Mike Slott is a long-time political and labor movement activist who has focused on exploring the intersection of a secular approach to the dharma with a socially engaged Buddhism oriented toward
systemic change. He is a practice leader of two New York Insight sanghas: the New Jersey sangha and the recently formed Secular sangha. Mike is active in the secular Buddhist community. He is the editor of the Secular Buddhist Network (SBN) website and its monthly newsletter, Rethinking the Dharma/Reimagining Community.
A part-time lecturer at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ, Mike has published a number of articles on the development of labor unions, philosophy, and Buddhism. His “Can You Be a Buddhist and a
Marxist?” (2011) and “Secular, Radically Engaged Buddhism” (2015) both appeared in the journal Contemporary Buddhism.
