

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Exploring the Dharma of Liberation (In Person)
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 04 Jun, 2026 at 06:00 pm – Thu, 04 Jun, 2026 at 07:30 pm (-07:00)
- **Event Description**: A Conversation with Dr. Rima Vesely-FladAbout this EventInterested in becoming a CIIS student? Secure your complimentary ticket today.This is an in-person conversation event with audience Q&amp;A. Register for the livestream.Books are available to add to your order at check-out.Join author Dr. Rima Vesely-Flad for a conversation exploring a Dharma of liberation, offering timely lessons to help us meet this moment, using the writings of Audre Lorde and James Baldwin to provide real world examples of this dharma in practice.Dr. Vesely-Flad’s latest book The Fire Inside, examines the writings of Lorde and Baldwin through a Dharmic lens, and discusses how two of America’s greatest literary voices reflect—and expand—Buddhism’s most timeless truths toward justice and liberation. In this conversation she will share how the writers’ enduring legacies show that liberation depends not only on organizing and mass movements, but the generative power of inner well-being, authenticity, art, and embodiment. She invites us to examine Baldwin and Lorde through key Buddhist principles such as suffering as teacher, impermanence, karma, anger, and compassion in order to deepen and enhance our own understanding of Buddhism, and liberation.Through her work and writing, Dr. Vesely-Flad centers and celebrates Black, queer, radical thought and invites us to embrace the ways our inner lives, creative fire, sensuality, and expressions of love can ignite and sustain revolutionary liberation.Rima Vesely-Flad, PhD, is the author of Black Buddhists and the Black Radical Tradition: The Practice of Stillness in the Movement for Liberation (NYU Press, 2022) and Racial Purity and Dangerous Bodies: Moral Pollution, Black Lives, and the Struggle for Justice (Fortress Press, 2017). She is Founding Director of the Initiative for Black Buddhist Studies and a Visiting Affiliate Fellow at Princeton University’s Center for Culture, Society, and Religion. Dr. Vesely-Flad is former Founding Director of the Inside Out Pr*son Education Program, a partnership between the Swannanoa Correctional Institution for Women and Warren Wilson College, and also taught college-level courses at Sing Sing Pr*son in New York State. She was a Fulbright Scholar and Awardee in South Africa and Ghana.You can follow her work at www.blackbuddhiststudies.org and on Instagram @blackbuddhiststudies.We are grateful to our Bookstore PartnerMarcus Books is the nation’s oldest Black-owned independent bookstore celebrating its 60th year. Marcus Books’ mission is to provide opportunities for Black folks and their allies to celebrate and learn about Black people everywhere. Learn more about Marcus Books.Accessibility InformationIf you need to request accessibility accommodations, please email publicprograms@ciis.edu at least one week prior to the event. For more information, explore our Accessibility web page.Recording PolicyTicket holders will have access to an ad-free replay of the event for one month after the live event, after which unlimited viewing with ads will be available. Portions of the audio will also be released on our podcast. Only registered ticket holders who choose to watch live can participate in the chat and Q&amp;A.Refund PolicyAll tickets and add-ons purchased for this event are nonrefundable.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/san-francisco/exploring-the-dharma-of-liberation-in-person/100001985411980680
- **Event Categories**: Art, literary-art, virtual
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## Ticket Details

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- **Ticket Price Range**: min: 11.49, max: 32.49, currency: USD

## Event venue details

- **city**: San Francisco
- **state**: CA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: California Institute of Integral Studies - Main building
- **lat**: 37.7745153
- **long**: -122.41626969999999
- **full address**: California Institute of Integral Studies - Main building, 1453 Mission St., San Francisco, United States

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- **organizer**: CIIS Public Programs (https://allevents.in/org/ciis-public-programs/22717209)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 04 Jun, 2026 at 06:00 pm (-07:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** California Institute of Integral Studies - Main building, 1453 Mission St., San Francisco, United States
- **Q**: What is the ticket price?
  - **A:** starting from 11.49 up to 32.49 USD
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** CIIS Public Programs
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** Art, literary-art, virtual
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Exploring the Dharma of Liberation (In Person) ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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