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We Shall Overcome
January 17, 2011
The sky, serene, or piled with white, slow-moving clouds, or full of wind and purple storm, is always overhead… You wait for that sudden sense of romance everywhere which is the touch of something big and simple and beautiful. It is always beyond the walls.
-Edna Brush Perkins, 1880–1930, poet
-Edna Brush Perkins, 1880–1930, poet
"After contemplation, I conclude that this award which I receive on behalf of that movement is a profound recognition that nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral question of our time — the need for man to overcome oppression and violence without resorting to violence and oppression. Civilization and violence are antithetical concepts. Negroes of the United States, following the people of India, have demonstrated that nonviolence is not sterile passivity, but a powerful moral force which makes for social transformation. Sooner or later all the people of the world will have to discover a way to live together in peace, and thereby transform this pending cosmic elegy into a creative psalm of brotherhood. If this is to be achieved, man must evolve for all human conflict a method, which rejects revenge, aggression, and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love...
"I refuse to accept the cynical notion that nation after nation must spiral down a militaristic stairway into the hell of thermonuclear destruction. I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right temporarily defeated is stronger than evil triumphant. I believe that even amid today's mortar bursts and whining bullets, there is still hope for a brighter tomorrow. I believe that wounded justice, lying prostrate on the blood-flowing streets of our nations, can be lifted from this dust of shame to reign supreme among the children of men. I have the audacity to believe that peoples everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture for their minds, and dignity, equality and freedom for their spirits. I believe that what self-centered men have torn down, men other-centered can build up. I still believe that one day mankind will bow before the altars of God and be crowned triumphant over war and bloodshed, and nonviolent redemptive good will proclaim the rule of the land. 'And the lion and the lamb shall lie down together and every man shall sit under his own vine and fig tree and none shall be afraid.' I still believe that we shall overcome!"
This book contains stories of hope and encouragement, and just what early childhood practitioners can do and achieve in the face of adversity. Contained are chapters from Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Chad, Colombia, Nepal, Northern Ireland, Palestine, and the United States. From Conflict to Peace Building shows us that it is possible to make a real difference in the lives of children and families in societies affected by conflict.ExchangeEveryDay
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Displaying All 4 Commentssomerville, ma, United States
Hi Friends,
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--Nancy Carlsson-Paige
United States
These words give me so much hope!
Thank you!
United States
Amazing to read these words and feel so much hope!
Thank you!
Camosun College
Victoria, BC, Canada
Thank you so much for pposting this speech. It is one of my favourites.
Many blessings, fellow educators in the US, on this special day.
Linda Leone
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