Peggy Gillespie was the original Assistant Director under Jon Kabat-Zinn, of the UMass Medical Center’s Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program in Worcester. She was trained as a Community Dharma Leader at Spirit Rock with Tara Brach and James Baraz. Peggy was the co-Buddhist Advisor at Mt. Holyoke College for many years (along with Adi Bemak). She is on the core team of the remarkable IMS summer teen retreat and has been doing this for over 20 years. She is the co-founder and director of the national non-profit organization, Family Diversity Projects, and has been the interviewer/editor for all 8 of their traveling photo-text exhibits and 4 published books including the recently released book and exhibit: AUTHENTIC SELVES: Celebrating Trans and Nonbinary People and their Families (2023 Skinner House Books). Visit www.familydiversityprojects.org for more information.
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