Pushing the powerful into a moral corner at India’s Barefoot College
by Miki Kashtan
by Miki Kashtan
One of the challenges that nonviolent campaigns face is how to engage those in power. Whether it be the British officials, as in Gandhi’s case, or the 1 percent, as for the Occupy movement—seeing and appealing to the humanity of those whose actions we oppose is central to practicing nonviolence.
While I have known this for years, it wasn’t until a recent trip to India, where I visited an unusual school created for the poor called Barefoot College, that I learned in full just how far this principle goes and began to wonder how we might practice it in a place like North America. Read Full Article on Waging Nonviolence.
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Really enjoyed this, and esp. the invitation to imagine similar ventures in U.S. A couple of themes stood out: (1) the existence of such a college and (2) the reminder to connect with the human needs/values of people we may disagree with. I'm very curious about how the Barefoot College was founded and funded. I'm aware of grassroots leadership programs that have recently lost all