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ANNUAL THEMES

 

 


 


 

 

 

 

Conference Room in Concord House

The life of man is a self-evolving circle, which, from a ring imperceptibly small, rushes on all sides outwards to new and larger circles, and that without end.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Program for 2024
 
JANUARY 13 FORUM: DIRECTIVES ON GLOBAL ETHICS, PART 1
JANUARY 27 FORUM: DIRECTIVES ON GLOBAL ETHICS, PART 2
FEBRUARY 10 FORUM: CASTLES IN THE SAND–THE COMMON SENSE OF CONSTRUCTIVE CHANGE
FEBRUARY 24 FORUM: A.I.: DAEDALUS AND ICARUS
MARCH 9

FORUM: KING LEAR AND THE HEART OF POLITICS
MARCH 23 FORUM: CARING FOR THE EARTH AND EQUAL RIGHTS, PART 3 OF FORUM ON DIRECTIVES ON GLOBAL ETHICS
APRIL 13 FORUM: IRELAND: WHERE STONES SPEAK
APRIL 27 FORUM: FROM FEAR INTO LOVE: A YOUNG MAN'S ODYSSEY
MAY 4 FORUM: THE SCIENTIFIC FOUNDATIONS OF CREATIVE MUSICAL EXPRESSION
MAY 14 FORUM: TRANSFORMATIVE EDUCATION: THE ART OF LIVING AND LEARNING
JUNE 1 FORUM: COSMIC REVELATIONS: EXPLORING ASTRONOMY'S FRONTIERS
JUNE 22 FORUM: SELF TRANSFORMATION: A SPIRITUAL JOURNEY OF AA'S 12 STEPS
JUNE 22 FOUNDING DAY TALK: WILLIAM PENN'S VISION OF CULTURAL CONSCIENCE


JULY 13
JULY 20
JULY 27

 JULY FILM SERIES:
NOTE BY NOTE
JULY FILM SERIES: JANANI, THE SILENT SAGE OF ARUNACHALA
JULY FILM SERIES: NO
SEPTEMBER 7 FORUM: THE CLASSICAL MUSIC OF INDIA: THE MATHEMATICS BEHIND THE SOUND
SEPTEMBER 21 FORUM: COMPASSIONATE COMMUNITY-BASED APPROACHES TO REDUCING HOMELESSNESS
OCTOBER 10 FORUM: THE (UN) HOLY ALLIANCE OF RELIGION AND POLITICS: A GANDHIAN PERSPECTIVE
NOVEMBER 2 FORUM: MOZART AND MASONIC THEMES
NOVEMBER 9 FORUM: A TRIBUTE TO HERBIE HANCOCK (LIVE MUSIC)