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Betty Williams Delivers Culture of Peace Lecture

[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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