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In reply to the discussion: Events 2013 [View all]eridani
(51,907 posts)18. MLK, Jr's Principles of Nonviolence; Seattle 2/21
Civil Rights leader Rev. Dr. Bernard LaFayette, Jr. to discuss Kingian Principles of Nonviolence
Join me in celebrating Black History Month by welcoming Rev. Dr. Bernard LaFayette Jr., one of the preeminent authorities on non-violent social change. Dr. Lafayette first got involved in the civil rights movement as a student in Nashville, Tennessee in 1960. As a student leader he travelled to North Carolina, where he, John Lewis, and other Black student activist founded of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). As a SNCC activist Dr. Lafayette participated in many sit-ins and freedom rides that got him tossed in jails throughout the South. The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. appointed Dr. LaFayette as the National Program Administrator for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and National Coordinator of the 1968 Poor Peoples Campaign.
Dr. LaFayette is a distinguished Senior Scholar In-Residence at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia and is considered Americas foremost authority on Dr. Kings principlescalled Kingian principlesfor building effective, non-violent social change movements. He travels around the country and world as a lecturer, strategist and consultant helping people develop viable race and social justice initiatives based on Dr. Kings teachings.
Dr. LaFayette will discuss the Kingian Principles of Nonviolence, the implementation of the Poor Peoples Campaign, and community organizing and engagement at
Seattles Mt. Zion Baptist Church. He will share strategies and present his historical perspective to help improve the quality of life for all our residents:
Thursday, February 21
Reception Begins at 6:30pm, with Lecture to Follow at
7:00 8:30 pm.
1634 19th Ave., Seattle
This free event is sponsored by King County, the city of Seattles Office for Civil Rights, University of Washingtons Office of Minority Affairs and Diversity and Antioch University.
For more information about this event, contact Larry Evans ([email protected]), Legislative Aide to Metropolitan King County Council Chair Larry Gossett. His number is 206-296-0396.
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