2026, Asian Diaspora Community, Program
Published on 2026-04-20

Thu. 5/21/2026: Celebrating Asian Heritage Month with A National Gathering of Asian Insight Diaspora Sanghas, 7-9pm ET

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Celebrating Asian Heritage Month with Asian Insight Diaspora Sanghas

A National Celebration of Community and Connection Honoring Asian Heritage Month

with Lin Wang Gordon, Tim Hwang, and Joanna Williams

Join us for an inaugural gathering to celebrate and connect Asian American Diaspora Insight sanghas across the country. While each of our communities may be small, together we form a vibrant, supportive, and growing network of Asian American Buddhist practitioners. This gathering is an opportunity to recognize and honor that collective strength.

This gathering is open to self-identified practitioners of all Asian Diaspora sanghas. Come to connect, share, and celebrate our heritage and help strengthen this growing network of practice and belonging. We kindly ask those who do not identify as members of the Asian Diaspora community to support us from afar as we hold space for our community.

Whether you gather with your local sangha in person and join via Zoom, or connect individually from wherever you are, you are warmly invited to come and share in this moment of connection.

Participating Asian Diaspora Sanghas include:

  • Insight Meditation Community of Washington (IMCW)
  • Watsonville Insight (Santa Cruz, CA)
  • New York Insight Meditation Center (New York, NY)
  • Insight San Diego
  • Insight Dialogue

This is the first year we are organizing this event.  We hope more sanghas can join us in the future.

What We’ll Explore Together

This gathering will weave together three threads of reflection and dialogue: sangha experience, heritage and Buddhism, and community engagement. The evening will include a panel conversation with leaders from participating sanghas, small breakout groups, and a sharing circle.

Together we will reflect on questions such as:

  • What inspired the creation of Asian American sangha spaces?
  • What feels most supportive in these communities?
  • How do heritage and Buddhist practice shape our paths?
  • What does “Asian American Buddhist” mean to us today?

Dana from the evening will be donated to an Asian American charity, which participants will vote on together during the event.

Zoom link will be shared upon registration.

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