The Legacy of Dr. King’s Commitment to Non Violence: The 21st Century Challenge to Our Nation

 

Description: The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was America’s 20th Century pre-eminent Apostle of Non-Violence. He understood that in our society, during the 24/7 interactions of people with one another in their daily lives, violence lies like molten lava beneath the surface of society just waiting to erupt. The challenge his commitment to non-violence poses to us is to dedicate and re-dedicate ourselves to forego, as an option, the choice of a gun, to resolve those disputes that will occur among us.
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Introducing the Dream Director: A New Character for a New Century

The Future Project is dedicated to tackling a global crisis that impacts nearly every human being: the failure of our antiquated education system to unlock the infinite possibility within all students. Although emerging science proves that when passion is ignited and dreams unlocked within people, everything changes, we aren’t yet as a society enabling our young people to learn how to live the lives, and build the world, they imagine. As a result, we not only face unconscionable drop-out and truancy rates, the widespread despair and apathy plaguing school cultures, and unstoppable school-to-prison pipelines, but also the prospect of missing the greatest opportunity of our time: preparing the next generation to revolutionize society when it is time to pass them the torch of history. (more…)