When Giants Fall

Saturday, March 5, 2016, 3:30 p.m at the First Parish Church, 50 Cochituate Road, Wayland,  MA  01778. Join us for a Walden Forum discussion and film – “When Giants Fall”. Meet guest speakers Massachusetts Senator Jason Lewis and Activist, Tom Lang of Westerhoff Antique Dealers, join a discussion, and watch the newly released documentary, “When Giants […]

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Dave Andrews

Dave,  his  wife  Ange,  and  their  family,  have  lived  and  worked  in  Intentional   Communities  with  marginalized groups  of  people  in  Australia,  Afghanistan,  Pakistan,  India  and   Nepal  for  more  than  forty  years.  He  now  lives with  his  family  in  Brisbane,  Australia.  He  is     author  of  many  books  and  articles,  including  ‘Christi-­‐Anarchy’, ‘Not […]

The New American Radicals – Building a Stronger Climate Justice Movement

Friday, October 23, 2015, 7:00 p.m., Wayland High School Auditorium, 264 Old Connecticut Path, Wayland, MA 01778. Join us and bring along a friend or two for a discussion with Guest Speaker: Wen Stephenson, climate activist and independent journalist and author of “What We’re Fighting For NOW is Each Other – Dispatches from the Front Lines of […]

The Jihad of Jesus – the Sacred Nonviolent Struggle for Justice

Wednesday, November 11, 2015, 7 pm, Islamic  Center  of  Boston,  126  Boston  Post  Road, Walden  Forum  and  the  Islamic  Center  of  Boston invite you to Dave Andrew’s Book Talk.  About  the  book:  Many  Christians  and  Muslims  have  found  Isa   (Jesus)  and  the  Bismillah  (celebrating  the  mercy,  grace,  and   compassion  of  God)  as  common  ground  upon […]

Wen Stephenson

Wen Stephenson, an independent journalist and climate activist, is a contributing writer for the Nation. A former editor at the Atlantic and the Boston Globe, he was most recently the senior producer of NPR’s On Point. His writing on climate, culture, and politics has also appeared in Slate, the New York Times, Grist, and the […]

Judith Owens, MD

Judith Owens: MD, MPH, is an internationally-recognized authority on pediatric sleep and the author of numerous original research and review articles in peer-review journals on the topic. She is the co-author, with Jodi Mindell, PhD, of Clinical Guide to Pediatric Sleep. Owens has been interviewed about her work by numerous national news publications, including Time, […]

The ABCs of ZZZs: What Every Parent Needs to Know About the Importance of Sleep in Kids and Teens

Friday, September 25, 2015, 7:00 p.m., Wayland High School Auditorium, 264 Old Connecticut Path, Wayland, MA 01778. Join our September Walden Forum Discussion Guest Speaker: Judith Owens – MD, Director of Sleep Medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital and Internationally Acclaimed, Award Winning Researcher, Author and Educator, to talk about the importance of sleep for your children and teenagers. […]

Dr. Sam Telford

Dr. Sam Telford – SD – Harvard University – 1990, MS – Harvard University – 1987, BA – Johns Hopkins University – 1983. Dr. Telford, has been a member of the The Central Mass Mosquito Control Commission (CMMCP) since 2008. Dr. Telford has published over 200 peer-reviewed publications on the ecology and epidemiology of vector-borne […]

Can We Prevent Lyme Disease?

Wednesday, May 27, 2014, 7:30 p.m., Wayland High School Auditorium, 264 Old Connecticut Path, Wayland, MA 01778. Join the Walden Forum for a discussion with Sam Telford, Epidemiologist, Educator, Researcher, and Professor of Infectious Disease and Global Health at Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Telford has been studying tick-borne illnesses since 1984 and is a […]