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Join us for our 20th annual Ikeda Forum for Intercultural Dialogue on Saturday, November 2, from 1 - 3:30 pm ET. Named after our Center founder Daisaku Ikeda in honor of his untiring commitment to dialogue, this signature event brings scholars from diverse disciplines and backgrounds together to explore key ideas from Daisaku Ikeda’s philosophy of 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 UMass 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 forum will also include musical performances and small group discussions.
Ikeda writes, “…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.”
Doors open at 12:30 pm for a pre-event reception. RSVP here: https://bit.ly/3MI8vO4
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
396 Harvard St, Cambridge, MA, United States, Massachusetts 02138
