Join us for the Center's first Summer Read!

Tue, 20 May 2025 10:07:06 -0400
community, dialogue, diversity, equity, inclusion

This summer, join the Center for Social Justice Dialogue in our first annual summer read program! We will be reading Kazu Haga’s Healing Resistance: A Radically Different Response to Harm and meeting throughout June and July to discuss its themes and insights. For a description of the book, see below:

Nonviolence was once considered the highest form of activism and radical change. And yet its basic truth, its restorative power, has been forgotten. In Healing Resistance, leading Kingian Nonviolence trainer Kazu Haga blazingly reclaims the energy and assertiveness of nonviolent practice (utilized by the Women’s March and Black Lives Matter), and proves that nonviolent civil resistance remains the most effective strategy for social change in hostile times. Kingian Nonviolence takes on the timely issues of endless protest and activist burnout, and presents tried-and-tested strategies for staying resilient, creating equity, and restoring peace.

Attendees will be responsible for obtaining a copy of the book, which is available at various local library branches and for purchase online. Meetings will take place online via Webex from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. We will meet on 6/3, 6/17, 6/24, 7/1 and 7/8. We look forward to seeing you there!

If you have accessibility needs, please email csjdialogue@umbc.edu.

This series is open for full participation by all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or any other protected category under applicable federal law, state law, and the University's nondiscrimination policy.