Midwest Regional Kingian Nonviolence Conference Comes To St. Louis Mo

July 29, 2009 - PRLog -- Building Life Foundations Nonviolence Center, St. Louis and The Global Nonviolence Conference Series will host its First Midwest Regional Kingian Nonviolence Conference.

The conference will be held at the St. Louis Hilton Airport October 7-9 2009. The conference will focus on reducing violence in the Midwest using Dr. Martin L. King’s principles, philosophy, and methodology of nonviolence.

Conference Co-Chairs

Dr. Henry Givens Jr., President of Harris Stowe State University and President of the Martin Luther King Jr. State Celebration Commission, St Louis MO

Rabbi Susan Talve Founder of Central Reform Congregation, St Louis MO

Rev Nelson Thompson, President/CEO of KC Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Kansas City Mo

Conference Overview

The Midwest Regional Kingian Nonviolence Conference will be the introduction to Dr. Martin Luther King’s principles, philosophy, and methodology of Kingian Nonviolence here in the Midwest. The conference will explain and demonstrate how Kingian Nonviolence has been used in schools, community, workforce, business and law enforcement around the world to reduce all forms of violence. It will also be the first step to having a Training of Trainers course in the Midwest to begin the process of institutionalizing nonviolence.  

Who Should Attend?
Educators, law enforcement and correctional officers, community leaders, human resource managers, religious leaders, social workers, counselors, nonviolence practitioners and scholars, lawmakers, youth, parents, juvenile justice employees, politicians, and others interested in implementing nonviolence education and training programs.

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Building Life Foundations Nonviolence Center is dedicated to research, education, and training in the principles, philosophy, and methodology of Kingian Nonviolence after Dr. Martin L. King Jr.