"We take advantage of what's going on in the news today, so that means every semester is a little different," said Tom Cendejas, who has been teaching Catholic social justice classes for about 35 years.
The state of the planet may seem dire, but Fr. Dear still brims with hope, energy and optimism. "There's massive change happening beyond the bad news from the current administration."
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s support of nonviolence to bring about social change applies as much to today's society as it did 60 years ago, speakers said.
A grassroots movement to bring nonviolence into the mainstream has been quietly but exponentially growing, resulting in 1,600 nonviolent actions during the week of Sept. 16-24.
