International Dialogue onGandhi Development and International Political Economy on December 9, 2023 at 4.00 pm IST
Sevagram Ashram Pratishthan Wardha, MS, India
in association with
Gandhi International, France
Academic University College for Non-violence and Human Rights- AUNOHR, Lebanon
MGM University, Chh. Sambhajinagar,Aurangabad, MS, India
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International Dialogue on
Gandhi Development and International Political Economy
on December 9, 2023 at 4.00 pm IST
Programme
Welcome : Dr. Siby K. Joseph ,Director, IFPNP, Sevagram Ashram Pratishthan
Moderator :Prof. Prem Anand Mishra , Dean, Faculty of Gandhian Studies, Gujarat Vidyapith
Keynote Address : Dr.Michael Warren Sonnleitner
Formerly Professor in the Political Science department Portland Community College ,Oregon, USA
Dialogue with Participants and Fellows
Concluding Remark: Prof D. John Chelladurai , Dean, Interdisciplinary Studies and HOD, Gandhian Studies, MGM University
Outline of Presentation “Gandhi, Development, &International Political Economy”by Michael Sonnleitner
I. CONTEXT: Gandhi, COP 28, &Environmental Crises.
“Development”: Political &Personal AND Economic (Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs).
II. APPROACHES to IPE (International Political Economy):
1) Economic Nationalism: Ideological Foundations &Consequences
2) Economic Internationalism: Ideological Foundations & Consequences
3) Economic Structuralism: Ideological Foundations &Consequences
4) Economic Empowerment: Gandhian Foundations &Consequences
III. ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT (Sustainable GREEN Development)
A. Ideological Components:
1) The Golden Rule (Assumption) related to Rta & the Law of Karma
2) Ahimsa/Nonviolence (Belief) related to Sat (Truth) &Tapas (Sacrifice)
3) Swadeshi/Self-Reliance (Goal) related to Moksha & Swaraj (Self-Rule)
4) Sarvodaya (Strategies) related also to Brahmacharya & Satyagraha
B. Consequences: Personal, National, & Global Self-Actualization
Living with one another in greater harmony with Gaia.
IV. QUESTIIONS & DISCUSSION
Resume/Vitae:
Michael Warren Sonnleitner
Birthplace: Wichita, Kansas, USA (July 11, 1949).
(“maiden” name before 1983 marriage: “Johnson”); Wife: Kristine; Children: Margarita, Sonrisa, Shaman, Mira.
Home Address: 1037 S.E. 80 th Ave., Portland, Oregon, 97216-3010. Home Phone: 503-285-5827.
Personal email: soulom2u@hotmail.com PCC email: michael.sonnleitner@pcc.edu Cell Phone: 971-988-2427.
EDUCATION: PH.D. University of Minnesota (Minneapolis): March, 1979. M.A. March, 1976.
Major: Political Science; Supporting Program: India/China Area Studies.
Examination Areas: U.S. Constitutional Law, History of Political Thought, Comparative Political Systems.
Dissertation: Soul Force & Social Change according to Mohandas K. Gandhi & Martin Luther King Jr.
(Lambert Academic Publishing: Latvia, EU, 2019.) ISBN#: 9786200314185.
B.A. Whitman College (Walla Walla, Washington): June, 1971 (Phi Beta Kappa, Summa Cum Laude,
with Honors in Political Science & transfer credits from Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee).
High School Diploma Highline High School (Burien/South Seattle/SeaTac, Washington): June, 1967.
Elected Trustee (Zone 3), Portland Community College Board of Directors (2015-2023).
Co-Chair, PCC Board Committee on Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (2018-20); Vice-Chair,
PCC Board of Directors Audit Committee (2018-21); Oregon Community College Board representative (2020-2023).
Portland Community College: RETIRED Full-Time Political Science Instructor: 27 years (1988-2015).
NOTE: Originally hired as full-time to a split-appointment, I have taught courses at PCC Sylvania (1988-2003),
PCC Rock Creek (1988-2011), PCC Cascade (2000-2015), and PCC S.E. (2004-2007 & 2013-15).
2007-2023: Portland State University: Graduate-level courses taught part-time for the M.A. Program in Conflict
Resolution; Undergraduate courses also for Political Science Department
1985-1987: University of Northern Iowa: full-time assistant Professor of Political Science.
1984-1985: Loyola University of Chicago, University of Illinois at Chicago; Northwestern Illinois University: part-time Instructor of Political Science teaching Judicial process, U.S. Security Policy, Politics of China &; Japan.
1979-1983: Illinois Wesleyan University: full-time Assistant Professor of Political Science.
1973-1979: University of Minnesota (Minneapolis): Teaching Assistant & part-time Instructor of Political Science.
FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR in India: six months (November 29, 2009 to May 29, 2010).
PROJECT TITLE: “Teaching Peacebuilding for Social & Structural Change in Multicultural Societies & a Multipolar World”.
COURSES TAUGHT: (at St. Thomas College, Palai, Kerala): Gandhian Thought; American Government; International Issues.
(at Mahatma Gandhi University): International Relations: Theory & Practice; Nonviolent Action.
