EVENT RESCHEDULED FOR JULY 15, 2025.
About this event:
This workshop will explore developing conflict skills and emotional maturity in sanghas to find and create inspiration for finding commonalities and connecting through differences.
Please note: Registration for Facilitator Skills for Conflict and Connection on July 15 is open only to facilitators, practice leaders, and priests who have attended the May 16 event, Conflict to Connection: Building Sangha Resilience. Attendance at the May 16 session is a required prerequisite for participation.
Location and schedule:
The event is online-only via Zoom.
Tuesday, July 15, 2025
1:00 pm- 2:30 pm Eastern Standard Time (Click here for a time converter.)
Fees:
The Soto Zen Buddhist Association relies on the generosity of its supporters to offer programming. All fees offered through registration will be shared with speakers and panelists. We suggest a sliding scale registration fee of $10-15 for online participation. No one will be turned away due to lack of funds.
About the speaker:
Diane Musho Hamilto Roshi, is an award-winning mediator and a teacher of Zen meditation. She received dharma transmission from Genpo Merzel Roshi in 2006. Diane served as the Director of Dispute Resolution for the Utah Judiciary from 1994 - 1999, mediating many matters, from simple neighborhood disputes to complex, multi-party negotiations. She was most recognized for her skills in facilitating difficult conversations about race, gender, and religion in Utah. She began working with Ken Wilber and the Integral Institute in 2004 and has held transformative containers for many people interested in their development for fifteen years.
She is the co-founder of Two Arrows Zen, a center for Zen study and practice in Utah. She is the author of three books on conflict resolution, relationships,and communication. Her latest book is Waking Up and Growing Up: Spiritual Cross-training for an Evolving World (Shambhala Publications, June 2025), co-authored with Gabriel Wilson.
The SZBA 2025 event series, Actualizing and Sustaining Healthy Zen Communities, is generously funded by the Hemera Foundation.
