STUDENT ESSAY CONTEST ON CREATIVE NONVIOLENCE
Teaser:
$100 for winning essay. Open to ages high school to 22
Posted Sept. 13
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ANNOUNCING THE 2007 DAVE DELLINGER
STUDENT ESSAY CONTEST ON CREATIVE NONVIOLENCE
$100 for winning essay. Open to ages high school to 22
" I wanted to bring closer the day when the whole country (and the world)
would adopt nonviolent force as the only sane and ultimately successful way
of securing and defending justice and freedom." -David Dellinger on
resistance to World War II
Sponsored by the War Resisters League in conjunction with the annual
Dellinger Lecture on Nonviolence, the David Dellinger essay contest honors
the memory of revolutionary pacifist and activist Dave Dellinger
(1915-2004). He was a World War II resister, civil rights activist,
anti-Vietnam War leader, member of the Chicago Eight, and peace and justice
activist until his death at 89. He is the author From Yale to Jail: The Life
Story of a Moral Dissenter, Revolutionary Nonviolence: Essays by David
Dellinger, and Why I Refused to Register in the October 1940 Draft and a
Little of What Led to It.
For more information about the life of David Dellinger and his writings,
please see www.towardfreedom.com/dellinger
All essays are to be typed and double-spaced and sent to Dr. Anna J.
Brown, Department of Political Science, Saint Peter's College, Jersey City,
NJ, 07306 or emailed to ajbspc@earthlink.net ASAP!
Questions about the essay contest may be directed to Dr. Brown at
ajbspc@earthlink.net or (201) 915-4963.
