Buddhist Peace Fellowship

In 1978, BPF was born at the Maui Zendo, co-founded by Nelson Foster, Robert Aitken and Anne Aitken. "Robert and Nelson soon asked Ryo Imamura to join in forming a Buddhist Peace Fellowship, which at first was "just a group of friends with common concerns and no plans of getting bigger." Ryo and Bob were part of the peace movement. They felt affinity for Vietnamese Buddhists; they collected books and supplies for Van Hanh University and Thich Nhat Hanh. They later invited Gary Snyder, Joanna Macy, Michael Roach, Jack Kornfield, Al Bloom, and others to join BPF."


 * Sarah Weintraub - Executive Director

Board
Accessed April 2012:


 * Matt Jeschke
 * Anchalee Kurutach
 * Kathleen Rose
 * Nikki Thanos
 * Chris Wilson

Board (2009)
Accessed April 2012:


 * Jesse Maceo Vega-Frey, (Co-Chair-until December 2009)
 * Phyllis Oscar, (Co-Chair),
 * Anchalee Kurutach,
 * Chris Wilson

Contact
Web: http://www.bpf.org

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 * Nonviolent Peaceforce: Member Organizations
 * Save Darfur Coalition: Organizational Members
 * Karuna Center for Peacebuilding
 * Diana Winston
 * Zenju Earthlyn Manuel, Executive Director and Interim Turning Wheel Editor, (until November 2009)
 * Maia Duerr - former executive director
 * Buddhist Alliance for Social Engagement
 * Marian Urquilla
 * Pete Shimazaki Doktor