Presented by Heather Pillar

Author of the new book,

Memento Morrie: Images of Love and Loss

with an introduction by CCALS Founder, Ron Hoffman

Sunday, August 25, 2024

1:00 p.m. ET

Join us for an informative and inspirational return to the wit and wisdom of Morrie Schwartz, the subject of Mitch Albom’s international best-seller, Tuesdays with Morrie. In 1995, photographer Heather Pillar documented Morrie Schwartz’s last six months living with ALS. She collaborated with him to pair aphorisms with photographs, creating a show at Brandeis University, where Morrie was a professor, for family and friends before he died. Heather has now combined many of her images with Morrie’s amazing insights in a newly published book called Memento Morrie: Images of Love and Loss. Her program with us will provide wonderful examples of compassionate care in the most trying of times.

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About the Speaker

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Heather Pillar was a news and documentary photographer in Boston before moving overseas to teach for 25 years at international schools in seven countries. She returned to the United States in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. Heather revisited her negatives, expanding the original story of Morrie’s philosophies in a visual format for her new book. Heather’s photographs have been exhibited internationally and published in newspapers, magazines, books, and on TV. She holds an MA in Sociology and Women’s Studies from Brandeis University, a BS in Graphic Communications from Carnegie-Mellon University, and Teacher Certification from Goddard College. Please visit heatherpillar.com for a curated list of helpful books and resources