Friends,
 The War Resisters League invites you to attend the fourth annual David Dellinger Lecture on Nonviolence, focused on the legacy of Bayard Rustin, the long-time grassroots organizer for racial, economic, and social justice, the human rights of gay and lesbian peoples and refugees, and against war and militarism.
The program will also serve as a book launch for We Have Not Been Moved: Resisting and Militarism in 21st Century America, featuring co-editors Matt Meyer and Mandy Carter.
This event is co-sponsored by the War Resisters League, Fellowship of Reconciliation, A.J. Muste Memorial Institute and FIERCE.
FRIDAY, Oct. 12, 7:00 PM
Resisting Racism & Militarism: The Legacy of Bayard Rustin
Friends Meeting House, 15 Rutherford Place, New York, NY
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The event is free, but donations are requested.
Speakers at this event will include:
- Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons (Gainesville, Florida): renowned civil rights activist, who worked with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee; professor emeritus of religion at the University of Florida; founding member of the National Council of Elders.
- Kenyon Farrow (New Orleans, Louisiana): co-editor of Letters from Young Activists: Today’s Rebels Speak Out, past executive director of Queers for Economic Justice, current communications director of The Praxis Project.
- Walter Naegle (New York City): life partner for 10 years of Bayard Rustin, executor and archivist of the Rustin Estate, Vietnam War draft resister, reading from I Must Resist, Bayard Rustin's Life in Letters.
We hope to see you there! |
