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DESCRIPTION: \n\nOakland Street Retreat:Bearing Witness to HomelessnessHosted by New 
 Dharma Communitywith Sensei Grover Genro Gauntt, Sensei Paco Genkoji 
 Lugoviña& Rev. angel Kyodo williamsFriday - Sunday, April 18-20, 2008The 
 practice of the street retreat is a "plunge" - the intentional placement of 
 participants into a completely groundless situationin which anything could 
 happen, while anchored by spiritual practice. It is a way of bearing 
 witness to the unknown and tothe wholeness of life. It is a way of erasing 
 our separationfrom the homeless living on the streets. It is a way of 
 facing fears and asking questions of ourselves and others that shiftour 
 assumptions and habitual ways of thinking. It's a major opportunity for 
 self-inquiry and discovery.Participants will live on the streets without 
 money,bedding, change of clothing,books or watches. We eatin soup kitchens 
 and beg for money or food at times when soup kitchens are not open. We do 
 not say we are homeless;rather we are relying on the generosity of the 
 streets to takecare of us for a few days. From this, we intimately and 
 vividlycome to see how our cocoons of basic security have insulatedus from 
 our groundlessness.  We will meet twice a day for meditation practice and 
 share in Council, giving us the opportunity to see ourselves as Other, to 
 recognize our commonality, and to let go of habitual concepts that foster 
 aversion, rejection and separation. Street Retreats have beenheld in many 
 countries across Europe, and in various U.S. citieslike New York, L.A., 
 Seattle, Denver, D.C. and San Francisco.Please join in with members of the 
 New Dharma Community as we undertake this practice to help deepen our 
 commitmentto transformative social change.  People of all spiritual 
 traditions, practices and beliefs are welcome.Fee: An essential aspect of 
 street retreats is the practiceof begging to raise your participation fee 
 amongst family& friends.  You may not use your own funds, except toreserve 
 a place. Proceeds go to service providers and theNew Dharma Scholarship 
 Fund. Please call for full details.Donate: If you feel moved to donate for 
 others to be ableto participate in the Street Retreat please click 
 here.\nFull Participation & Registration REQUIRED 14 participants only | 
 866.PEACE2008Register EarlyAbout Sensei Grover Genro Gauntt Sensei Grover 
 Genro Gauntt, is a Founding Teacher of the Zen Peacemaker Order and a 
 dharma successor of RoshiBernie Glassman. He started studying with Maezumi 
 Roshiat the Zen Center of Los Angeles in 1971 and served as Board Chairman 
 there from 1987 to 1997. After the passing of Maezumi Roshi in 1995, he 
 worked closely withBernie and started serving full time as Executive 
 Directorof the Peacemaker Community in early 1997. He studied at the 
 University of Southern California, at the Wharton school of the University 
 of Pennsylvania and has an MBAin finance. Feeling that his path was to 
 unfold from a lay perspective, he pursued a professional career in real 
 estate and finance forming Western Property Research,a real estate 
 consulting firm in Los Angeles. He has two sons, John and Parker. He was 
 baptized as a Congregationalist and raised as a Presbyterian. He continues 
 to study in diverse religious traditions with a current emphasis in Native 
 American ways, specificallyOglala Lakota. He sees life as an ever-unfolding 
 adventure.Please join in.About Sensei Paco Genkoji Lugoviña Francisco 
 Lugoviña is an ordained Buddhist priest in the Soto Zen lineage and in the 
 Zen Peacemaker Order; is amember of the Zen Peacemaker Circles and 
 PeacemakerInternational; and is the founder of the Hudson River Peacemaker 
 Center-House of One People in Yonkers, New York where he has a fledgling 
 sangha. He works with gang members and other youth groups in Council Circle 
 format and meditation practice. Mr. Lugoviña hasparticipated in 
 pilgrimages to Tibet, Auschwitz-Birkenau, and in the streets of New York 
 City. He has an admirable history as a community organizer and civil rights 
 activist spanning his college and professional careers. Additionally, Paco 
 has been active in community and political affairs in New York City for 
 most of his adult life.\n\nCenter for Urban Peace\ntransformative programs 
 & practices for agents of social change.\n2584 Martin Luther King Jr. 
 Way\nBerkeley, CA 94704\np: 510.549.FREE 
 (3733)\n\nhttp://www.newdharma.com\n\n“...changing the WAY change is 
 done.”\n\n\n\n\n\n 
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SUMMARY:April 18 - 20 | Oakland Street Retreat: Bearing Witness to Homelessness
LOCATION:the Streets of Oakland
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/04/02/18490195.php
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