Tag: nonviolence
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Dancing with History: George Lakey TriCo Memoir Launch
We are thrilled to welcome our former colleague and Lang Professor, George Lakey, back to campus to help launch his latest book, a memoir, Dancing With History: A Life for Peace and Justice. Join us for this public TriCollege book talk sponsored by departments at Swarthmore, Haverford, and Bryn Mawr Colleges. A reception and book…
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Dr. Juan Masullo Lecture On “Refusing To Cooperate With Armed Groups” – December 1
We are excited to be a co-sponsor of this event featuring Dr. Juan Masullo, Assistant Professor at the Institute of Political Science at Leiden University. Read more about the event below, and we hope to see you there. REFUSING TO COOPERATE WITH ARMED GROUPS:Civilian Agency and Nonviolent Resistance in the Colombian Civil WarThursday, 1 December 20224.15-5.30 pm, Science…
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Applying Lessons from the Life of Bayard Rustin to Quaker Work at the UN
Our friends nearby at the Pendle Hill Quaker center are announcing their annual Stephen G. Cary Memorial lecture, and this year’s speaker is Sarah Clarke, Director of the Quaker UN Office in New York. She will talk about “Applying Lessons from the Life of Bayard Rustin to Quaker Work at the UN.” A number of…
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LIVE panel with Ruth McDonough ’08, Sultana Khaya, and co. engaged in unarmed civilian protection and nonviolent struggle in Western Sahara
Ruth McDonough ’08 (Religion; Peace and Conflict Studies; Linguistics) is currently engaged in unarmed civilian protection in the home of the Khaya sisters, Saharawi nonviolent activists calling for an independent Western Sahara, who have been under de facto house arrest for more than 500 days.. Learn more. On Wednesday April 20, we are hosting a…
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Polarization as Possibility: The Justice Strategizing of Bayard Rustin and Martin Luther King, Jr.
The video of the event announced below is now available! Our friends at the Center for Peace and Global Citizenship at Haverford College are sponsoring an exciting online event on January 21, 2022 titled “Polarization as Possibility: The Justice Strategizing of Bayard Rustin and Martin Luther King, Jr.” featuring our own George Lakey and Professor…
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Homicide Database Paints a Fuller Picture of Gun Violence in Delaware County
This article originally appeared in Swarthmore News & Events. It’s considered an epidemic in the U.S., accounting for nearly 20,000 deaths in 2020 alone, as it tears through communities and tears families apart, especially in low-income and urban areas. Yet unlike the global pandemic, this public health issue — gun violence — receives relatively little…
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Honors Program Adapts and Thrives in Virtual Environment
Professor Smithey’s and Prof. Paddon Rhoads’ honors seminars were covered in this story by Ryan Dougherty about the honors program during the pandemic. “Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies and Sociology Lee Smithey invited six authors to join his honors seminar on nonviolent civil resistance. Students heard the inside story from the writers whose books…
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Religion, Race, and Environmental Activism after Standing Rock
All are invited to an event on Tuesday (April 20) at 7:00 p.m.: “Religion, Race, and Environmental Activism after Standing Rock” at Montclair State University. Professor Smithey will participate in the panel that follows a screening of Half-Mile, Upwind, On Foot. Some of you will remember a similar film screening at Swarthmore College in 2019.…
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Observing Nonviolent Action for Climate Justice
On Wednesday, a group of students from Professor Smithey’s Climate Disruption, Conflict, and Peacemaking course observed a nonviolent action mounted by Earth Quaker Action Team. EQAT has called on the private electric utility PECO to distribute 20% of its electricity from local solar installations by 2025. Currently, solar makes up less than half of one…
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Bill Ehrhart ’73 and Soldiers for Peace
This morning, I listened to a radio documentary titled “Soldiers for Peace” by Kate Ellis and Stephen Smith via APM reports. The documentary (accessible below) details the participation of veterans and active duty soldiers in the anti-war movement during the Vietnam War. You can find a rich didactic page with photos and excerpts on the APM…