Dialogue Nights: Friendship - An Antidote to Despair?
When:
Friday, Aug 16, 2019 7:00p -
9:00p
Friday, Aug 16, 2019 7:00p -
9:00p
Where:
Ikeda Center for Peace, Learning, and Dialogue
396 Harvard Street
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
Admission:
FREE
Categories:
Food, Lectures & Conferences, Meetup, Social Good, University
Event website:
https://www.facebook.com/ikedacenter/
Who is this for? Students and young professionals.
What is this? This upcoming Dialogue Nights, we will be exploring the theme, "Friendship: An Antidote to Despair?" In 2017, 36,000 millennials died deaths of despair—those involving drugs, alcohol or suicide. In a society where young people are reporting higher rates of depression and anxiety than previous generations, what role can friendship play in transforming our feelings of despair? Join the conversation!
When can I come!? Doors open at 6:30pm – free admission with food & refreshments
"The magnetic field of friendship can enable the functioning of an inner compass when we have lost our sense of direction and help us right society when it seems to be veering off course." - Daisaku Ikeda
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The Ikeda Center is a nonprofit institute founded in 1993 by Buddhist thinker and leader Daisaku Ikeda. The Center aims to build cultures of peace through learning and dialogue inspired by Buddhist humanism. Since the founding, the Center has held events and created publications that engage diverse scholars, activists, and social innovators in the search for the ideas and solutions that will assist in the peaceful evolution of humanity.
