Rev. angel Kyodo williams, Roshi is a Zen priest and Dharma teacher ordained in the Zen Peacemaker Order. She received transmission from Roshi Francisco Lugovina in the Soto Zen lineage and was the second Black woman to receive transmission in the Japanese Zen tradition. She is affiliated with Upaya Zen Center. Williams is the author of Being Black: Zen and the Art of Living With Fearlessness and Grace and co-author of Radical Dharma: Talking Race, Love and Liberation. Her teaching integrates Zen practice with social justice work, focusing on intersections of racial, economic, and climate justice. She founded Transformative Change and leads community conversations and circles addressing oppression and liberation.