10/31/22 WFS 2022: Session 3: "We Were Warriors"/MLK jr.

 Session Three:  “We Were Warriors”

Music: 

• Morgan Freeman reads John Lewis, "Together, You Can Redeem the Soul of Our Nation, New York Times, July 30, 2020 Link to Site

•"Ain't  Nobody Gonna Turn Me Around," The Roots, Link to Site

• "Glory," John Legend & Common, from the "Selma" soundtrack, Link to Site

Essential Questions:

• What contributions did MLK make in using non violence as a political strategy?

• How effective were these strategies?

• What were some of MLK’s assumptions about the use of non violence?

• What are the attributes of a non violent warrior?

• What are the 7 Pillars? that keep a government in power?

Rick's Rap:

Gathering: "What is an attribute or descriptor of a warrior?

Videos: (1)“We Were Warriors”, from "A Force More Powerful,"Link to Site 

(2) excerpt from “Freedom Riders,” PBS, 2010 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/freedomriders/watch

(3) “We Were Warriors”, from "A Force More Powerful,Link to Site

          

Closing: "Something I learned today was..."

Readings: 

• Judy Butler, "Remembering June Eisley, Force for Nonviolent Change, Pace e Bene, 10/28/22Link to Site

• Kazu Haga, "Six Steps of Kingian Nonviolence, 2022, " Link to Site

• Steve York, "Col. Robert Helvey, on Strategic Nonviolence, Link to Site

•"The Six Principles of Kingian Nonviolence," The Gathering for Justice,  Link to Site

• John Lewis, "Love in Action," On Being with Krista Tippett Link to Site

•  David Brooks, “Ideas behind the March,” NYTimes, 8/26/13       http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/27/opinion/brooks-the-ideas-behind-the-march.html
• Martin Luther King Jr. "Letter from a Birmingham Jail," Link to site

Resources:

• John  Lewis, "Together, You Can Redeem the Soul of Our Nation,  New York Times, July 30, 2020 Link to Site

• East Point Peace Academy, Link to Site
• John Dear, MLK, Peace Podcast, pace e bene, 1/4/20  link to site
• Martin Luther King, "Just versus Unjust Laws," Meet the Press, 1962 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBkgdGIBv00
• MLK 50: A Multimedia reading list to commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
click here for link

• Popovic, Djinovic, Milojeevic,Merriman, Marovic, "Pillars of Support," from " Canvas Core Curriculum: A Guide to Effective Nonviolent Struggle," Center for Applied Nonviolent Actions and Strategies, 2007 Link to Site

"The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it. Through violence you may murder the liar, but you cannot murder the lie, nor establish the truth. Through violence you may murder the hater, but you do not murder hate. In fact, violence merely increases hate. So it goes. Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that."

                                  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.