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EVENT PROGRAM

Living with Mortality:
How Our Experiences with Death Change Us

Saturday, September 20, 2008
9:00AM - 4:30PM

Fifth Annual Ikeda Forum for Intercultural Dialogue
This series honors the untiring dialogues for peace undertaken by

Buddhist leader and BRC founder Daisaku Ikeda.

Introduction

In this public dialogue, we will explore how our encounters with death have changed the way we live, then imagine how such individual realizations could contribute to changes in society. The featured panelists are Pam Kircher, Vincent Harding, Anthony Marsella, and Megan Laverty. Attendees will have opportunities to contribute to the conversation.

Read participant bios

Program

9:00am: Continental Breakfast

9:30am: Opening Remarks

Virginia Benson, Executive Director, Boston Research Center

Masao Yokota, President, Boston Research Center

10:00am: Personal Transformation

Setting the Scene

Pam Kircher

Family physician, hospice doctor, and author, Love is the Link

World Café Dialogue
Through a series of small group dialogues, we will contemplate how our
values and attitudes toward life have been influenced by our experience
with death.

12:30pm: Lunch

1:30pm: Possibilities for Cultural Change

Reflections from the panelists

Pa

Pam Kircher
Family physician, hospice doctor, and author, Love is the Link

Anthony Marsella
President, Psychologists for Social Responsibility

Megan Laverty
Professor, Philosophy and Education, Teachers College, Columbia University

Vincent Harding
Professor Emeritus, Religion and Social Transformation, Iliff School

of Theology

Dialogue among the four panelists

3:15pm: Concluding Conversation

4:30pm: Closing

Refreshments to follow

Ikeda Center for Peace, Learning, and Dialogue
396 Harvard Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
Phone: (617) 491.1090 Fax: (617) 491.1169