Following a request for the sangha to (re)turn its attention to issues of patriarchy, sexism and misogyny in our community, several senior students and monastics have stepped forward to help facilitate conversations over Zoom and in person at ZMM. These optional gender affinity groups can help us digest some of the feelings that may be arising due to naming the issues involved, our own experience with gender-discrimination in community, the challenges of investigating these issues, or the ways this request was brought forward. These groups are not for problem-solving, offering suggestions for change, or for analysis but a place to share your direct experience. These groups will run for approximately an hour each and will generally follow the outline below.