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Dear Peacemaking
Colleague,
Exactly one year prior to his murder on April
4, 1968, Rev. Martin
Luther King Jr.
delivered what many
consider to be the
most important
speech of his life.
In “Beyond Vietnam:
Breaking the
Silence” Dr. King
called for a “true
revolution of
values” to combat
the “giant triplets
of racism, extreme
materialism, and
militarism” that
plague American
society.
On April 4, 2024, the King and Breaking Silence
committee —a project
of the National
Council of
Elders—will convene
once again to mark
the anniversary of
King’s profound
vision for our
nation offered in
1967 in New York
City’s Riverside
Church.
Thursday April 4th at 4pm
the National Council of Elders'
(NCOE) project we will be hosting an
intergenerational
live webinar on the
topic of restorative
justice from
Philadelphia with
Reverend Donna Jones
and a number of
young activists who
are collaborating
with NCOE and Rev.
Donna. Rev. Donna is
an NCOE member and
the leading force
behind the
Restorative Cities
Initiative (RCI) in
Philadelphia. The
live event in
Philadelphia is
already fully booked
but we encourage you
to register and join us live by
zoom HERE.
RCI is a coalition of neighbors and community
hubs in Philadelphia
working to spread
restorative
practices that
promote peace from
"the porch to City
Hall." The webinar
is at the beginning
of a weekend
gathering that will
connect youth and
elders engaged in
healing justice and
global solidarity
work by naming
fissures, rebuilding
relationships,
sharing toolkits,
and fortifying the
foundation for
collective action in
our respective
local, national, and
global organizing
efforts.
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