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Public Forums are a variety of lectures by well-known speakers whose lives reflect moral courage in the political arena. The speakers come from very diverse political and religious backgrounds and have life experience in areas that fuse spiritual values with politics.
One of the annual forums offered for members of Congress, congressional staff and the public is the Walter Capps-Bill Emerson Memorial Lecture, given in honor of the late Congressmen Walter Capps and Bill Emerson and their valuable presence in the political arena. These two individuals were known in Washington for their compassionate spirits, which have been kept alive through the service of their wives, Lois Capps (D-Calif.) and Jo Ann Emerson (R-Mo.).
In the past, The Faith & Politics Institute has hosted speakers such as Alex Boraine, Vice-Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission with Archbishop Desmond Tutu and former Senator George Mitchell (D-Maine).Other speakers have included The Venerable Thich Nhat Hahn (pictured at right), Dr. Carolyn T. Brown, Dr. Gerald G. May, and Jacob Needleman. These lectures are frequently co-hosted by other institutes that have a vested interest in an open forum and discussion on the given topic.
Recent Capitol Forums
Capps Emerson Memorial Lecture with author Robert Fulghum
Date: September 22, 2010 Time: 5:30 - 7:30 pm Location: TBD Best-selling author, Robert Fulghum (All I Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten) will be the featured speaker at the 2010 Capps Emerson Memorial Lecture. The Capps Emerson Memorial Lecture, inaugurated in June 2000, is held in memory of Congressman Walter Capps (D-CA) and Congressman Bill Emerson (R-MO), who died while serving in the U...
Date: September 22, 2010 Time: 5:30 - 7:30 pm Location: TBD Best-selling author, Robert Fulghum (All I Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten) will be the featured speaker at the 2010 Capps Emerson Memorial Lecture. The Capps Emerson Memorial Lecture, inaugurated in June 2000, is held in memory of Congressman Walter Capps (D-CA) and Congressman Bill Emerson (R-MO), who died while serving in the U...
Deepening the American Dream
The Deepening the American Dream Lecture series offers reflections on the spiritual meaning of being American in today’s world from some of our most respected thinkers. Begun in 1999 by the Fetzer Institute, the essays in this series explore the relationship between the inner life of spirit and the outer life of service. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER Ocean Robbins is the founder and director of YES! and coauthor of Choices for Our Future: A Generation Rising for Life on Earth...
The Deepening the American Dream Lecture series offers reflections on the spiritual meaning of being American in today’s world from some of our most respected thinkers. Begun in 1999 by the Fetzer Institute, the essays in this series explore the relationship between the inner life of spirit and the outer life of service. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER Ocean Robbins is the founder and director of YES! and coauthor of Choices for Our Future: A Generation Rising for Life on Earth...
Time of Service - Congressional Cemetery
Join us on May 18 at 9:00 am to clean, weed, and help restore some of the Native American graves in the Congressional Cemetery. Under the expert guidance of professionals, we will devote a few hours of attention to these often-neglected graves. Following the time of service, there will be a short program of story-telling and refreshments. All tools will be provided...
Join us on May 18 at 9:00 am to clean, weed, and help restore some of the Native American graves in the Congressional Cemetery. Under the expert guidance of professionals, we will devote a few hours of attention to these often-neglected graves. Following the time of service, there will be a short program of story-telling and refreshments. All tools will be provided...
Moving Beyond Partisan Gridlock
Teaching Capitol Hill to Work with Negative Emotions By Frank Rogers, Andrew Dreitcer, and Mark Yaconelli Claremont School of Theology Contemplative activists from Claremont School of Theology report on their effort to encourage civility in the political process. Hoping to help heal bipartisan rancor, the Faith and Politics Institute invited Frank Rogers, Andrew Dreitcer, and Mark Yaconelli to speak to congressional leaders, staff members, and others who work on Capitol Hill, about a more constructive approach to working with the natural anger, rage, despair, and resentment that emerge in American politics...
Teaching Capitol Hill to Work with Negative Emotions By Frank Rogers, Andrew Dreitcer, and Mark Yaconelli Claremont School of Theology Contemplative activists from Claremont School of Theology report on their effort to encourage civility in the political process. Hoping to help heal bipartisan rancor, the Faith and Politics Institute invited Frank Rogers, Andrew Dreitcer, and Mark Yaconelli to speak to congressional leaders, staff members, and others who work on Capitol Hill, about a more constructive approach to working with the natural anger, rage, despair, and resentment that emerge in American politics...
Moving Beyond Partisan Gridlock
LEARN MORE or REGISTER Capitol Hill is locked in partisan gridlock. The democratic process, historically dependent on lively political discourse, has become stymied with harshness, anger, and intransigence. Fear, loathing, and outrage have become the common currency within the Beltway. Politics can devour us from within, fuel polarization and conflict or it can become personally transformative and responsive to public concerns...
LEARN MORE or REGISTER Capitol Hill is locked in partisan gridlock. The democratic process, historically dependent on lively political discourse, has become stymied with harshness, anger, and intransigence. Fear, loathing, and outrage have become the common currency within the Beltway. Politics can devour us from within, fuel polarization and conflict or it can become personally transformative and responsive to public concerns...
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