SpokaneFāVS
On Nov. 28 Eastern Washington University will launch a lecture series on Buddhist meditation, wisdom and healing.
The series is free and open to the community and will be led by Ven. Geshe-La Thupten Phelgye, global scholar and mentor in residence at EWU.
All lectures will be from 5-6 p.m. at the Center for Clinical Research and Simulation, 412 E Spokane Falls Blvd. in Spokane.
Lecture Topic Schedule:
- Nov. 28: Importance of Meditation and Wisdom
- Dec. 5: Cultivation of Love, Compassion and Healing
- Dec. 12: Joyful Life and Fearless Death
Tracy Simmons is an award-winning journalist specializing in religion reporting and digital entrepreneurship. In her approximate 20 years on the religion beat, Simmons has tucked a notepad in her pocket and found some of her favorite stories aboard cargo ships in New Jersey, on a police chase in Albuquerque, in dusty Texas church bell towers, on the streets of New York and in tent cities in Haiti. Simmons has worked as a multimedia journalist for newspapers across New Mexico, Texas, Connecticut and Washington. She is the executive director of SpokaneFāVS.com, a digital journalism start-up covering religion news and commentary in Spokane, Washington. She also writes for The Spokesman-Review and national publications. She is a Scholarly Assistant Professor of Journalism at Washington State University.
