IN PERSON: EBMC Open House and 18th Birthday Celebration
Sunday, January 26th 2025
10am to 1pm PT
In person at our new building – 2406 Webster St., Oakland
The center is fragrance-free and wheelchair accessible
N95/KN95 masks required
As the new year opens and we celebrate our 18th birthday, we would love to gather our community together and re-commit to sangha, the Third Jewel. Let’s build our relationships with each other and feel nourished in these connections.
Join us for fellowship, yummy snacks, meditation, dharma talks, and more! Take a tour of our new building if this is your first time (we hope to fully open in late 2025).
An EBMC teaching team will lead a program from 10:30am to 12:30pm. We’ll acknowledge our ancestors and look to the future that we wish to co-create. There will be time for mingling before and after.
ALL ARE WELCOME – including newcomers! Please feel free to bring your friends and families.
We can’t wait to see you!
Cost
The teachings are regarded as priceless. So they are offered without a fee. You are invited to support the teachings and our efforts by contributing voluntary donations (the practice of “Dana”) for the expenses of the meditation center and the support of the teachers.
The ticket prices are listed as different tiers with suggested donations based on income ranges. For those who wish to give more, you may choose an “add-on” to your ticket. For those unable to give, there is an option for that.
Other ways to give:
To make a gift to sustain the work of East Bay Meditation Center, you may do so via Paypal: paypal.me/eastbaymeditation or our website: eastbaymeditation.org/dana 100% of our programming is sliding scale and no one will ever be turned away for lack of funds.
For in-person participation:
For those wishing to practice in person, space will be limited to 60 people to allow ample space for social distancing. Participants will be asked to wear N95 or KN95 face masks. (N95 face masks will be available at EBMC.) Please note: The teacher may be unmasked while teaching.
To attend in person, you need to be completely free of fragranced body and clothing products — more information and a list of fragrance free products, including those that are especially good for people of color, appears on our website: https://eastbaymeditation.org/resources/fragrance-free-at-ebmc/
East Bay Meditation Center is a scent free / fragrance free space and is wheelchair accessible.
Teaching Team: Carol Cano, Ramona Lisa Ortiz-Smith, Crystal Johnson, Arisika Razak, Anjali Sawhney, and René Rivera. With support from JD Doyle and Ramón Honea.
(image from our 2024 Ice Cream Social – people gathered and seated in chairs and cushions, following a guided meditation from EBMC teacher Melvin Escobar)
