WHAT'S THE BIG IDEA

The Brookline High School 21st Century Fund presents a free spring forum intended to spark dialogue around big ideas.  This year's topic:  happiness :)

WHAT'S THE BIG IDEA brings together local thinkers across disciplines in a panel discussion moderated by WBUR's Radio Boston co-host Meghna Chakrabarti.

The scheduled panelists include:

Jeffry Frieden, Harvard University Stanfield Professor of International Peace, who will address happiness in a global economic context.

Roberto Goizueta, the Margaret O'Brien Flatley Professor of Catholic Theology at Boston College, who brings a spiritual perspective.

Daniel Hadley, the Somerville city official in charge of that city’s groundbreaking “happiness” survey.

Diana Marin, a Harvard  University student who promotes well-being and fun through the college’s student-run “The Happiness Project!”

Allison Rimm, a management consultant, coach and former Senior VP at Mass General Hospital who teaches strategies for finding joy in her “Business of Life” workshops.

This free event, open to the public, will be held on Thursday May 10, 2012   from 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. in the Ladd Room of Wheelock College’s Brookline Campus at 43 Hawes Street. Reservations are suggested. 

The 21^st Century Fund is proud to sponsor this forum as part of its mission to foster innovation, creativity and exploration.  Brookline High School must prepare all students to be critical thinkers who can adapt easily to global competition and rapidly changing technology. More fundamentally, we are educating human beings to be happy and thrive in an increasingly competitive world. With this thought-provoking forum, we hope to provide insight into the concept of happiness through a variety of lenses.

The 21^st Century Fund is passionate about making our excellent school even better. We believe a Spring Forum that leads us to think about happiness and success in surprising ways will move us in that direction.