Student Hosts Conversation with the Dalai Lama
It is not a common opportunity to be asked to be on a panel with His Holiness the Dalai Lama. It is even more rare when you are only 17 years old.
It is not a common opportunity to be asked to be on a panel with His Holiness the Dalai Lama. It is even more rare when you are only 17 years old.
For Noa Machover '15, a senior at The Cambridge School of Weston, this is a highly coveted opportunity that she will have on October 31, when she will speak on a panel with other youth as part of the SPARK program at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Noa will liaise between other teenagers and help host a conversation with His Holiness the Dalai Lama on the idea of what it means to be a change-maker and create positive personal and social change during an event called “Global Systems 3.0: Equitable Solutions for a Changing World, Youth in Conversation with the Dalai Lama.” Kids were encouraged to submit questions for discussion via the website.
“Just to be involved with this event is huge for me,” shared Noa, who is one of two student representatives on the CSW Board of Trustees. With an interest in biological engineering and art, she will explore those fields when she attends college next year. When asked about her own views of being a change-maker, Noa anticipates working to ensure civil responsibility from scientific advancement, and addressing the implications that technology has on humanity, health, happiness, and the environment.
“This type of discussion about social change is very important and personal to me. I hope to find ways in which technology can strengthen empathy and global connectedness, rather than being an impersonal and segregating medium.”
The interactive event is coordinated by SPARK, part of the Young Peace Leaders and Compassionate Young Leaders Program, which empowers youth to become change makers for a better world hosted by The Dalai Lama Center for Ethics and Transformative Values at MIT.
For Noa Machover '15, a senior at The Cambridge School of Weston, this is a highly coveted opportunity that she will have on October 31, when she will speak on a panel with other youth as part of the SPARK program at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Noa will liaise between other teenagers and help host a conversation with His Holiness the Dalai Lama on the idea of what it means to be a change-maker and create positive personal and social change during an event called “Global Systems 3.0: Equitable Solutions for a Changing World, Youth in Conversation with the Dalai Lama.” Kids were encouraged to submit questions for discussion via the website.
“Just to be involved with this event is huge for me,” shared Noa, who is one of two student representatives on the CSW Board of Trustees. With an interest in biological engineering and art, she will explore those fields when she attends college next year. When asked about her own views of being a change-maker, Noa anticipates working to ensure civil responsibility from scientific advancement, and addressing the implications that technology has on humanity, health, happiness, and the environment.
“This type of discussion about social change is very important and personal to me. I hope to find ways in which technology can strengthen empathy and global connectedness, rather than being an impersonal and segregating medium.”
The interactive event is coordinated by SPARK, part of the Young Peace Leaders and Compassionate Young Leaders Program, which empowers youth to become change makers for a better world hosted by The Dalai Lama Center for Ethics and Transformative Values at MIT.
The Cambridge School of Weston is a progressive high school for day and boarding students in grades 9–12 and PG. CSW's mission is to provide a progressive education that emphasizes deep learning, meaningful relationships, and a dynamic program that inspires students to discover who they are and what their contribution is to their school, their community and the world.