Rooted and Resilient: An Online Retreat with Spring Washam to Support the East Bay Meditation Center

East Bay Meditation Center 285 17th Street, Oakland, CA, United States

Rooted and Resilient: An Online Retreat with Spring Washam to Support the East Bay Meditation Center Friday, May 15 5PM - 7PM PST | Saturday, May 16 10AM - 5PM PST How do we remain hopeful in the midst of so much fear and despair? With the shifts that are coming our way each day, […]

Rooted and Resilient: An Online Retreat with Spring Washam to Support the East Bay Meditation Center

East Bay Meditation Center 285 17th Street, Oakland, CA, United States

Rooted and Resilient: An Online Retreat with Spring Washam to Support the East Bay Meditation Center Friday, May 15 5PM - 7PM PST | Saturday, May 16 10AM - 5PM PST How do we remain hopeful in the midst of so much fear and despair? With the shifts that are coming our way each day, […]

ONLINE: Time Out with Tune-Yards and Friends!

East Bay Meditation Center 285 17th Street, Oakland, CA, United States

As an expression of gratitude from Sangha member Merrill Garbus, we’re excited to announce that Tune-Yards will be hosting a musical fundraiser THIS SATURDAY, December 12th! The event will be on FB Live, YouTube and other platforms. To join the YouTube livestream, please CLICK HERE TIME OUT WITH TUNE-YARDS AND FRIENDS a meditative fundraiser for […]

ONLINE: Living My Practice Wholeheartedly: Whiteness, Race and the Bodhisattva Vow

East Bay Meditation Center 285 17th Street, Oakland, CA, United States

Presented by Everyday Zen and the East Bay Meditation Center, co-sponsored by Branching Streams, Dharma Heart Zen, San Francisco Zen Center and Stone Creek Zen. An Online Class for White Practitioners with Crystal Johnson, Sarah Emerson, Chris Fortin & Tova Green While this year of pandemic has been disruptive and challenging in many ways, it […]

HYBRID: Community Meeting – Shaping EBMC’s New Potential Home!

East Bay Meditation Center 285 17th Street, Oakland, CA, United States

Join us in an incredible journey to discover our new potential building! Be part of shaping our future as we unveil plans, gather feedback, and explore possibilities together. We're excited to share the details of our building search and upcoming fundraising campaign. Your ideas and insights are invaluable, guiding our project's direction Saturday, August 26th: […]

Buddha Bingo Fundraiser!

East Bay Meditation Center 285 17th Street, Oakland, CA, United States

Buddha Bingo! Saturday, November 8th at 5pm PT At our new building: 2406 Webster St., Oakland, CA   Come play bingo with the East Bay Meditation Center. In our version, everybody wins! Food, fun, fabulous prizes and fundraising for EBMC!   During a time when the world can feel heavy with challenges, we need spaces […]

IN PERSON: Toward a Just Yoga (Book Event)

East Bay Meditation Center 285 17th Street, Oakland, CA, United States

Toward a Just Yoga Anjali Sawhney in conversation with authors Anjali Rao and Thenmozhi Soundararajan Featuring opening music from vocalist Deepti Warrier  Sunday, December 7th 2025 5:30-7:00pm PT In-person at EBMC: 2406 Webster St., Oakland CA   More than ever we need yoga spaces that offer solace, community, and healing, that can cultivate capacity to […]

ONLINE: We Choose Each Other with Dean Spade, Weyam Ghadbian and René Rivera

East Bay Meditation Center 285 17th Street, Oakland, CA, United States

ONLINE: We Choose Each Other: Showing Up in Harrowing Times With Dean Spade, Weyam Ghadbian, and René Rivera Saturday, April 25th 2026 12-1:30pm PT Online via Zoom   How do we show up for each other in principled, loving ways in a world on fire? How do we tend to relationships and move toward liberation? […]

HYBRID: The Fire Inside with Rima Vesely-Flad & Thenmozhi Soundararajan (Book Event)

East Bay Meditation Center 285 17th Street, Oakland, CA, United States

The Fire Inside: The Dharma of James Baldwin and Audre Lorde Conversation with author Rima Vesely-Flad and Thenmozhi Soundararajan Monday, June 1st 2025 5:30-7:00pm PT In-person at EBMC: 2406 Webster St., Oakland CA Online via Zoom   EBMC is thrilled to host Dr. Rima Vesely-Flad, author of the newly released book The Fire Inside: The Dharma […]