KINGSTON, R.I. -September 12, 2018- The University of Rhode Island Center for Nonviolence & Peace Studies will host “Living a Nonviolent Life in a Violent World: An Evening with John Dear” Thursday, Sept. 13, from 7 until 8:30 p.m.

The event will take place at URI’s Providence Campus in the Paff Auditorium, 80 Washington St., Providence, and will begin with “Music of the Movements” by the Cognitive Dissidents. The talk will focus on the themes of Dear’s book, The Nonviolent Life, and address many of the most pressing problems of violence facing our nation during this troubling period of turbulent and divisive politics.

Dear is an internationally known voice for peace and nonviolence, a popular speaker, peacemaker, organizer, lecturer, retreat leader and the author of 35 books and hundreds of articles, including Living Peace, Jesus the Rebel and most recently They Will Inherit the Earth, focusing on climate change.

Arrested 75 times in acts of civil disobedience against war and injustice, he has earned international recognition for nonviolence activism and spent nearly a year of his life in jail for peace. Dear was recently nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

Parking for the event will be available at the Rhode Island Convention Center Parking Garage, North or South, at 1 Sabin St., Providence. Parking passes can be validated at the Paff Auditorium upon arrival.

About URI’s Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies

Established in 1999, the Center for Nonviolence & Peace Studies at the University of Rhode Island works to promote the nonviolence legacies of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi through education and training in peaceful social change methods using alternatives to violent conflict.

Taylor Stickles, a public relations intern with the Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies, wrote this press release.