Nonviolence Education Project

Our goal is to empower students to channel their passion for justice into collective action, through promoting nonviolent strategies to advance human dignity at the local, state, and national level. By embracing nonviolence, students will gain the knowledge and skills to become active agents of social change.

Both James Lawson Jr. & Dolores Huerta have emerged as internationally known individuals who were central actors in two of the most significant social movements of the last century:  The Civil Rights movement in the South, and the farmworker movement in California. Both have grounded their life work in the philosophy of nonviolence and have been pioneers in applying the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi of India to advance pathbreaking movements in the U.S. Along with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Rev. James Lawson Jr. taught a new generation of social justice leaders about the philosophy of nonviolence. Together, they desegregated lunch counters, organized freedom rides, and supported sanitation workers to demand human rights.

Along with Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta was a co-founder of the United Farmworkers of America. Together, they mobilized boycotts, fasts, pilgrimages, and strikes that secured justice and dignity for farmworkers. These two social movements have inspired millions of people and have emerged as the conscience of this nation.