Other Training/Travel Experiences:
Ten weeks in India: participating in the Bharat Jodo Yatra, teaching “Gandhian Nonviolence & lecturing: Jan-March, 2023.
Five weeks in India: lecturing on Gandhi & participating in a re-enactment of the Salt March of 1930: Feb-March, 2020.
Two weeks at a China Seminar at the East-West Center (University of Hawaii-Manoa) Title VII Grant: Summer, 2013.
Fulbright Scholar returning to the U.S. via Italy (one month), Israel & Palestine (one month), & Egypt (one month): 2010.
Invited Scholar to the International Association of Gandhian Studies Conference in New Delhi: 1987.
Delegate to the UNICEF International Seminar on Training for Nonviolent Action (3 weeks in Mexico): 1977.
Summer Peace Internship working with kids during the “troubles”: Londonderry (Derry), Northern Ireland (2 months): 1974.
Thomas J. Watson Fellowship: to study "Experiments in Nonviolent Action" in India (6 months), & 1-4 weeks in Japan,
Hong Kong, Thailand, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Republic of S. Africa, Italy/Sicily, & Great Britain: 1971-72.
Exchange student attending Fisk University in Nashville, TN: autumn of 1969.
U.S. Senate Internship (in Washington, D.C. Office of U.S. Senator Henry M. Jackson): Summer, 1969.
Orchard worker at Auvil Fruit Company, Orondo, Washington (with migrant workers): 15 summers during 1962-1981.
Other Awards/Honors:
Invited Keynote Speaker for Centennial Celebration at Gujarat Vidyspith (Ahmedabad, India): January 10, 2023.
Elected President, Peace & Conflict Studies Consortium (Pacific Northwest regional association): April, 2007-2010.
Outstanding Faculty Person of the Year Award (Portland Community College, Rock Creek ASPCC): 2006.
Male Faculty of the Year Award (Portland Community College, Rock Creek ASPCC): 2000.
Nominee for Portland Community College Faculty Excellence Award: 1992, 1998, 2003.
Excellence in Teaching Award: Illinois Wesleyan University: 1982
All-expenses fellowship grant for graduate study in Political Science at the University of Minnesota: 1972-75.
Ford Foundation Graduate School Fellowship recipient at the University of Minnesota: 1972-75.
Thomas J. Watson Fellowship to study ‘Experiments in Nonviolent Action” abroad: 1971-72.
Sloan Foundation Scholarship recipient at Whitman College: 1968-71.
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN OREGON:
82nd Ave. Improvement Coalition (June of 2014-2023): Coordinating Committee member & member of the 82 nd Ave.
Business Association Board (2018-present); successfully lobbied for a $200,000 study
funded by the Oregon Department of Transportation and jurisdictional transfer to the Portland Bureau of Transportation in 2022.
Interfaith Movement for Immigrant Justice (2007-2020): formerly the “New Sanctuary Movement”; helped to
develop support networks for undocumented persons; seeking meaningful
immigration reform via educational actions; achieved passage of the expanded Oregon Sanctuary Act in 2021.
Ascension Catholic Church (2004-2020): assisting my wife in providing occasional educational programs as well as participating in various fundraising efforts (like the annual Spaghetti Dinner), and service activities associated with the Daybreak Homeless Shelter Network. Now also attending St. Anthony Catholic Church.
Daybreak Homeless Shelter Network (2004-2017): assisting houseless families in S.E. Portland in a variety of ways; moving beds, serving meals, sleeping overnight, playing with kids, and helping to
provide bus/van transportation between the day shelter and Ascension Church as part of the rotating evening host institution.
Montavilla Neighborhood Association (January of 2014-2017): regularly attending meetings, Chair of the Board (2015-16), otherwise Vice Chair. Became more involved in the neighborhood where my family lives, on issues ranging from land use to transportation, affordable housing and crime issues.
S.E. UPLIFT (March of 2014-2016): attending meetings, serving as an active Board member (at large), having also gone to meetings of most of the 20 neighborhood associations with members elected to the S.E. Uplift Board as a means of facilitating communications and action among groups with common community concerns.
PCC PACS Program (1990-2015): facilitated establishment of Portland Community College (PCC) Peace & Conflict Studies (PACS) Program (1988-90), the first at any community college in the U.S.; PACS Program
Chairperson or Co-Chairperson (1990-present); NEWSPEAK coordinator, fostering weekly &free speech; events at Sylvania Campus (1998-2003), setting similar traditions Rock Creek (2004-2011), and at Cascade (2004-2005 & 2011-2015).
PCSC (1988-2017): Peace & Conflict Studies Consortium (previously the Oregon Peace Studies Consortium): Board member representing the PCC PACS Program (2004-2015), helping organize annual regional gatherings and two national conferences; serving as President (2007-2010).
DaVinci Middle School (1998-2002): was among the 20 founding families who created, organized, and functionally serving as the staff for this Arts Magnet Charter School within the Portland Public School (PPS)
District; also served on a PPS Committee to set up criteria to review applications to such all schools.
Foster Parent Program (1998-2000): my wife & I were trained as foster parents under emergency conditions, providing a home to an undocumented teenager, who we later supported to complete her high school and community college degrees, gain dual U.S./Mexican citizenship, and Margarita became a daughter to us.
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