Sentence examples for commitment to nonviolent from inspiring English sources

At the 2015 New Yorker Festival, Lewis spoke with David Remnick about his commitment to nonviolent activism and about the state of social progress in the United States.

Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi was initially given the honors in absentia in March "in recognition of her commitment to nonviolent struggle for democracy and human rights," the university said in a statement.

A true memorial to the victims of this act of terrorism should include serious commitment to nonviolent ways of teaching and upholding the highest human ideals and aspirations for peaceful mediation of conflicts.

Though he had served as a paratrooper in the Israel Defense Forces, he was a sharp critic of Israeli policy in the occupied territories and saw the Freedom Theater as a way to instill self-awareness and a commitment to nonviolent social change in young Palestinians.

King made his I Have a Dream speech in Washington later that year, and was awarded the 1964 Nobel peace prize for his commitment to nonviolent protests against racial inequality.

Mahatma Gandhi, along with many members of the Congress Party, had a long-standing commitment to nonviolent civil disobedience, which he termed satyagraha, as the basis for achieving Indian independence.

Ms. Soltani said indigenous groups were committed to nonviolent action.

Some were committed to nonviolent resistance, sitting down in the road in front of military vehicles.

Please know that if I were in Congress now, as I gathered the information I have outlined above, I would always be guided by my deep commitment to finding nonviolent solutions to violent political realities.

Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), nationalist political party in Northern Ireland, distinguished from the province's other leftist and Republican groups by its commitment to political and nonviolent means of uniting Northern Ireland with the Irish republic.

Although he never stated his exact reasons, it seems clear that Rustin's decision to return to King's inner circle was in accord with his earthy spirituality -- faith-fueled commitments to the nonviolent work of liberating the oppressed right now and to the difficult practice of seeking and offering forgiveness along the rugged path to freedom.