event
Wednesday 23 May 2018 ore 18:00 - 19:30

International Day of Forgiveness 2018.Talk with Tara Gandhi Bhattacharjee

MAXXI Auditorium – admission free subject to availability of place; the first 120 places may be reserved on eventbrite

An event celebrating forgiveness as an indispensible instrument in the processes of international, interior and trans-generational peace

Tara Gandhi Bhattacharjee, Vice-President of the Kasturba Gandhi National Memorial Trust and granddaughter of Mahatma Gandhi, is the special guest of the third edition of the International Day of Forgiveness, an event promoted by My Life Design Foundation, an international organism active in the promotion of values and instruments for the diffusion of the culture of peace, integration and understanding, with the aim of celebrating forgiveness as an indispensible instrument for the transformation of individual, collective and social relations.

Participating in this initiative, awarded for the second consecutive year the Medal of the President of the Italian Republic, will be representatives from the world of culture, science and the institutions, each making their own pragmatic contribution to the diffusion of a renewed culture of peace and understanding.

Introduced by
Giovanna Melandri President, Fondazione MAXXI
Daniel Lumera Director, My Life Design Foundation

Speakers
Tara Gandhi Bhattacharjee Vice-President, Kasturba Gandhi National Memorial Trust
Vidur Bharatram director and documentary filmmaker
Felipe Camargo UNHCR representative for Southern Europe

With the patronage of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism, the Lazio Region, Roma Capitale, produced in collaboration with the Fondazione MAXXI