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George Lakey: Successful Models of Non-violent Resistance to Authoritarianism

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Starts:

Thursday May 15, 2025

    12:00 PM

Ends:

 

    2:00 PM

 

*For non-member event reservations: please email pfitzgerald@democraticwoman.org or telephone (202) 232-7363 Ext. 402 (voicemails will also be accepted).*

*Please note: Guests, with the exception of members’ spouses and domestic partners, may attend a maximum of three paid events from July 1 to June 30. After the third event, they must join the Club to continue attending events.*

We are fortunate to have world expert on nonviolent action George Lakey speak to us about strategies for resisting authoritarianism. He has built the largest database on nonviolent action case studies in the world. Lakey has worked in the United States with mineworkers, steelworkers, and civil rights leaders, and, internationally, with South African anti-apartheid activists, Cambodian human rights organizers, and many others. He will draw on his extensive experience to guide us to effective action today.

EVENT DETAILS:

  • Remarks and Q&A, in-person and via Zoom (speaker via Zoom).
  • Noon bar opens, 12:15 p.m. lunch (optional), 1–2 p.m. program.
  • $10 lecture or Zoom only, $30 members and $35 guests for lunch (plus tax). Cash bar.

A dedicated Quaker activist, Lakey has been a leader in the field of nonviolent social change since the 1960s and has published extensively for both activist and academic readers. He was the founder and executive director of Training for Change, a Philadelphia-based organization internationally known for its leadership in creating and teaching strategies for nonviolent social change. Lakey is a recently retired Swarthmore professor who focused on peace and conflict studies. He is a member of Central Philadelphia Monthly Meeting of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting.