Harvard Street Forum
Periodic Friday forums (noon to 1 pm) in which speakers wrestle with issues of controversy
and relevance. Held in the sanctuary.
Past speakers include:
- Steven Miles, "Military Medicine and Torture: Learning from Abu Ghraib"
- Jon Hallberg and Tai Mendenhall, "A Compassionate Response to Disaster:
Lessons Learned from 9/11, the Tsunami and Katrina"
- David Feldshuh, "Miss Ever's Boys: Factual Fiction and Ethical Truths"
- Joia Mukherjee, "AIDS and the Pursuit of Social Justice"
- Susan Deborah King, "One-Breasted Woman: Passionate Vulnerability, One Way
to Cope with Cancer"
- Basil LeBlanc, "Beyond the Yellow Ribbon: Getting All the Way Home"
- Mark L. Nelson, "Dr. Chekhov" (an examination of the life and work of the physician, writer, and humanitarian Anton Chekhov)
Each forum involves the gifts of artists in our community through the fine arts. The University
of Minnesota bookstore is often on hand providing books for purchase on the topic of the day.
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Conscience and calling
The Harvard Street Forum is a place where conscience and calling embrace the world's needs. It
is a collaboration of the University of Minnesota Medical School Department of Family Medicine
and Community Health, the Academic Health Center, the Center for Medical Humanities, and Grace
University Lutheran Church. It provides a venue in which members of the university and
surrounding community can discuss issues of relevance and controversy that impact our lives.
2008–2009 Schedule
Friday, April 17, 7:00-9:00 pm
The Art of Healing: Words by Physician Poets and Writers
Grace member Nancy Baker, MD, will moderate a presentation by Dr. Maggie O’Connor, Dr. Therese Zink, and fourth-year medical students Jean Howell and Cory Donovan.
Each speaker will read one or two examples of their own poetry and prose and discuss how their creative writing provides them insight into the doctor-patient relationship. There will be time for questions and answers from the audience during the presentation. We're especially pleased to have C.J. Peek, PhD, organizational psychologist and consultant within the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, provide a piano performance during the forum. The event is free and open to the public.
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