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Gandhi Institute Newsletter-Special Edition Egypt

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Special Edition

Egypt

February 18, 2011

Dear Friends,

Here at the Institute, we were as mesmerized as the rest of the world in the last weeks by the unfolding events in Egypt. And we are inspired, learning of the training and preparation that Egyptian activists undertook in these last few years, that helped give form to the ‘spontaneous’ uprising of the Egyptian people.

To learn more about this, here is a story in this week’s New York Times about one of the lesser-known proponents of Gandhian nonviolence,

Gene Sharp

This is a link to a video shot during the last few weeks about the work and discipline used by the April 6 movement in Egypt.

People and Power

I pray that many more people around the world will study and take up the practices of nonviolence, to create a world that works for all.

In peace and hope,

Kit Miller

for the Gandhi Institute