[Ikeda Forum] Imagining A World Where Peace Is Possible: Engaging Daisaku Ikeda’s Ideas on Dialogue, Youth Empowerment, and Nuclear Disarmament
When:
Saturday, Nov 02, 2024 1:00p -
3:30p
Saturday, Nov 02, 2024 1:00p -
3:30p
Where:
Ikeda Center for Peace, Learning, and Dialogue
396 Harvard St
Cambridge, MA 02138
Admission:
FREE
Hosted by:
Categories:
Lectures & Conferences, Meetup, Social Good, University
Event website:
https://www.ikedacenter.org/events/2024-ikeda-forum-imagining-world-where-peace-possible
Join us for our 20th annual Ikeda Forum for Intercultural Dialogue on Saturday, November 2, from 1 - 3:30 pm ET. Named after Center founder Daisaku Ikeda in honor of his untiring commitment to dialogue, this signature event brings scholars from diverse disciplines and backgrounds together to investigate the peacebuilding potential of key ideas drawn from Buddhist humanism. This year’s forum, “Imagining A World Where Peace Is Possible: Engaging Daisaku Ikeda’s Ideas on Dialogue, Youth Empowerment, and Nuclear Disarmament,” features presentations by three speakers: Dr. Lauren Leigh Kelly of Rutgers University, Emma Pike of Lex International, and Dr. Eben Weitzman of University of Massachusetts Boston. Employing the lenses of dialogue, conflict resolution, education, youth empowerment, and nuclear disarmament, they will explore how we can imagine and create a world where peace is possible.
The inspiration for the Forum is found in these words of Mr. Ikeda: “Imagination is the wellspring from which hope flows. It is the power of imagination, the power to imagine different realities, that frees us from the mistaken notion that what exists now is all that will ever exist, and that we are trapped inside our problems.”
The forum will also include a pre-event reception with food, icebreaker activities, small group discussions and reflections, a musical performance, and more.
Free admission. Pre-event reception with food begins at 12:30 pm. For everyone’s health and safety, we ask the following: Should you have any COVID-like symptoms, or are not feeling well, we kindly look forward to seeing you at a future in-person event!
