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Fri Aug 22, 2014, 08:18 AM Aug 2014

UW-Madison Event: A 9/11 Event: Reflections on Non-Violence and Religious Activism Today

http://www.today.wisc.edu/events/view/76672


A 9/11 Event: Reflections on Non-Violence and Religious Activism Today
A Talk by Nobel-nominee and Co-Founder of the International Network of Engaged Buddhists, Sulak Svaraksa



Date Thursday, September 11, 2014
Time 7 p.m.
Location 1100 Grainger Hall
Description One of Asia's leading social thinkers, Ajarn Sulak Svaraksa has founded dozens of educational and political grassroots organizations and has authored over 100 books including works on the environment, globalization, and consumerism. He has been nominated twice for the Nobel Peace Prize and was awarded the Right Livelihood Award, known as the alternative Nobel Peace Prize, in 1995. Co-sponsored by The Center for Southeast Asian Studies and the Religious Studies Program, UW Madison

Website http://religiousstudies.lss.wisc.edu
Cost Free
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