September 17, 2024

7:00 pm - 8:15 pm ET

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On Tuesday evening, September 17, Anu Gupta will be joined in conversation with Sharon Salzberg as he discusses his new book, Breaking Bias: Where Stereotypes and Prejudices Come From—and the Science-Backed Method to Unravel Them.”

In Breaking Bias, Anu draws from two decades of original research and training experience to explain how anyone can become more aware of and unlearn conscious and unconscious biases. At this event, Anu will share how we can transform bias in our daily lives and within ourselves—especially beliefs and perceptions we may hold about ourselves and others. Sharon will offer ways that we can use mindfulness and lovingkindness as we challenge ingrained assumptions.

 Blending ancient Buddhist wisdom with modern scientific evidence, Anu’s book takes readers on a deep-time journey to explore human identities and identity-based biases. Anu makes the timely case that breaking bias is the key to unlocking multiple crises in our world—from racism, sexism, classism, and other -isms to burnout, loneliness, and climate change.

Breaking Bias also offers Anu’s PRISM toolkit—a science-backed, somatically informed set of contemplative tools—to help us dismantle learned bias within ourselves and in the world around us, moment by moment, with probing questions and writing prompts that invite us to put these tools to use right from the start.



Meet the Author

Anu Gupta

Anu Gupta is an educator, lawyer, scientist, and the founder and CEO of BE MORE with Anu, an education technology benefit corporation that trains professionals across corporate, nonprofit, and government sectors to advance DEIB and wellness by breaking bias. A gay immigrant of color, Anu is a trained meditation and yoga teacher with over 10,000 hours of meditation practice and has a JD from NYU Law, MPhil in Development Studies from Cambridge University, and BA in International Relations and Middle Eastern & Islamic Studies from NYU. Rooted in his ancestral Buddhist and Kriya yoga lineages, he is also a student of Sufi, Daoist, Christian, and animist wisdom. He lives in New York City with his partner.

More Information

  • Registration Deadline

    Registration for this program closes on Tuesday, September 17, 2024 at 5:00 pm ET.

  • Program Recordings

    This program will be recorded and made available for on-demand viewing after the live sessions. On-demand videos will be available to registered participants only for 90 days.

  • Additional Questions

    If you have additional questions please contact us at [email protected].