[356] in libertarians
Hmmm... meeting on Tuesday
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael L Jacknis)
Sat Nov 5 00:15:14 1994
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Date: Sat, 05 Nov 1994 00:12:40 EST
From: Michael L Jacknis <mjacknis@MIT.EDU>
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From: Susan Worton <susany@math.mit.edu>
Subject: Information and a request for help in distributing information to
those who may be interested
To: Laura C Dilley <elsiedee@MIT.EDU>
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Laura,
I have been receiving messages re. vegetarianism, which to me is part of
trying to live more simply and peacefully. I have also been a volunteer
in the prisons of the Commonwealth, most recently teaching adult reading
and writing development. Along the way I made contact with a man by the
name of Bo Lozoff and his wife Sita. Bo is the founder of the Human
Kindness Foundation and the Prison-Ashram Project. His writing includes a
number of books about both spiritual and practical living. When his
writings are shared with inmates, every single one of them responds, "He's
for real, man!"
Anyway Bo and his wife will be presenting a meeting here at M.I.T. next
Tuesday, November 8, 1994, 8:00-10:00 P.M. in ROOM 54--100, the Earth &
Science Building, and I would like to take the opportunity to invite anyone
who might be interested in his topic, "A NATION BEHIND BARS (Creating a
Safer & Kinder Society). This is a free public meeting although donations
will
be accepted if offered for the Human Kindness Foundation.
The following is the print-out of the meeting as it was sent to me:
"This unusual "town meeting" will include a twin focus of personal values
and our national crisis of crime & punishment. Bo Lozoff, founder of the
Human Kindness Foundation, suggests that our individual efforts toward
happiness cannot bear their fullest fruit in the present climate of
socially-approved hatred and hysteria toward criminals. He points out
that our willingness to sanction ANY form of hatred poisons our own lives
as well as our national character -- and in this specific case, without
reducing crime in the least.
Our mass irrationality is also affecting the lives of our children for
many generations to come, because we are currently building -- at
enormous taxpayer expense -- a VASTLY larger number of prisons than any
society in the history of the world. If we build them, we will fill
them. Must we settle for becoming a nation behind bars?
Heeding a promise he made recently to the Dalai Lama, whose Nobel Peace
Prize acceptance speech was called "A Policy of Kindness," Bo challenges
us to look honestly at our role in this crisis, and invites us to explore
more successful options toward creating a safer AND kinder society. Open
dialogue is encouraged at this meeting."
ALL ARE WELCOME.....
Thank you, Laura. Please feel free to send this invitation out on any
appropriate network.
Susan W.
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