talks & podcasts
Listen to Norma Wong.
Norma Wong and Sharon Salzberg: Opening to Joy
In this conversation, Norma and Sharon speak about how Norma became an activist; taking the long multi-generational view; how to face discord by seeing the whole; collective versus individual work; opening to joy and goodness; methods to interrupt habits; the rebuild of the Lahaina fires on Maui and more.
Keynote at the National Immigrant Inclusion Conference (NIIC) 2024
A project of the National Partnership for New Americans (NPNA), the National Immigrant Inclusion Conference (NIIC) is the nation’s largest gathering of the entire sector working on behalf of our country’s immigrants and refugees and the annual gathering of NPNA’s network. Listen to Norma’s keynote speech from December 2024.
Spiritually-Based Activism
This powerful conversation with movement leaders Valarie Kaur, john a. powell, and Norma Wong Roshi, moderated by PICO California's Executive Director Joseph Tomas McKellar, explored how spirit-centered activism can guide us in grounding political work in connection, belonging, and wisdom traditions.
California Institute of Integral Studies Professor Sonya Shah and Norma Wong
Norma joins CIIS Associate Professor Sonya Shah to explore spiritual activism and how to envision co-creating new worlds from one in crisis.
Norma Wong on 94.1 KPFA
Norma Wong talks to KPFA of Berkeley, CA, the first community sponsored radio station in the U.S., about When No Thing Works and our current moment. Interview starts at 6:00 in the recording.
From endoftheworldshow.org:
adrienne and Autumn sit down with great teacher, Norma Wong, whose new book, When No Thing Works: A Zen and Indigenous Perspective on Resilience, Shared Purpose, and Leadership in the Timeplace of Collapse, was released the day after the election. Wong brings her years of organizing, electoral work, and spiritual practice to bear on this moment of collapse, with wisdom, wit, and deep care for all life.
Norma Wong with Esty Dinur
Norma Wong joins Esty Dinur to discuss her new book, When No Thing Works. She challenges the idea that “nothing works,” instead urging us to practice “collective acceleration” to counteract societal breakdowns. Wong reflects on Hawaiʻi’s COVID response as an example of community care, contrasting it with the American notion of individual liberty, and explores how we can create circles of mutuality, draw from Indigenous knowledge, and envision new forms of governance.
Eco Dharma Exploration with Norma Wong
Norma Wong speaks with Kristin Barker of One Earth Sangha. This conversation is a collaboration between One Earth Sangha, Spirit Rock Meditation Center, and Braided Wisdom.