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Harvard Street Forum

Photo of Harvard Street Forum speaker Periodic forums 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.

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.

Restoring Resilience: Blending Science and Wisdom to Sustain a Healthy Mind, Mood and Heart

With Henry Emmons, MD, Tuesday, October 25, 7:30 pm

Resilience is our nature. Yet every decade over the past 100 years, rates of anxiety and depression in the U.S. population have increased by 10%. As we rely more upon medications, fewer people develop the emotional skills with which to confront their problems. What has happened to erode the natural ability to bounce back from adversity? And what can be done to regain resilience and sustain it throughout a lifetime?

We will explore the universal need for a healthy brain and how to integrate natural measures and spiritual practices to support that goal. We will discuss the core factors in resilience, and what can be done to strengthen those traits and take better care of the mind, the emotions and the inner self over the course of a lifetime.

All are invited to attend this lecture, free of charge.