COMPASSIONATE ACTIVISM: CONTEMPLATIVE ROOTS OF NON-VIOLENCE

Conversations with Robert AF Thurman and Tenzin Priyadarshi Tuesday,May 2 at 6:30PM Venue: MIT Media Lab (E14-3rd Floor Atrium) Robert A.F. Thurman is the Jey Tsong Khapa Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies at Columbia University, President of the Tibet House U.S., a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and promotion of Tibetan civilization which he co-founded with…

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MORAL URGENCY OF NON-VIOLENT MOVEMENTS

MORAL URGENCY OF NON-VIOLENT MOVEMENTS Conversations with Marshall Ganz & Joi Ito May 2, 2017 at 10:30AM Venue: MIT Media Lab (E14-3rd Floor Atrium) Marshall Ganz grew up in Bakersfield, California, where his father was a Rabbi and his mother, a teacher. He entered Harvard College in the fall of 1960. He left a year before…

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