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US Chapters & Friends
Last updated May 2009
There are two kinds of groups that embody BPF's mission at the local level:
1) A BPF Chapter is a group whose members have joined together to support each other as socially engaged Buddhists, and who represent BPF's mission in the world. Chapters have applied for and received official chapter status from the BPF office. Chapters meet on a regular basis and organize events and actions in their local regions, and stay in regular communication with the BPF office in Berkeley, CA.
2) BPF Friends are individuals who have a warm, informal relationship with BPF and have offered to serve as a source of information for people in their local area. Some BPF Friends may be in the process of forming chapter, and would welcome hearing if you're interested to help lead a chapter in the future.
If you have difficulty contacting a chapter in your region, please contact the Regional Representative for that region (listed at the start of each region). Regional Representatives are members of BPF's Chapter Council.
If you would like to participate on our BPF list serve please email us at: bpfchapters@bpf.org
In order to work with current chapters to reconfigure our chapter community, BPF is not accepting new chapter applications at this time. Please check back in the Fall if you are interested in starting a chapter.
See also International
chapters, as well as Affiliated
Organizations.
Northeast Region
Regional Representative:
and Joan Schwartz (Boston, MA), e-mail: joan@bpfboston.org
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Connecticut BPF
Roy Money
e-mail: roy.money@yale.edu
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| New Jersey |
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Central & Jersey Shore
Alan Drake
Long Branch / Elberon, NJ
(732) 241-3682
email: cloudmountain@drakesdoor.org
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Victor Forte
email: fortevj@eticomm.net |
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Midwest/Central Region
| Minnesota |
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Twin Cities, MN
Chapter currently inactive; contact chapters@bpf.org if you're interested in helping to re-start this chapter. |
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| Oklahoma |
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Oklahoma City, OK
Jeffery Green
e-mail: JWGreen@owrb.ok.gov
phone: 405-473-4701
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| Pennsylvania |
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David Bolgert/Barry Ralph
(412) 321-4792
email: radacceptpgh@aol.com |
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Madison, WI
Garold Stone
garold.stone@gmail.com |
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Milwaukee, WI
Paul Brodwin
e-mail: brodwin@uwm.edu |
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Southern Region
Regional Representative:
Rick Ferriss (Tampa Bay, FL), e-mail: rickfrrss@earthlink.net
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Tallahassee, FL
John Wark
850-342-3370
e-mail: jtwark@hotmail.com
web: http://webdharma.com/tbpf |
Tampa Bay, FL
Rick Ferriss
(813) 238-9713
e-mail: rickfrrss@earthlink.net
web: www.bpf-tampabay.org |
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Naples, FL
Bill Jones
239-566-3590
e-mail: BJones6513@embarqmail.com |
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Boca Raton, FL
John Barber
(561) 445-1548
e-mail: dodger8mo@hotmail.com |
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| Georgia |
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| South Carolina |
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Charleston/Myrtle Beach
Ricky Ferdon
(843) 240-2035
e-mail: rferdon@sccctv.com
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Western Region (except California)
Regional Representative:
Heidi Enji Hoogstra (Portland, OR), e-mail: bpfportland@yahoo.com
| Arizona
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Tucson, AZ
Anina Lavee
e-mail: anninal@earthlink.net |
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Phoenix, AZ
Leo Michelson
e-mail: LeoMich111@aol.com
phone: (602) 279-1048 |
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Honolulu, HI
Pete Shimazaki Doktor
e-mail: dok@riseup.net
email list:
bpf_oahu-subscribe@yahoogroups.com |
East
Hawai'i Island
Unzan Pfennig
e-mail: unzan@hotmail.com
ph: 808.895.1533
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| Idaho |
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| North Idaho
Gretchen Albrecht-Heller
(208) 263-6893
e-mail: hellar@televar.com |
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Mexico |
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| Santa Fe, NM
Stefan Laeng-Gilliat
(505) 995-9920
e-mail: stelaeng@comcast.net |
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Northern NM
Constanze Franks
(505) 685-4298
cfrank@cybermesa.com |
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Las Cruces, NM
Harvey So Daiho Hilbert
(575) 312-9649
buddhist99@yahoo.com
www.clearmindzen.org |
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Salt Lake City
David Catalan
(801) 548-3381
e-mail: david.studio@hotmail.com |
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| Seattle, WA
Elaine Waller-Rose
(206) 725-7074
e-mail: elainewr@speakeasy.org |
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Olympia,
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South Sound
BPF
Robert Lovitt
(360) 357-2825
e-mail: ssbpf@comcast.net |
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Yakima, WA
Douglas Ray
(509) 865-6045
e-mail: bodhimind@hotmail.com
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Spokane,
WA
Mary Webster
(509) 535-1458
e-mail: maryw@icehouse.net
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California Chapters
National chapter coordinator
Caroline Acuña
Berkeley: caroline@bpf.org
510-759-3530
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West Bay (Peninsula), CA
Marianna Tubman
415-536-2018 (work)
taraihito@yahoo.com
web: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WestBayBPFChapter
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San Diego, CA
Ava Torre-Bueno
(619) 294-8779
e-mail: avatb@cox.net |
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Sacramento, CA
Helen Hobart
email: Hdhobart@aol.com
916-212-4612
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Los Angeles, CA
Richard Modiano
(310) 439-1507
e-mail: rmodiano@ca.rr.com |
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Nevada City, CA
Perissa Busick
(530) 265-4274
e-mail: bpfnevadacity@yahoo.com |
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Santa Cruz, CA
Phyllis Levin
(831) 475-8037
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David Hofvendahl
davidhofvendahl@hotmail.com
web: http://www.bpfsc.org |
Humboldt
Mitch Trachtenberg
(707) 677-0762
e-mail: mjtrac@gmail.com |
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Susan Nash
Riverside, CA
(951) 928-3698
e-mail: snash22@earthlink.net |
Michael Oakes
Vallejo/Napa
(707) 643-7819
e-mail: michaeloakes1@hotmail.com |
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Oakland/East Bay, CA
Faith Fuller
e-mail: faithfuller@sbcglobal.net |
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