The Ahimsa Center is hosting an international conference, Rediscovering Gandhian Wisdom: Building a Peaceful Future, on our campus, October
17-19, 2008.

The conference highlights include distinguished Key Speakers such as Rajmohan Gandhi, grandson and biographer of the Mahatma; Samdhong
Rinpoche, the prime minister of Tibetan government-in-exile and Gandhian scholar-monk; Bernard Lafayette Jr. who worked with Martin Luther King Jr. and led several campaigns during the Civil Rights Movement, and numerous internationally acclaimed experts on Gandhi and nonviolence such as Professors Akeel Bilgrami, Anthony Parel, Lloyd and Susanne Rudolph, Anil Sadgopal, Michael Nagler and many outstanding scholars and professionals; sessions on relevance of Gandhian wisdom to education, business, and sustainability; workshops and seminars ; concert of devotional songs (bhajans) from Gandhi’s prayer meetings; and a Book Exhibit.

For more details, including speaker bios, conference schedule and registration options, please visit:
http://www.csupomona.edu/~ahimsacenter/conference/conference_08.shtml

With the support from the President’s Office, a limited number of conference registration scholarships are available for students. A limited number of conference registration fellowships for faculty are available with the support from the CLASS Dean’s Office. To explore this possibility, please contact ASAP Dr. Tara Sethia, Director of the Ahimsa Center, at tsethia@csupomona.edu