Nurturing the Dharma
Generosity brings happiness at every stage of its expression.
We experience joy in forming the intention to be generous.
We experience joy in the actual act of giving something.
And we experience joy in remembering the fact that we have given.
            – The Buddha


The teachings of the Buddha have been sustained by the ancient tradition of dana, a Pali word meaning “generosity.”
Prescott Insight follows the 2,600 year-old tradition of offering these priceless teachings freely so that they are available to everyone, regardless of financial means.

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Engaged Practice:
Humanitarian and Pandemic Assistance

Hurricane Ida Relief
Please consider offering aid to the communities in Louisiana and Mississippi devastated by Hurricane Ida.
This article from PBS is a good place to start, with a list of relief organizations and advice on how to avoid charity scams:   
Aid for the People of Haiti – 2021 Earthquake Relief
The following aid organizations are recommended by NPR, PBS and Democracy Now:   
The Coalition for Compassion and Justice
The Prescott Insight Sangha have been contributors to CCJ for many years, and the need for aid and comfort to our homeless neighbors has never been greater. Please read this message from Director Jessi Hans:
Our shelter is still open every night, serving the most vulnerable in our community. As we are an essential service, we are preparing to do so throughout the pandemic.  We are currently expanding our services to be more available for our community in this time.
Due to the changes we have made, we have additional needs.  As a local nonprofit, all of our funding comes from you, our amazing community.  We know that times are challenging, but there are many ways you can help.
Here are a few:
    • Please donate!  Any amount helps!
    • Dedicate your Arizona State Income Tax Credit to CCJ at no cost to you!
    • Offer to donate dinner for 35 people in our shelter
    • Hire the Prescott Workers Progress Agency (PWPA) for landscaping at 928-445-8382
    • Send protective supplies, such as masks, soap, gloves, and hand sanitizer
    • Send this to a friend that may not know about us
We have always been supported so well by you and we are grateful to be able to continue to do this work when it is needed most.  Thank you so much, and if you have any questions, just email me: jessi.hans@yavapaiccj.org

Mutual Aid and Masks for Our Indigenous Brothers & Sisters
We encourage donating to Arizona Native American communities who have suffered disproportionately during the pandemic. To help provide masks and immediate medical and community needs, please start here:
Navajo Nation COVID-19 Relief Fund

Yavapai Food Neighbors
From our friend Barbara Poe: 
The Yavapai Food Neighbor Program, in collaboration with the Hungry Kids Program, contributes about 20,000 pounds of non-perishable food every 2 months. Please email me with any questions or to be added to the donor distribution list at barbpoe@yahoo.com.  Thank you for anything you’re able to give!

Prescott Community Cupboard
Distributing emergency food bags to those in need. They are located at 313 W. Goodwin (corner of McCormick and Goodwin) between 2:30 and 4:00 PM, Monday thru Friday. 

Dharma Relief
Dharma Relief is the first coalition of different Buddhist traditions and practitioners working together to provide emergency relief and to create sustainable living in North America. Its guiding principles are wisdom and compassion, and it aims to bring light to this world of obscurity, like a lotus rising out of murky waters. 
"Our projects transcend discursive thinking and rhetoric by offering concrete practical solutions to help those in need."
https://dharmarelief.org/

Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project
The Florence Project is a nonprofit legal service organization providing free legal and social services to adults and unaccompanied children in immigration custody in Arizona. Although the government assists indigent criminal defendants and civil litigants through public defenders and legal aid attorneys, it does not provide attorneys for people in immigration removal proceedings. As a result, an estimated 86 percent of the detained people go unrepresented due to poverty.
https://firrp.org/who/mission/

Refugee Health Alliance
The Refugee Health Alliance (RHA) was organized in 2018 in response to increasing medical need at the US-Mexico Border.  Patients receiving care are vulnerable and marginalized. They are families, children, pregnant women and LGBTQ individuals. They have been displaced, deported from the US, and politically and socially excluded. They are refugees and asylum seekers fleeing structural and non-structural violence and racism.
https://www.refugeehealthalliance.org/