Messenger The PARK PLACE OF ELMHURST
PRESENTS
January 19 – 23 & 26-30 | 11:30-12:30 p.m. | Community Room
Please RSVP to the Concierge for EACH DAY you wish to attend. We need specific numbers for room management. If you are not on the RSVP list, you will be asked to sit in an alternative space.
JANUARY 19 Our Shared Humanity: Creating Understanding Through the Principles of MLK Rev. Naomi Tutu will share how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s principles can guide reconciliation, justice, and cross-cultural understanding. Drawing on her lifelong activism and experience leading Truth and Reconciliation workshops, Naomi offers practical insights for building bridges across race, gender, and culture.
JANUARY 21 Developing Healthy, Equitable Cities for All Majora Carter will share how economic diversity is a cornerstone of healthy, vibrant communities. Guided by her experience in urban revitalization, Majora illustrates how low-status communities need to use the same talent-retention strategies that successful businesses implement, reducing the brain- drain that cripples local economic progress.
JANUARY 22 Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World
JANUARY 20 Journeying with Story
Dr. Vivek Murthy will discuss the growing epidemic of loneliness and its profound impact on health and well-being. Drawing from his book Together and his experience as U.S. Surgeon General, Vivek will explore how human connection and strong communities are essential for personal and public health. JANUARY 23 Less is more. More or Less. Harry Smith will share insights on how simplifying life can create more meaning, satisfaction, and peace. Drawing on decades of storytelling as an Emmy- and Peabody-winning journalist, Harry offers reflections on balance, fulfillment, and what truly matters.
Kaitlin Curtice will reveal how powerful stories function like living seeds, growing into trees that define who we are. An award- winning author and poet-storyteller, Kaitlin will incorporate readings from her newest book, Everything Is a Story, to discover ways we can interact with stories and reclaim them for love and kinship.
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