Rima Vesely-Flad

Rima Vesely-Flad is the Visiting Professor of Buddhism and Black Studies at Union Theological Seminary in New York City, where she teaches classes on Buddhism and social justice. Her books include Black Buddhists and the Black Radical Tradition: The Practice of Stillness in the Movement for Liberation and The Fire Inside: The Dharma of James Baldwin and Audre Lorde.
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