Dr. Larry Ward: “Hear the Rolling Thunder of Race” Mindfulness & Anti-Racism Lecture Series

Dr. Larry Ward is the eighth speaker in Wash U’s Mindfulness Science & Practice’s Mindfulness & Anti-Racism Speaker Series. In this talk, based on Dr. Ward's book "America's Racial Karma: An Invitation to Heal", we will explore the origins of race as a social psychology, our consciousness of shared trauma, the iceberg and duality of race conditioning, and the antidotes of spiritual and social repair.
Dr. Larry Ward (he/him) is a celebrated poet, spiritual teacher and co-founder of The Lotus Institute. He holds a PhD in Religious Studies with an emphasis on Buddhism and the neuroscience of meditation, and has trained at the Trauma Resource Institute. He has forty years of international experience in organizational change and local community renewal. Larry was ordained as a Dharma teacher by Thich Nhat Hanh, the world-renowned peace activist and founder of the Plum Village tradition of Engaged Buddhism. As a teacher, Larry interweaves insights with personal stories and resounding clarity that express his Dharma name, “True Great Sound."
Speaker:
Dr. Larry Ward
Co-Founder of The Lotus Institute
Introductions by:
Atia Thurman
Lecturer at the Brown School
*This event was supported in part by Washington University in St. Louis Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Equity.