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At the college level, Peter Levine of Tufts University hopes to see more instructors teaching nonviolence, preparing students with a constructive set of tools and methods for effecting social change.
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Meg Little Reilly, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
Lewis also met James Lawson, an ally of King’s who had studied Gandhi’s doctrine of nonviolence while working as a missionary in India; by his junior year, Lewis was attending Lawson’s nonviolence workshops and participating in local sit-ins.
—Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
In 1953, Lawson joined a Methodist mission to India and devoted himself to studying Gandhian nonviolence.
—Elaine Woo, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2024
Pending board approval, money will also be disbursed to 14 community groups that support nonviolence initiatives, mental health concerns, and first responders, Mashek said.
—Kff Health News, The Mercury News, 28 June 2024
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Meg Little Reilly, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
Lewis also met James Lawson, an ally of King’s who had studied Gandhi’s doctrine of nonviolence while working as a missionary in India; by his junior year, Lewis was attending Lawson’s nonviolence workshops and participating in local sit-ins.
—Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
In 1953, Lawson joined a Methodist mission to India and devoted himself to studying Gandhian nonviolence.
—Elaine Woo, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2024
Pending board approval, money will also be disbursed to 14 community groups that support nonviolence initiatives, mental health concerns, and first responders, Mashek said.
—Kff Health News, The Mercury News, 28 June 2024
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“Nonviolence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonviolence. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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