Mid America Dharma is a non-profit organization dedicated to making the practice of vipassana or Insight Meditation available to others in the central region of the United States.
Board of Directors
President: Lucy Freeman, St. Louis, MO
Vice President: Diana Taylor, Kansas City, MO
Secretary: Joseph McCormack, New Bloomfield, MO
Treasurer: Carl Wingo, Columbia, MO
Dianne Asher, Kansas City, MO
Erik Hulse, Lenexa, KS
Philip Jones, Columbia, MO
Connie Rhodes Lee’s Summitt, MO
Kyle Sorys, Papillion, NE
Terry Varner Lexington, KY
Mark Wiesman, Omaha, NE
The Mid America Dharma Board of Directors is looking for people who are dedicated to the dharma and who have a practice in Insight Meditation (Vipassana) to join us. If you are interested in joining us please see our Statement on Board Membership.
History of Mid America Dharma
The origins of Mid America Dharma can be traced to 1983 when a small group in Topeka, KS invited Shinzen Young to lead a meditation retreat. After three years of these retreats other volunteers took on the responsibility of organizing regular meditation retreats around Kansas City. In 1993 the group of volunteers began using the name Mid America Dharma Group, in1996 incorporating in Missouri and in 1997 receiving 501(c)3 status as a charitable organization from the IRS. In 2000 its name was shortened to Mid America Dharma but it has continued to the present as an all-volunteer organization.
Bylaws, Policies, and Statements
Mid America Dharma Covid-19 Policy
Mid America Dharma Ethics Policy
“Persons participating in MAD events will be encouraged to bring concerns to any board member, retreat manager or other person who will later bring the concern to the attention of the Ethics Committee.”