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New York City Honors Thich Nhat Hanh with Street-Naming Ceremony [Tricycle Magazine]

Tricycle Magazine shares backstory of the Street Co-Naming Event in NYC

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Two and a half years ago, Leora Amira and Christina Rosati began collecting signatures from Upper West Side residents with the goal of naming a street after Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh. 

 

At the time of Nhat Hanh’s death, in 2022, Rosati was doing peace work for the conflict in South Sudan. As a reader of his books, Rosati, not a Buddhist herself, was deeply moved by his death and reached out to Buddhist community members across the United States. Kosen Greg Snyder, the senior director of Buddhist Studies at Union Theological Seminary, put her in contact with Amira, a member of the Order of Interbeing.

 

“I called her right away, it was 2 a.m. in Sudan. We talked like sisters who were separated at birth,” Amira said.

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