Kate Johnson is codirector of Buddhist Peace Fellowship, where she designs programs to support BIPOC activists who feel nourished by the Buddhadharma, as well as offerings for spiritual practitioners who are ready to be politicized. 
 
She has practiced Buddhist meditation in the Insight lineage (with roots in the Thai Forest and Burmese Sayadaw traditions) since her early 20s. She was authorized as a retreat teacher through Spirit Rock Meditation Center’s 4-year training. Kate has been a high school yoga teacher, a cofounder of the Meditation Working Group at Occupy Wall Street, and a faculty member of MIT’s Presencing Institute. 
 
She is author of the book Radical Friendship: Seven Ways to Love Yourself and Find Your People in an Unjust World. She holds a bachelor's in modern dance from the Alvin Ailey School/Fordham University and a master's in performance studies from New York University.