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The School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution invites you to attend a event reflecting on conflict transformation and spirituality.
Wednesday October 12 at 4:30pm
Founders Hall Room 126
Amberjade Taylor participated in a Tibetan language program at the University of Virginia and then made her way to Dharamsala India, home of the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan government in exile, and many Tibetan activists. She worked as the Secretariat Assistant for International Tibet Network, a coalition of more than 190 Tibet organizations dedicated to campaigning to end human rights violations in Tibet; she also worked for Global Leadership Adventures in India, a high school study abroad and service program based in Dharamsala. Amberjade worked at The Center for Mind-Body Medicine, an international non-profit organization that has the world’s largest, most effective, evidence-based program for healing population-wide psychological trauma and stress. She has conducted extensive research on and will be speaking about Tibet, self-immolation, and a spiritual practice of conflict transformation.
Joining her is Kirti Kyap, a Tibetan 'young public intellectual' who was born in Tibet and later immigrated to India, who is now in DC working at Machik and completing his MA in International Development at Brandeis. He speaks fluent English, Chinese, and Tibetan, and he and Amberjade Taylor have worked together over many years giving workshops and talks. He brings a unique perspective to the discussion and has done a lot of human rights work with Tibetan students and Chinese outreach. You can view a short film about Kirti that Amberjade helped produce here.