Pamela Ayo Yetunde, J.D., Th.D., is a Community Dharma Leader, pastoral counselor and teaches pastoral care and counseling. Ayo is the co-editor of Black and Buddhist: What Buddhism Can Teach Us About Race, Resilience, Transformation and Freedom. She has written for Buddhadharma, Lion's Roar, and Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, and is the co-founder of Center of the Heart. Ayo, along with BIPOC Zen and Insight practitioners in the Twin Cities, founded Buddhist Justice Reporter: The George Floyd Trials.