Immediately after practice on Sunday February 2, in lieu of the standard talk and Q & A, we will have a special guest speaker, Ella Baker. Ella spoke at the well-received panel Gender Diversity/Queerness: Creating a Welcoming Sangha, at the Kwan Um School of Zen’s Dharma Teacher Weekend and will be giving a short talk and answering questions on the emptiness of identity and skillful means in relation to gender and transitioning. She will be joining us on our regular practice Zoom link. Ella is a Korean-American educator, poet, and dharma teacher in training at Dharma Zen Center in Los Angeles.