<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Engage!]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://engagedharma.net]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Shaun Bartone]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://engagedharma.net/author/onestrawrevolution/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Practice in Transformative Action: Bay&nbsp;Area]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>[Editor: this is something that would be worth flying to the Bay Area for—a year-long program. Perhaps I will get a chance to do it someday so that I can bring it back East.]</p>
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<h2 class="post-title"><a href="http://www.buddhistpeacefellowship.org/practice-in-transformation-action-bay-area-training-program/">Practice in Transformation Action: Bay Area training program</a></h2>
<p>by <a href="http://www.buddhistpeacefellowship.org/?author=9">Dawn Haney</a></td>
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<p><a href="http://www.buddhistpeacefellowship.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/PiTA-flyer-jpg.jpg"><img class=" size-large wp-image-6620" src="https://i2.wp.com/www.buddhistpeacefellowship.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/PiTA-flyer-jpg-791x1024.jpg" alt="PiTA flyer jpg" border="0" /></a></p>
<p>Mushim Ikeda, contributor to BPF&#8217;s The System Stinks curriculum and teacher at East Bay Meditation Center, is launching another yea of the Practice in Transformative Action (PiTA 2) yearlong program! Application deadline is August 15, 2014. ​</p>
<p>This program is secularized mindfulness training for activists and change agents, who will have the opportunity to devote a year to mindfulness practices with the goal of sharing them in their various spheres of activity. One textbook is required: Bhante Gunaratana&#8217;s classic Mindfulness in Plain English.</p>
<p>See <a href="http://eastbaymeditation.org/index.php?s=98" rel="nofollow">http://eastbaymeditation.org/index.php?s=98</a> for more information. There is a special invitation to people of color, and the program is open to all.</p>
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