Tempered Radicals
I've been active in social movements for more than half a century and studied them as an academic for almost as long. Here's how my thinking about them has changed. Belatedly.
I've been active in social movements for more than half a century and studied them as an academic for almost as long. Here's how my thinking about them has changed. Belatedly.
Last week, I attended a conflict resolution summer camp. It reminded me of my own days as a counselor at YMCA Camp Hazen exactly fifty years ago. More importantly, it reminded me of how wonderful today's young people can be when it comes to peace and conflict resolution.
This is the first of three blog posts I will be writing on building a new kind of movement in the United States. This one builds off of ideas from two people who will not be at the event we have planned later in this month,
Character and peacebuilding need to be thought about together. My work with two wonderful young women--one of whom I don't know--helped me a lot.