Category: Connie Blunden

This week I begin a six part series exploring the principles of nonviolence as understood and explained by the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The principles provide wisdom and guidance for conflict reconciliation and offer us a path towards building the Beloved Community.

It is deeply poignant and equally painful that two legendary civil rights leaders, Reverend Cordy Tindell (C.T.) Vivian and Congressman John R. Lewis, died within hours of each other on July 17th.

if we believe that conversations bring us closer together, and that listening contributes to the overall success of a conversation, then we must prioritize stepping towards one another with the intent to receive what we hear.