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 REACHING PEACE FOR YOUTH AND CITIES |
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Violence Prevention Guide Basic steps for addressing: Domestic Violence Child Abuse Sexual Assault Gang Activity Hate Crimes Elder Abuse Gun Safety Terrorism
‘Nonviolence is the greatest force at the
disposal of mankind. it is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction
devised by the ingenuity of man.” |
Reaching out with Hands in Healing “Non-violence,” Mahatma Gandhi declared, “is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind.” As Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., said of his great mentor: “We may ignore Gandhi at our own risk.” We may wonder how it was that Gandhi and Dr. King accomplished all they did. Each had courage, each had strength, each died in the course of seeking justice. But each also had in each day only 24 hours and two hands. Two hands. We people with two hands tend to take them for granted, don’t we? Just ask anyone who has lost a hand in an injury or to a birth defect. Just now, look down at your hands or at the hands of someone near you. Your hands, their hands, can become—with prayer and simple acts of courage—hands in healing. But how? Notice that our hands were created to have
five fingers each, a total of ten essential digits. Start now by counting to
five, and think of five simple things you can do in the interest of
preventing violence in our world. In this way, you’re lending a hand in
stopping violence. Perhaps this booklet can be of help to you in planning
your course of action. Each section of this booklet contains ten points of
information—one fact for each finger. May these resources assist you as
together we act against violence by joining our hands in healing. |
