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Civil Rights, Nonviolence, Pace e Bene, Peacemaking, Rev Dr William J Barber II, Social Justice
Pace e Bene – 27 December 2022
December 27, 2022
“A moral movement draws power not from its ability to overwhelm but from its willingness to suffer. The Second Reconstruction brought large-scale nonviolent direct action to America through the Montgomery Bus Boycott. A Third Reconstruction depends upon escalating non-cooperation in order to demonstrate our capacity to sacrifice for a better future.”— Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, The Third Reconstruction: How a Moral Movement is Overcoming the Politics of Division and Fear
Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II is a gem. I’ve heard him speak at the Festival of Homiletics and at a “Together We Rise” event related to Palestine. His powerful words remind me of Martin Luther King Jr.