The Fire Inside: A Conversation with Dr. Rima Vesely-Flad and Dean Winnie Varghese

The Fire Inside: The Dharma of James Baldwin and Audre Lorde

Join us for a conversation between the Very Reverend Winnie Varghese and Dr. Rima Vesely-Flad, followed by a book signing.

The Fire Inside brings the prophetic voices of Audre Lorde and James Baldwin into luminous conversation with the wisdom of the Dharma, illuminating new pathways toward justice and liberation.

In this timely reflection, Dr. Vesely-Flad traces a spiritual practice of liberation as lived and imagined by Lorde and Baldwin—one that calls us inward even as it sends us forth. Through their enduring words, she reveals how movements for justice are sustained not only by collective action, but by the transformative power of inner well-being, authenticity, artistic expression, and embodied truth.

Discussion: 1pm-2pm
Book Signing: 2pm-3pm

Tickets are free with reservation.