Community Sit: Generosity and the Meaning of Merit: An Afternoon of Practice and Service with Jamie Roberts

Step away from the dhukkha of Black Friday weekend to connect with Dhamma friends for a warm afternoon of practice, service and comradery. During our time together, we will meditate, reflect on what it means to offer dana and to make merit and participate as a community on a project to benefit Philadelphians experiencing housing insecurity. As a community, we will assemble dignity packs filled with hygiene supplies and snacks. We will also have the optional opportunity to donate and organize gently used clothes suitable for job interviews and other critical appointments. Please check this page again for more details in the weeks preceding our gathering. Teacher Bio Jamie Roberts (she/her) teaches mindfulness to adults, teens and children. She is an MBSR instructor at the Myrna Brind Center for Mindfulness and a retired teacher with the School District of Philadelphia. Jamie has completed comprehensive MBSR teacher training at Jefferson Health's Myrna Brind Center for Mindfulness and is a Mindful Schools Certified Instructor. Her work with the school district includes teaching mindfulness to teachers and teens living in high stress environments. She has been a member of DVI since the group’s first gathering in Fall 2018.