Please welcome Ryan Reed to BCBS as the Communication and Development Manager. After attending a February retreat, Ryan knew his path would return to BCBS. He is grateful to serve an organization committed to personal transformation. Ryan spent the past 22 years as a Camp Director for the YMCA, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, and even Disney Cruise Line. He is also a Mental Health First Aid trainer, nonprofit consultant, life coach, and DJ. In his free time, Ryan's favorites are … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2023
Home-Leaving and Refuge at the First Asian American Buddhist Writing Retreat
by Ryan Lee Wong August 23, 2023 I’d believed this gathering was impossible—not because I’d tried and failed to do it, but because my imagination hadn’t allowed me to conceive of it. Last weekend I attended Roots and Refuge: An Asian American Buddhist Writing Retreat. It was the first of its kind, organized by Chenxing Han and hosted by the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies. Thirty-two of us gathered from around the country—from Hawaii to California to Illinois to Texas to New … [Read more...]