Nonviolence: The Fierce Urgency of Now
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. implored us to fight racism, poverty and militarism with disciplined nonviolence and radical love. “The choice today is no longer between violence and nonviolence,” he said. “It is either nonviolence or nonexistence.”
Tragically, more than a half century after Dr. King’s assassination, we face a resurgence of racist hatred, ubiquitous gun violence, extreme inequality, pervasive homelessness and threats to the human species from global warming and nuclear weapons. How can we rediscover the power of nonviolence to effectively address these grave problems and urgent threats? What role do colleges and universities play to further Dr. King’s legacy of nonviolence? Join the Rev. Paul Fitzgerald and Clarence Jones in a dialogue on nonviolence, social justice, moral vision and higher education today.
MLF ORGANIZER
George Hammond
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MLF: Humanities
The Rev. Paul J. Fitzgerald, S.J.
President, the University of San Francisco
Clarence B. Jones
Director, the USF Institute for Nonviolence and Social Justice; Former Lawyer, Strategic Adviser and Draft Speechwriter for Martin Luther King Jr.
Jonathan D. Greenberg
Senior Associate Director and Scholar in Residence, the USF Institute for Nonviolence and Social Justice Program—Moderator
