Dadi Janki
The UCSF National Center of Excellence in Women's Health and the International Museum of Women will present a discussion titled "Peaceful Solutions to World Problems" with Dadi Janki, an internationally renowned advocate for peace.
Janki will lead the discussion at noon, on Friday, June 29 at Ida's Café, UCSF National Center of Excellence in Women's Health, 2356 Sutter St. To reserve a spot, please call the UCSF Women's Health Resource Center at 415/353-2668. Lunch is included.
Janki, 90, is one of two administrative heads of the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University (BKWSU), which is headquartered in London. She became one of India's first active women spiritual leaders, traveling throughout the country to teach self-reliance and empower women to become leaders in their communities. Janki is also a Global Council member of the International Museum of Women.
Deeply concerned about integrating spiritual values into professional and personal lives, she is president of the Janki Foundation for Global Health Care, which she established and launched in 1997. She also is a member of the Global Peace Initiative.
"What kind of world is forming now, beyond this winter of war and sorrow, of poverty, pollution and death? In the winter, we foresee the spring," Janki writes. "Those with a positive vision of the future give us an image of a world on this planet where all things are given freely, where the highest human potential is fully realized. But we can get to that stage only when there are leaders to take us there."
Janki joined the BKWSU as a founding member in 1937 at the age of 21. In the 1950s she established numerous BK centers throughout India. In 1974, she established the first BK center outside of India, in London, UK. Under her guidance and inspiration, centers now exist in nearly 100 countries. She was appointed additional administrative head of the BKWSU in 1983.
This year marks UCSF's tenth year as a nationally designated Center of Excellence in Women's Health (CoE). The last decade has seen major advances in women's health, and the UCSF CoE has played a key role in this process leading innovations in clinical practice, developing new knowledge and educating the community.
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Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University
UCSF National Center of Excellence in Women's Health
