This event is part of our 12 Days of Peace virtual event series.

Martin Luther King famously said that “the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice,” and yet even King understood that it bends because of the disciplined nonconformists who are willing to confront the violence of our world. Join us for a short introductory organising webinar as we explore King’s philosophy and praxis for social change and welcome those aching for peace to start organising for justice.

MEET THE PRESENTER

Steve Schallert

Steve Schallert is a peacebuilder, organiser, educator and practitioner of Kingian-Nonviolent Conflict Transformation living and practicing in Cape Town, South Africa. Mentored by the Catholic Worker Movement and Plowshares tradition, for the past two decades Steve has helped develop and facilitate dozens of conflict transformation schools and projects in diverse conflict and post-conflict contexts such as Afghanistan, Egypt, Pakistan, Lebanon, and South Africa. His current passions centre on supporting and developing young peace and justice practitioners who are engaged in healing the walls of hostility within their communities.

Locally, Steve serves as the Director of International Solidarity with Iziko Lamaqabane, a faith-based support centre for urban peace and justice practitioners throughout Africa. By working in relational solidarity with local practitioners, Iziko Lamaqabane serves those active at the site of struggle by facilitating spaces of retreat, exchange and collective learning grounded at the intersection of anabaptism, black liberation theology & critical consciousness.