This free conference on Thursday, July 7, 2016 from 9:30 am – 4 pm at the Hindu Temple Society of North America, 45-57 Bowne Street, in Flushing, Queen is designed for youth to be heard and for them to meet other young New Yorkers from different backgrounds and faiths to discuss diversity and other pressing matters of the day. One of our many distinguished speakers will be:
Sharon Lin
Sharon Lin is a full stack developer, designer, writer, and social advocate. She has conducted research in applied mathematics, computational neuroscience, and thermoelectricity and organized CodeDay NY, StuyHacks, and Local Hack Day. When not working with computers, Sharon can be found reading and studying about Ch’an Buddhism. Sharon rediscovered her Buddhist roots after she signed up to volunteer at the soup kitchen of a small Buddhist temple in Queens. She is now a devout follower of Ch’an Buddhist philosophy and has written for the Huffington Post about how Buddhism inspires her to find the bravery and compassion to be her own hero.
