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The Way of Social Change with Ms. Lauren Diane Howerton
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Today's episode is a unique opportunity at examining what it means to create social change. Starting at an individual level, Ms. Lauren Diane Howerton, a MIIS International Environmental Policy graduate, discusses the difficulty of coming out of our socio-economic comfort zones and developing pathways for compassion.
This episode is dedicated to Representative John Lewis, a true American hero and activist who did so much to create progress for so many Americans in this country. Deemed "the conscience of Congress", the brutal beating of Representative Lewis (at the time an activist for the Civil Rights Movement) in Selma, Alabama led to to swift passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Representative Lewis was one of the original freedom riders, founder of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, and represented Georgia's 5th Congressional District since 1987.
Resources For Listeners:
1. https://www.vox.com/2020/6/17/21292046/black-people-abolish-defund-dismantle-police-george-floyd-breonna-taylor-black-lives-matter-protest - How Black People Really Feel About The Police, Explained (Systemic Overhaul on Crime Reduction & Equality)
2. https://www.amazon.com/How-Can-Help-Stories-Reflections/dp/0394729471 - How Can I Help? Book (Quote from beginning of podcast comes from here)
3. https://www.vox.com/2020/6/17/21279950/nonviolence-king-gandhi-protesters-rioters-george-floyd - Imagining the Non-Violent State, Ezra Klein
4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFeoS41xe7w - James Baldwin v. William Buckley Debate (1965, Cambridge University), on "Is the American Dream at the expense of the American Negro?"
5. https://thekingcenter.org/king-philosophy/ - Dr. King's Philosophy of Nonviolence
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