggie and I are attending the Tuesday evening Circle. Hope to see some of you there…

Dialogue on Race is Back (bet you knew that already!) Come be part of a community initiative to translate dialogue into action. To learn more about the Dialogue on Race, please visit our website or call us at (434) 970-3023. we will have 2 different days of the week for meetings. YOu can choose either Tuesday or Saturday meeting days.
Our Weekday Study Circles will be kicking off on Sept. 26 from 6-9 pm at the Jefferson School Heritage Center. The Study Circles will meet once a month for 3 hrs from September through November with some reading materials to accompany the curriculum. To sign up to be a part of a weekday study circle, tell us you’re coming on this event and please fill out our application, which can be dropped off/mailed to the Office of Human Rights 106 5TH St. NE OR you can email it to dialogue@charlottesville.org
* Childcare will be made available upon request
** refreshments will be provided

Upcoming Times

Tue Sep 26 6:00 PM

Tue Oct 3 6:00 PM

Tue Nov 14 6:00 PM

Our Saturday Study Circles will be kicking off on Sept. 30 from 1-4 pm at the Jefferson School Heritage Center. The Study Circles will meet once a month for 3 hrs from September through November with some reading materials to accompany the curriculum. To sign up to be a part of a Saturday study circle, tell us you’re coming on this event and please fill out our application, which can be dropped off/mailed to the Office of Human Rights 106 5TH St. NE OR you can email it to dialogue@charlottesville.org
* Childcare will be made available upon request
** refreshments will be provided

Upcoming Times

Sat Sep 30 1:00 PM
Sat Oct 7 1:00 PM
Sat Nov 11 1:00 PM

Walk With Me Screening in Cville

 

A screening of Walk With Me has been scheduled here in Charlottesville, VA.

7:30 PM on October 24, 2017 at Regal Cinema in Stonefield.

Follow this link to purchase your ticket NOW: https://gathr.us/screening/21279

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With unprecedented access, WALK WITH ME goes deep inside a Zen Buddhist

community who have given up all their possessions and signed up to a life of

chastity for one common purpose – to transform their suffering, and practice

the art of mindfulness with the world-famous teacher Thich Nhat Hanh.

Filmed over three years, in their monastery in rural France and on the road

in the USA, this visceral film is a meditation on a community grappling

with existential questions and the everyday routine of monastic life.

As the seasons come and go, the monastics’ pursuit for a deeper connection to

themselves and the world around them is amplified by insights from

Thich Nhat Hanh’s early journals, narrated by Benedict Cumberbatch.