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Nov. 8: CLC sponsors panel discussion on social justice and nonviolence

Four distinguished panel experts in nonviolence and social justice will present a panel discussion, "Take a Stand: Nonviolence as Affirmation of our Shared Humanity" from 6-8:30 p.m. Wednesday Nov. 8 in Room A013 at the Grayslake Campus, 19351 W. Washington St.

Panel members will discuss questions such as:

•What does it mean to take a stand in civil societies?

•How can critical thinking skills help one decide if and when to take a stand?

•What are the principles and methods of active nonviolence? How do they create positive change to sustain a civil society?

•Who is impacted by inaction? Does inaction constitute implied complicity?

Members of the panel include:

Cecilia Litovsky, senior docent and lecturer on the new Take a Stand exhibit and the Karkomi Holocaust exhibition at the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center. A native of Argentina, she has witnessed several atrocities during the periods of authoritarian dictatorships in that country.

Henry Cervantes, program director, Peace Exchange, Chicago, and trainer in principles of Kingian nonviolence for such diverse groups as students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and inmates at the Cook County Jail.

Aaron Bledsoe, program trainer for Peace Works at the Marquette University Center for Peacemaking, Milwaukee, he works with "at promise" youth in Milwaukee public schools.

Lawrence Leck, adjunct faculty member, College of Lake County Communication Arts, Humanities and Fine Arts division and co-coordinator of its new Center for Nonviolence; Irena Sendler Fellow-Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center; and Alfred Lerner Fellow, Jewish Foundation for the Righteous.

The event is free and open to the public and is being sponsored by the College of Lake County Center for Nonviolence. For information, contact Lawrence Leck at lleck@clcillinois.edu. Or call the Communication Arts division office at (847) 543-2040.

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