TITLE
Recommendation to respectfully request a report from the Season for Nonviolence Steering Committee on the activities and initiatives undertaken throughout our community during the Season, spanning January 30th to April 4th.
DISCUSSION
A Season for Nonviolence, January 30 - April 4, is a national 64-day educational, media, and grassroots campaign dedicated to demonstrating that nonviolence is a powerful way to heal, transform, and empower lives and communities. Inspired by the 50th and 30th memorial anniversaries of Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., this event honors their vision for an empowered, nonviolent world starting with our city.
It was our hope that each of the religious, spiritual and civic leaders and organizations in Long Beach embraced A Season for Nonviolence and brought their own events and activities to their members as a means of encouraging them to build a community that honors the dignity and worth of every human being. Organizations and city staff participating in A Season for Nonviolence in Long Beach reached out to various community groups for their involvement with the goal of encouraging them to contribute their own efforts to making the sixty-four days between January so" and April 4th, a commencement for thoughtful discussion and foundation for exemplary action in all 365 days of the year.
SUGGESTED ACTION
Approve recommendation.
Respectfully Submitted,
SUJA LOWENTHAL
COUNCILMEMBER, SECOND DISTRICT
DEE ANDREWS
COUNCILMAN, SIXTH DISTRICT
JAMES JOHNSON
COUNCILMEMBER, SEVENTH DISTRICT