Session 4: George Lakey in Conversation
Music: "Imagine," Playing for Change, Link to Site
Essential Questions:
Welcome and Introductions
Rick's rap (Homework, NV news of the day)
Speaker: George Lakey
Closing: "Something that I learned today was..."
• George Lakey, "What Role Were You Born to Play in Social Change?" Waging Nonviolence, February 2016, Link to Site
Resources:
George Lakey stands out for the sheer range of his contributions to peace and justice, especially in strategy and theory, innovative and risky actions, and teaching and training others. His upbeat, soul -driven spirit underlies it all, as you'll catch in this revealing memoir. Daniel Ellsberg, author, The Pentagon Papers
George Lakey is a national treasure, whom I met when I was 22. Dancing with George was a blast. His unstoppable, thoughtful, contagious approach to democratic action has inspired my life's work. It's a story that Americans need now more than ever.
Francés Moore Lappe, author, Diet for a Small Planet
there is such a thing as being too late. Procrastination is still the thief of time. . . . We must move past indecision to action. . . . Now let us begin. Now let us re-dedicate ourselves to the long and bitter—and beautiful—struggle for a new world. This is the calling of the children of God, and our brothers and sisters wait eagerly for our response. Shall we say the odds are too great? Shall we tell them the struggle is too hard? . . . Or will there be another message, of longing, of hope, of solidarity with their yearnings, of commitment to the cause, whatever the cost? The choice is ours, and though we might prefer it otherwise we must choose in this crucial moment in human history."
I think the Margaret Mead quote is slightly askew. I’ve seen both as “never DOUBT that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens CAN change the world…” and as “never believe that a few caring people CAN’T change the world…”
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