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PAST PROGRAMS:
Here are some of the programs that Members of Buddhist Peace Fellowship New York City have joined:

• On Wednesday, October 8, 2003, Buddhist Peace Fellowship and The Village Zendo hosted ENGAGED BUDDHISM: An Evening with Lyn Fine.

  Lyn Fine is a Dharma teacher in the socially engaged practice tradition of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh.  Lyn leads retreats in the USA and  Israel, and has over 25 years experience  as  a practitioner of peer listening and peace education. 

• The NYC Chapter of Buddhist Peace Fellowship sponsored a pan-Buddhist potluck picnic in Riverside Park on Sunday, June 29, 2003. People from various sanghas participated - and we hope to host another picnic during the Summer or early Fall.
• Before and during the war in Iraq, BPF NYC was participating in a weekly outdoor meditation on Saturdays, from 2 to 4 pm in Washington Square Park. The weekly sittings were co-sponsored by The Peacemaker Community, The Zen Peacemaker Order, and The Buddhist Peace Fellowship. Based on a number of factors, we decided to discontinue the Saturday sits in June 2003. Should anyone have a great interest in keeping these going, we can discuss this at a BPF meeting.

• We were at the October 26, 2002 March on Washington, the biggest US anti-war demonstration since the Vietnam War;
• We were at the October 6, 2002 Not in our Name gathering in New York City's Central Park;
• We sat for a small, group meditation in New York City's Washington Square Park on the one-year anniversary of the September 11 tragedy.