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The 6 Principles of Nonviolence
- Nonviolence is a way of life for courageous people.
- Nonviolence means seeking friendship and understanding
among those who are different from you.
- Nonviolence defeats injustice, not people.
- Nonviolence holds that suffering can educate and
transform people and societies.
- Nonviolence chooses loving solutions, not hateful ones.
- Nonviolence means the entire universe embraces justice.
The 6 Steps of Nonviolence
- Gather Information Learn all you can about the problems
you see in your community through the media, social and civic
organizations, and by talking to the people involved.
- Educate Others Armed with your new knowledge, it is
your duty to help those around you, such as your neighbors, relatives,
friends and co-workers, better understand the problems facing society.
Build a team of people devoted to finding solutions. Be sure to include
those who will be directly affected by your work.
- Remain Committed Accept that you will face many
obstacles and challenges as you and your team try to change society. Agree
to encourage and inspire one another along the journey.
- Peacefully Negotiate Talk with both sides. go to the
people in your community who are in trouble and who are deeply hurt by
society's ills. Also go to those people who are contributing to the
breakdown of a peaceful society. Use humor, intelligence and grace to lead
to solutions that benefit the greater good.
- Take Action Peacefully This step is often used when
negotiation fails to produce results, or when people need to draw broader
attention to a problem. it can include tactics such as peaceful
demonstrations, letter-writing and petition campaign.
- Reconcile Keep all actions and negotiations peaceful
and constructive. Agree to disagree with some people and with some groups
as you work to improve society. Show all involved the benefits of
changing, not what they will give up by changing.
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A Message from Jill Biden
Today, I’m excited to share some news with you. You may have
already heard that the President-elect, Michelle, Joe and I are
planning to spend the day before the Inauguration – Martin Luther
King, Jr. Day – performing activities devoted to serving others in
neighborhoods across the Washington, D.C. area. We’re hoping you
join us – not just in service activities that day, but in making
an ongoing commitment to serve our communities and our country. To
help, we’re unveiling a brand-new website:
USAservice.org.
It’s a tool that will allow you to organize a service event in
your community and recruit others to join you. Or, if you’d
prefer to join an existing event, the site will direct you to what
others have organized in your neighborhood. For those of you who
were supporters during the campaign, it’s a lot like what we did
on
my.barackobama.com.
Initiated by Congress in 1994, King Day of Service builds on
that that legacy by transforming the federal holiday honoring Dr.
King into a national day of community service grounded in his
teachings of nonviolence and social justice. The aim is to make
the holiday a day ON, where people of all ages and backgrounds
come together to improve lives, bridge social barriers, and move
our nation closer to the “Beloved Community” that Dr. King
envisioned.
Washington
D.C. Area Events - Projects include Warm Winter, Inauguration Food
Drive, Library Work, Blood Drive, and many educational programs and
performances as well.
King Center Events
The King Center, in Atlanta, GA, is dedicated to the advancement of the
legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., leader of America’s greatest
nonviolent movement for justice, equality and peace.
OTHER MLK DAY ACTIVITIES
Since many of the registered MLK Day service projects aren’t family-friendly,
Karen and the gang at
Volunteer Spot
is
hoping to inspire families with children to jump in and participate in a
less structured way: volunteering with a local nonprofit, helping
neighbors in need, or in the words of the late Coretta Scott King,
"sharing individual acts of kindness". Here are some examples of
family-friendly service anyone can initiate.
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Stuff new, warm socks with
water bottles and granola bars to give to the homeless on street corners
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Make
Valentine's Cards for soldiers overseas or nursing home residents
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Shovel snow for an elderly neighbor
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Decorate reusable grocery bags for the food pantry
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Pick
up litter and scrub graffiti at your local park
Free January Ebook For MLK, Jr Day
http://www.Volunteerspot.com/ebooks
The Volunteer Family has a searchable database of
family-friendly projects, however, not specific to the King Holiday. (http://www.thevolutneerfamily.org
)
VolunteerMatch
January 15-19, the
Martin Luther King Jr. Service Summit sponsored by Hands On Atlanta.
Exploring ways citizens can make a difference in the world. Information at
www.handsonatlanta.org or call
404-979-2800.
Philadelphia Day of Service
- Tens of thousands of volunteers throughout Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and
Delaware serve in the 14th annual Greater Philadelphia King Day of Service.
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