Re: [pda-nj] Civil rights pioneer Dr. Bernard Lafayette Jr. to speak in Trenton Nov.11 & 12

[James Devine]

I would be grateful if you could help promote my petition to urge state Sen. Barbara Buono to take her campaign account out of Bank of America. A Democratic gubernatorial candidate  cannot claim to be a progressive leaders and ignore the symbolic power of doing business with one of the "TOO BIG TO FAIL" financial institutions that has gone unpunished for exploiting consumers and triggering the global economic crisis.

http://signon.org/sign/barbara-buono-move-your

Barbara Buono could be a great candidate or a dismal disappointment and this test can influence her direction. Christie's Democratic cheerleaders and most insiders do not give New Jersey voters much credit, but we should win a decisive victory in 2013... but our nominees have to prove worthy of support.

I would like to recruit a lot of real progressive candidates to mount primary challenges among Democratic incumbents because the lack of competitive legislative districts leaves power brokers and establishment insiders in charge of the nominating process. There has to be a grass roots push to take back the Democratic Party from the crooks and cowards and this kind of pressure is the only way to do that effectively.

James J. Devine
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Rahway NJ 07065

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(732)762-8455 cell

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On Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 1:51 PM, Joanne O'Neill <roses4...@snip.net> wrote:

[Please Forward to Family and Friends. Sorry for any Duplicates]

 

The Rev. Bernard Lafayette, right, with Dr. Martin Luther King at a

   news conference in Atlanta on January 16, 1968. (AP Photo/Charles Kelly)

Civil rights pioneer Dr. Bernard Lafayette Jr. to speak in Trenton

 

The public is invited to a free community presentation “Organizing for Nonviolent Social Change” by civil rights pioneer Dr. Bernard LaFayette Jr. sponsored by Occupy Trenton.

 

Dr. Bernard LaFayette Jr. a Civil Rights activist, minister, educator, lecturer, and an authority on the strategy of nonviolent social change.

 

·        co-founded the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in 1960

·        was a leader of the 1960 Nashville Movement; the Freedom Rides of 1961 and the Selma Movement.

·        directed the Alabama Voter Registration Project in 1962,

·        was appointed National Program Administrator for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

·        and National Coordinator of the 1968 Poor Peoples’ campaign by Martin Luther King, Jr.

 

Dr Bernard Lafayette, Jr. [1] will be in Trenton for two days to speak about implementing Kingian Nonviolence Education in the Trenton community.

 

Kingian Nonviolence is a philosophy and methodology that provides the knowledge, skills, and motivation necessary for people to pursue peaceful strategies for solving personal and community problems.

 

Day One will be at the Trenton Friends Meeting House at the corner of Hanover and Montgomery in Trenton

 

Day Two will be at the CYO (Catholic Youth Organization) on South Broad Street

 

Donations Appreciated !

 

Trenton Nonviolence Summit, Day One: Sunday, Nov 11 2012

 

When: November 11, 2012 @ 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm

 

Where:           

Trenton Friends Meeting House
142 E. Hanover Street
Trenton, NJ 08608      

                                                                                                        

Contact:    Occupy The Hood New Jersey      njoccup...@gmail.com      

                                                                                                        

                                                                                  

Trenton Nonviolence Summit Day 2:  Monday, November 12, 2012 

 

When: November 12, 2012 @ 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm

 

Where:           

CYO (Catholic Youth Organization)
920 South Broad Street
Trenton, NJ 08611                                                                 

                                                                                                                    

Contact:    Occupy The Hood New Jersey
609 222-4790                     njoccup...@gmail.com       

                                                                                                                    

                                                                                             

[1] http://www.uri.edu/nonviolence/popup/biography.html

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