Rev. James M. Lawson is an American activist and university professor. He was a leading theoretician and tactician of nonviolence within the Civil Rights Movement. During the 1960s, he served as a mentor to the Nashville Student Movement and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. He read Gandhi’s autobiography and discovered that non-violent struggle, as Gandhi lived it in South Africa and India, would be his way forward.

Steve Wilhelm recently retired from his 34-year career as a journalist, writing mainly about aerospace, advanced manufacturing and international trade. Steve has taught meditation and Buddhism through Eastside Insight Meditation since 2000. He also edits Northwest Dharma News and serves on the board of the Tibetan Nuns Project. He has a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Colorado.

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