Sample Syllabus M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence Rochester The Gandhi Institute hosted a six-session series in Spring 2013. All selections are from The Civically Engaged Reader. Syllabus developed by George Payne of the Gandhi Institute and Finger Lakes Community College.
First Discussion • Abraham Rodriguez, Jr., “The Boy Without a Flag” (short story) • Jane Addams, “Earliest Impressions” (essay) Second Discussion • Martin Luther King, Jr., “The Drum Major Instinct” (speech) • Gwendolyn Brooks, “The Lovers of the Poor” (poem) Third Discussion • Pablo Neruda, “The Lamb and the Pinecone” (interview) • Moses Maimonides, Selections from the Mishneh Torah (religious texts) Fourth Discussion • William Carlos Williams, “The use of Force” (essay) • Ursula K. Le Guin, “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” (short story) Fifth Discussion • Aristotle, Selection from Politics (essay) • Sogyal Rinpoche, “Compassion: The Wish-Fulfilling Jewel” (religious text) Sixth Discussion • Adam Davis, “What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Service” (essay)
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