Nadiya Brock

Essential Partners continues to advance the work of the Public Conversations Project in both capacity building for and facilitation of polarized dialogues involving core values and identity.

• Streamlined and organized 25 years of materials developed for different dialogue projects into an online database for remote access by associates working in the field.
• Acted as the main contact person for developing an upcoming community dialogue project with partners in Taunton, MA.
• Working as an assistant to the Director of Program Development.

Co-facilitated a working group for the Negotiation Workshop lead by Bruce Patton.

Co-facilitated a working group for the spring semester of the Negotiation Workshop.

This project managed the distribution of a large collection of Korean Buddhist paintings to Zen Centers and museums across Europe.

• Presided over the application process and made placement decisions regarding the paintings
• Created and managed the website

A triennial international Zen conference held in Korea in 2014. Over 200 participants from 14 countries participated in the conference and two-week tour of Korea.

• Contact person for Regional Coordinators and for in-country travel agent, project team leaders, volunteers and other committee members
• Organized, managed and recorded Planning Committee meetings
• Recruited, organized and trained volunteers. Created and provided volunteers with necessary information materials
• Project Director for "Ip San: Entering the Mountains," a photography exhibition that raised money for the monastic health insurance fund
• Lead coordinator and event planner before and during the two week tour
• Managed follow up feedback surveys of the participants and wrote summary report of event

Served as head of education for this International Zen Temple outside of Daejeon, South Korea.

• Developed the curricula and supervised the instruction of postulants and novice monastics
• Organized and taught lectures and workshops for visitors and work-study participants on Korean Buddhist practice, forms and culture

Created and directed programs for this traditional Korean temple outside of Seoul, South Korea.

• Tested the pilot national Buddhist English program of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism, which involved pre- and post-lesson reporting and filming instructional videos
• Organized 3-day overnight Buddhist Camps in summer and winter for 30-50 children
• Formulated monthly Buddhist programs for visiting soldiers
• Designed and taught Sunday Buddhist English classes for children

Organized the international transport and gallery display of a private collection of Korean Buddhist paintings in the cities of Vilnius and Kaunas, Lithuania.

• Secured funding of the exhibition from public and private sponsors in both Lithuania and Korea
• Prepared lectures and conducted workshops on Korean Buddhist art and culture in galleries and local Buddhist centers

Board Member, Trainer and Mediator for the Harvard Mediation Program

Proposed Thesis topic: A Suspension Bridge Across the Divide: Best Practices for Informal Conversations on Polarized Issues.

Thesis Topic: "’Song of Dharma Nature’ and ’Nagarajuna’s Concise Summary of the Avatamsaka Sutra’: English Translations and Commentary"

Thesis Topic: The Aristotelian Aesthetic of Flannery O'Connor via Thomas Aquinas.

Author of the exhibition catalogue for an exhibition of Korean Temple Paintings

Author of a small book providing a brief introduction to the history, the making and the content of Korean Buddhist painting.