We'll continue our exploration of dignity's transformative power with a free public talk on Saturday, January 31, featuring Dr. Donna Hicks of Harvard's Weatherhead Center for International Affairs. Click to learn more.
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Be a beacon lighting the way to a century of life”
~ Daisaku Ikeda
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The Ikeda Center is an institute for peace, learning, and dialogue located in Cambridge, Mass. Since 1993, we have been engaging diverse scholars, activists, and social innovators in the search for the ideas and solutions that will assist in the peaceful evolution of humanity.
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Our annual celebration of the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., provides an opportunity to learn about what he called his "pilgrimage to nonviolence." After encountering Gandhi's practice of nonviolent resistance to evil, King "came to feel that this was the only morally and practically sound method open to oppressed people in their struggle for freedom." Click to read more.
Part 2 of our interview with Donna Hicks, called "The Practice of Dignity," is now posted to our site. Dr. Hicks is an associate at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University. She will speak on the topic of dignity at the Ikeda Center on January 31.
We are pleased to announce that from December 1, 2014, to March 1, 2015, we will again be accepting applications for our Education Fellows program. To learn more about the program and application instructions, please click above.
Professors Jim Garrison and Larry Hickman recently spoke at Teachers College, Columbia University, introducing themes from Living As Learning: John Dewey in the 21st Century, their newly-published dialogue with Daisaku Ikeda. Click to read a story about the event.
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