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Betty Williams Delivers Culture of Peace Lecture
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[Eric Mitsu
Kimura] |
"Violence is a choice: Reject it. Nonviolence is the weapon
of the strong, not the weak."
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Betty Williams stressed these
words during a lecture at SGI-USA's World Culture Center in
Santa Monica, California, on September 23. More than 900
people attended the lecture, one in the ongoing Culture of
Peace Distinguished Speaker Series that SGI-USA's Culture of
Peace Resource Center is sponsoring to help build an
awareness of and sustain a culture of peace in families,
schools, workplaces and local communities.
Ms. Williams spoke frankly about her past efforts for peace
in Northern Ireland. Over the past 30 years, she has devoted
her life to fighting against injustices perpetrated on
children throughout the world. She has traveled extensively,
advocating for legislation to protect children and calling,
in particular, for the creation of "Cities of Compassion" in
every country--safety zones that would be off-limits to any
form of military attack that could threaten children's
lives.
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