City of Long Beach - File #: 07-0021

• File #: 07-0021
• Version: 1
• Name: CD-2 -A season for nonviolence
• Type: Agenda Item
• Status: Approved
• File created: 1/4/2007
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 1/9/2007
• Final action: 1/9/2007
• Title: Recommendation to respectfully request City Attorney to draft a resolution in support of designating the sixty-four days between January 30, 2007 and April 4, 2007, as "A Season for Nonviolence" on an annual basis; Request that City Council members consider ways to participate in A Season for Nonviolence by hosting or promoting events in their district that encourage meaningful dialogue and demonstrate that every person can move our city in the direction of peace through their daily nonviolent choice and action; Request City Manager work with Season organizers to develop a community calendar on the City of Long Beach’s website in service to residents interested in attending the various events throughout our city; and Request City Manager designate other resources for supporting A Season for Nonviolence in this and coming years, that could include but not be limited to resources such as street banners, street closures or other actions taken to promote Season of Nonviolence events.
• Sponsors: COUNCILMEMBER SUJA LOWENTHAL, SECOND DISTRICT, VICE MAYOR BONNIE LOWENTHAL, COUNCILMEMBER, FIRST , COUNCILMEMBER TONIA REYES URANGA, SEVENTH DISTRICT, COUNCILWOMAN RAE GABELICH, EIGHTH DISTRICT
• Indexes: Resolution Request

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
1/9/2007	1	City Council	approve recommendation	Pass

TITLE
Recommendation to respectfully request City Attorney to draft a resolution in support of designating the sixty-four days between
January 30, 2007 and April 4, 2007, as "A Season for Nonviolence" on an annual basis;

Request that City Council members consider ways to participate in A Season for Nonviolence by hosting or promoting events in their district that encourage meaningful dialogue and demonstrate that every person can move our city in the direction of peace through their daily nonviolent choice and action;

Request City Manager work with Season organizers to develop a community calendar on the City of Long Beach’s website in service to residents interested in attending the various events throughout our city; and

Request City Manager designate other resources for supporting A Season for Nonviolence in this and coming years, that could include but not be limited to resources such as street banners, street closures or other actions taken to promote Season of Nonviolence events.

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.

A Season for Nonviolence was co-founded by Arun and Sunanda Gandhi of the M .K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence and a group of ten ministers forming the Leadership Council of The Association for Global New Thought, the organization that convenes A Season for Nonviolence on an annual basis.

For the past eight years, the United Nations has marked the beginning of A Season for Nonviolence through events, endorsements and commitments by the likes of former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, the U.S. Ambassador to India, the Director General of UNESCO...