Non-Violent civil disobedience is an American tradition, an
essential element of a working democracy: From The Boston Tea Party and The
Bill of Rights to Henry David Thoreau’s classic 1849 essay On the Duty of
Civil Disobedience; From The Suffragettes and the Labor Movement to the
Civil Rights Movement and the Anti-Vietnam War Movement; From Defending a
Women’s Right to Choose to Housing Takeovers and Seattle; From the very
beginnings of America to Today and Tomorrow. This is a technique that anyone
can use to correct any wrong. But it does require training. Come discuss the
philosophy and techniques of non-violent resistance and civil disobedience with
our panel:
Daniel Hunter, 21,
has experience as a nonviolent action trainer in Burma, Thailand, Indonesia,
India, Canada, and the U.S. An African
American, he's immersed himself in the work of Martin Luther King and other
nonviolent leaders.
George Lakey, 65,
is director of Training for Change, author of six books, and has led over 1,000
workshops on five continents. A
European American, his first arrest was in the civil rights movement. In 2002 he received the 2002 Paul Robeson
Award for Social Justice.
Andrew Hopkins is a
student at Gratz High School. He does
protests and demonstrations with the Philadelphia Student Union in the ongoing
struggle for equality in education for all students.
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