The mission of the Zen Peacemakers is to alleviate suffering in the world by promoting spiritual practice that includes meditation, study, direct social service, multi-faith cooperation and social enterprise. Zen Master Bernie Glassman founded the Greyston Foundation in 1980, a holistic network of community development companies and not-for-profits working in the inner city of Yonkers, New York. Today the Zen Peacemakers leads Bearing Witness retreats and trains leaders to create Zen Houses in the Greyston tradition. As a leader in Socially Engaged Buddhism, the Zen Peacemakers also host an annual Symposium on the topic and release Bearing Witness, a FREE monthly online newsletter sharing the work of all Socially Engaged Buddhists.