The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Young adults have often played a critical role in social change. The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee was a key player in the American civil rights movement.
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We affirm the philosophical or religious ideal of nonviolence as the foundation of our purpose, the presupposition of our faith, and the manner of our action. Nonviolence as it grows from the Judaeo-Christian tradition seeks a social order of justice permeated by love. Integration of human endeavor represents the crucial first step towards such a society.
Through nonviolence, courage displaces fear; love transforms hate. Acceptance dissipates prejudice; hopes ends despair. Peace dominates war; faith reconciles doubt. Mutual regard cancels enmity. Justice for all overcomes injustice. The redemptive community supersedes systems of gross social immorality. Love is the central motif of nonviolence. Love is the force by which God binds man to himself and man to man. Such love goes to the extreme; it remains loving and forgiving even in the midst of hostility. It matches the capacity of evil to inflict suffering with an even more enduring capacity to absorb evil, all the while persisting in love. By appealing to conscience and standing on the moral nature of human existence, nonviolence nurtures the atmosphere in which reconciliation and justice become actual possibilities. |
A story of courage and vision
As a young college student, Rep. John Lewis became a leader in the struggle for equal rights. He led sit-ins and Freedom Rides, and was the first person attacked on the bridge in the march to Selma (his skull was fractured.) He is the last living member of the "big six" leading the American civil rights movment.
He has represented the state of George in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1987. His stirring memoir gives an intimate portrait of a young person's search for himself and his place in the world. A life-changing read. To see his work today, click Rep. John Lewis |
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