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Posted in Irshaddering Thoughts, Announcements on Oct 29, 2008

Here’s a lovely email I just received about the Moral Courage Project’s event tonight:

“I check in to your site regularly to keep me inspired, and wanted to wish you well on your public dialogue with Edgar Bronfman. It reminds me of the book, Moments of Meeting: Buber, Rogers and the Potential for Public Dialogue.” [Irshad’s note: This book, according to its back cover, “tells the story of a uniquely important event in 20th century intellectual history, the 1957 public dialogue between philosopher Martin Buber and psychotherapist Carl Rogers, and explores the practical implications of that event for contemporary social and cultural theory.”]

Back to the email…

“I am currently in the process of designing a semester-long student intergroup dialogue course on the Middle East conflict based on our model here — dialogues that happen in a small, safe, trusting yet challenging setting. Where I have seen that, I have also seen hearts, minds and actions shift.” — Dr. Adrienne Dessel, The Program on Intergroup Relations, University of Michigan

From Abraham Lincoln, who delivered one of his seminal speeches on the same stage as ours, to Martin Buber and Carl Rogers, we’ve got big shoes to fill tonight. But I suspect we’ll also have fun.

See you at 6:30 pm.