{"id":308,"date":"2025-01-28T02:15:05","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T02:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sevagramashram.org.in\/?p=308"},"modified":"2025-01-28T02:50:55","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T02:50:55","slug":"gandhi-king-soul-force-social-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sevagramashram.org.in\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/gandhi-king-soul-force-social-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Gandhi & King: Soul Force & Social Change"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A FREE Online Course offered via the WikiNonviolence.org<\/p>\n

During the 2025 \u201cSeason of Nonviolence\u201d: January 30th to April 5th. <\/p>\n

Starts: Jan 30, 2025<\/p>\n

Offered By<\/p>\n

Michael Sonnleitner, Ph.D.<\/p>\n

Political Science & Peace Studies<\/p>\n

Fulbright Scholar to India<\/p>\n

Author: Soul Force & Social Change<\/p>\n

ENROLL (by January 29th): Please send a short email to peacefoundation@posteo.de and we will follow up with next steps… <\/p>\n

NOTE: A Syllabus will be provided to you and a link to attend the online sessions.<\/p>\n

COURSE OBJECTIVES:<\/p>\n

Provide a brief introduction to \u201cPeace Studies\u201d, \u201cNonviolence\u201d, & a wide range of \u201cPaths to Peace\u201d.<\/p>\n

Carefully examine the life, worldview, and (soul force) nonviolent action (Satyagraha) strategy of<\/p>\n

Explore in depth the life, worldview, and (soul force) nonviolent action (Militant Nonviolence)<\/p>\n

Promote reflection regarding the legacies of Gandhi & King both relating to their legacies and impacts on others as well as how they may help guide us in our personal lives and actions. <\/p>\n

Mohandas K. Gandhi in effecting change in South Africa & India.<\/p>\n

Strategy of Martin Luther King Jr. as it sought social change throughout the United States.<\/p>\n

COURSE STRUCTURE: There will be 30 online sessions of 80 minutes each, over the ten-week period beginning with the anniversary of Gandhi\u2019s assassination on January 30th, 1948 and the day after King\u2019s assassination on April 4th, 1968 (known as the \u201cSeason of Nonviolence\u201d). It is assumed that expectations of course participants will be set at the undergraduate level. Additional reading as well as a Research Paper would be expected of any participant seeking a Graduate School learning experience. Instruction in English.<\/p>\n

COURSE TIMING: All online sessions will be held on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. So as to maximize enrolment worldwide, each 80-minute session will begin at 8:30pm (IST: Indian Standard Time). Checking on time zones relative to India, for example, this means that sessions will begin at 4pm in Germany, 3pm in The Gambia, and in the United States (with its 4 time zones) at 10am in New York, 9am in Chicago, 8am in Denver, and at 7am where the instructor resides near the Pacific Ocean in Oregon. After March 8th (due to \u201cdaylight savings time\u201d), sessions in the U.S.A. will begin one hour later \u2013 with no changes elsewhere in the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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