Kate Johnson hangs out at the intersections of spiritual practice, social action, and creative expression. Before joining BPF to co-create educational programs, she served as transformational activism coordinator at The Interdependence Project, helping meditators get involved in fair wage and climate justice campaigns, and challenging them to dance battles, though not necessarily in that order. In addition to teaching meditation and mindful movement for people of all ages, Kate facilitates awareness based anti-oppression trainings for schools, businesses and organizations. She is a graduate of the Community Dharma Leader training and current student in the four year retreat teacher training at Spirit Rock Meditation Center, in the Western Insight/ Theravada Buddhist tradition.

LiZhen Wang spent their childhood in Taipei, New York, and New Jersey, with their mother’s Buddhist altar at the center of every home. As an organizer for racial and economic justice, LiZhen has led campaigns targeting NJ’s biggest utility to pay its security officers a living wage; fighting the Providence Police Department’s use of gang injunctions against youth; and most dear to their heart, mobilizing their own workplaces to win just conditions, so that nonprofits can practice what they preach. They are also a sometimes spiritual counselor who integrates astrology, sacred sexuality, and bodywork into their practice. In addition to organizing and divining, they have also made dough as a nanny, secretary, and professional humiliatrix. They are humbled, grateful, and expanded by it all.