{"id":3373,"date":"2020-02-20T12:05:24","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T12:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/justiceandpeace.nl\/?page_id=3373"},"modified":"2023-02-28T14:22:27","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28T14:22:27","slug":"mlk","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/justiceandpeace.nl\/en\/mlk\/","title":{"rendered":"Martin Luther King Lecture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Martin Luther King Lecture is an annual event aimed at promoting Martin Luther King\u2019s legacy and, as such, contributing to a just society. <\/strong>The lecture is organised by Justice & Peace and the Vrije Universiteit (VU) Amsterdam<\/a>, and supported by The Hague University of Applied Sciences<\/a> and the VU Association<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968) was an American Baptist minister, a prominent member of the Civil Rights Movement<\/strong>, and a strong advocate of peaceful resistance. In 1955, he was one of the organisers of the boycott of city buses in Montgomery, Alabama, as a protest against the racial segregation in public transport. He also led the mass-demonstration in Washington D.C. on the 28th<\/sup> of August 1963. This is where he gave his world-famous \u2018I have a dream\u2019-speech. In 1964, King received the Nobel Peace Prize, and the following year he received an honorary doctorate from the VU Amsterdam. He was shot in Memphis on the 4th<\/sup> of April 1968, when he was 39 years old.<\/p>\n

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\u201cTell them about the dream!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

(Mahalia Jackson)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Martin Luther King Lecture 2022<\/h2>\n

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Photo credit: Anne Reitsma Fotografie<\/em><\/p>\n

Civil Disobedience<\/h3>\n

\u2018\u2018Th<\/em><\/strong>ere is a type of constructive non-violent tension that is necessary for growth\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

On Wednesday, the 7th of December, the Martin Luther King lecture was held at the Lighthouse, Hague University of Applied Sciences. During this engrossing evening with inspiring guests, captivating live performances and powerful words, we reflected on the necessity of civil disobedience and the inspiring shapes it may take in the past and present. The annual Martin Luther King lecture speech was given by Clarice Gargard, journalist, programme-maker, filmmaker and writer. In her speech, ‘Why, resistance?’, Clarice emphasized the core role of resistance and of knowing and respecting one’s self and history. Additionally, the revolutions happening worldwide, being ‘woke’, and the \u2018cancel, accountability and call out culture\u2019 were touched upon, while she also reflected on the road to liberation and transformation.<\/p>\n