Howard Thurman Center

Dr. Howard Thurman believed in the unity of all people and that meaningful, creative experiences shared among people for sustained periods of time can help break barriers that divide them. The Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground, founded in 1986 by Dean George K. Makechnie, strives to keep Dr. Thurman’s legacy alive by providing programs, events and experiences to students designed to encourage their creative exchange of ideas, thoughts, beliefs and opinions.

As a way to follow Dr. Thurman’s blueprint for the building of community, the HTC encourages students to:

• Be introspective to learn who they are
• Expand their intellectual, social and spiritual horizons
• Contemplate and discuss contemporary local, national and international issues
• Reflect on how they can contribute to the world while pursuing what “makes them come alive”

Website: https://www.bu.edu/thurman/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BUHTC/