Six Principles

PRINCIPLE I

Nonviolence is a Way of Life for Courageous People

PRINCIPLE II

The Beloved Community is the Goal

PRINCIPLE III

Attack Forces of Evil, Not Persons Doing Evil

  

PRINCIPLE IV

Accept Suffering without Retaliation for the Sake of the Cause to achieve the Goal

PRINCIPLE V

Avoid Internal Violence of the Spirit as Well as External Physical Violence

 

PRINCIPLE VI

The Universe is on the Side of Justice

“True Peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice.”

- Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Six Steps

STEP I

Information Gathering

STEP II

Education

STEP III

Personal Commitment

  

STEP IV

Negotiation

STEP V

Direct  Action

 

STEP VI

Reconciliation