IFPNPInternational Dialogue

IFPNP International Dialogue

  

 Guidelines for Gandhian Satyagraha

 By 

 Michael W. Sonnleitner 

 

November 21 to 22, 2024 4.00 pm IST@ Google meet 

 

 GUIDELINES for
Gandhian SATYAGRAHA

I. Truth (Sat & sat): “The Law of Progression”

1. Conduct of actions must be without secrecy.

2. Original demands may be raised only if the opponent raises new issues

during the course of a campaign.

3. Original demands may be lowered only if self-reflection leads to an

admission of their being wrong in the first place.

4. While “compromise on non-essentials is permissible, “bargaining” has

no place.

II. Nonviolence (Ahimsa): “The Law of Distinction”

1. Nonviolence towards the physical presence of all people is necessary.

2. Nonviolence in thought and language towards all people is of great

importance. (“Hate the Sin and not the Sinner”.)

3. Patient willingness to accept change over time is required.

4. Constructive Program activity is a prime basis for facilitating change.

III. Voluntary Suffering (Tapas): “The Law of Compulsion”

1. Self-Reliance should be promoted at all times, implying:

a. Only those who are directly affected in a given campaign can actively

participate.

b. Participants can neither actively seek nor become dependent upon

outside financial resources.

2. Self-Sacrifice must be seen as a necessity for progress, including:

a. Everyone should live and act in an exemplary manner.

b. Quality rather than quantity of participation should be emphasized, a

c. All participants should cultivate non-reliance upon [physical force.

3. Weaknesses or disabilities of the opponent are not to be intentionally

exploited.

4. The role of coercion, government, and enforcement of laws in social

change is to be minimized.

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.

Assignment Attendance Tutorials

 

International Online Fellowship Program on Nonviolence & Peace

October 2, 2024 to January 30 2025

Assignment Attendance Tutorials 

November 19,  2024

Dear friends in peace,

Greetings.

As we progress well in to the IFPNP-III, we need to intensify our learning exercises. Some of the self-study exercises, as you may remember, are

1.      Assignment                     : Monthly three assignments

2. Tutorials             : Fortnightly ( 2 hours) for those interested in exploring  any subthemes                                                                   for further details

3.      Journal writing             : Regular recording of one’s Learning and self-reflection on Nonviolence/Peace

4.  Attendance         : Complete attendance expected. Attendance less than 80 per cent                                                                            indicates, ‘Course-not-completed’

5.       Project                          : Periodical sharing and final report submission 

 

Progress of the participants will be assessed by their involvement and comprehension that are evident in their self-study exercises.

I.                    Submission of the Assignment (for the first month):

a.       Assignment guidelines

                                                i.            Each assignment can be between 500-1000 words

                                              ii.            A4, Times Roman, Font size 12

                                            iii.            Assignment can be hand written or typed. However, it has to be submitted in PDF Format.

                                            iv.            Title Page of the Assignment should have the following details in the given sequence

·               Title of the Program (IFPNP2024)

·               Assignment No.   (Assignment 1 or 2 or 3 or …)

·               Title of the Assignment

·               Name of the writer

·               Date of submission

 

 

                                              v.            Name of the PDF file should contain the following

·               Your name_IFPNP III_Assignment 1/2/3

                                            vi.            Last date for the submission of first month assignment is Nov. 30, 2024

                                           vii.            Email id for submission: peace.nonviolence2022@gmail.com

b.      Assignment Topics

                                                i.            Assignment 1:   Development and Sustainability

Identify one of the major issues related to development of your choice related to your region, country or global level and prepare a brief analytical note describing its various dimensions. It may be poverty, inequality, climate change, ozone layer depletion, pollution, land conversion etc.   The areas suggested are only indicative. You may take any issue which you think is important.

 

                                              ii.            Assignment 2: Philosophy of Nonviolence and Truth

The assignment has three important aspects 

·         What is your philosophy/vision of life? 

·         How do you relate your philosophy /vision with Gandhi vision of life ?

·         How you can apply Gandhi 's philosophy in your life situation? 

This is open ended theme and your personal reflection on these themes are expected.

 

                                            iii.            Assignment 3:  Conflict Analysis:

Diagnose the conflict case given below (annexure-1) to recognize the following 

1. Define the particular conflict (what kind of conflict for example, it’s a conflict between potential and actual…)

2. What type of conflict is this (realistic or non-realistic / functional  or dysfunctional / latent or overt

3. Try to give the conflict a suitable structure

4. Recognize the factors involved in the conflict…

5. What were some of the triggers that created the conflict?

6. What approaches did the committee take and what better could they have done to resolve their conflict?

 

II.                  Tutorials                                     

a.       Those interested in getting further details on any of the topics of the FPNP can ask for tutorials.  Special interactive focused sessions, with a specialist will be arranged exclusively for them.

Fortnightly ( 2 hours) for those interested in exploring  any subthemes for further details.

 

III.                Journal writing                                         

a.       Every individual candidate is requested to maintain a journal and do regular recording of one’s  learning and self-reflection on Nonviolence and Peace.  This can be from the sessions or your own introspection / insights.

b.       Organizers would be pleased to review your journal and give their remark.

 

IV.                Attendance                               

a.       Candidates of IFPNP-III is expected to attend all the sessions.  Maintaining complete attendance is desired.. Attendance less than 80 per cent by any would amounts to, ‘Course-not-completed’

V.                  Project                                                        

a.       By the middle of December, each one of will choose a project topic and carryout it, with the help of the guide / mentor assigned by the organizer.

                                                                   

Yours in Peace and Friendship,

Siby K. Joseph

Director, IFPNP

 

 

 

Annexure – 1

Conflict Case Study

The Neighbourhood bickering

 

Simone and Rakesh and Aman are neighbours  in a satellite town.    Simone is in a neighbourhood committee, with special responsibility for environment sensibility.

 

The family of Rakesh’ used to hold frequent open-air party in the neighbourhood garden, every time stretching it to late night. They go on playing music loud, and dirty the place badly.  Although they clean the ground before leaving, there was a lot of littering, and spilling of food that spoiled the lawn.  Simone advised them not to play music loud, and stop the party by 8.00pm and also to be aware of the spilling.  Rakesh family though good at listening, are not enough to follow it.

 

Clamente a neighbour made issues with Rakesh over this.  Rakesh told him to shut up as he is not the authority.

 

Clemente was relentless. He complained that Simone was too soft to be effective; and he was determined to ‘do something to stop this nonsense’.  In order to teach a lesson, Clemente held a music party at the same time Rakesh had one, right next to his party, with louder music.

 

Rakesh told Clemente that he is venomous and vindictive. Their argument turned into heated altercation.  The committee members had to intervene fearing backlash.

 

As the time passed, more people started holding late night party and almost every second night there was party, loud music, and littering, making the place less pleasant a habitation.

 

When asked, invariably every one said, let others stop first and ‘I would stop as well.’

 

When the committee members appealed to the residents for proper conduct, the residents said, let the other person stop misbehaving first.

 

The committee called for a general body meeting. There was shouting, yelling and chaos. The committee had to call off the meeting.

 

The next day the committee office bearers met, and passed a resolution in favor of a decree:  Henceforth anyone willing to hold an open air event in  public place, must get a permission from the committee paying  $100 / two hours and an additional charge of $200 per hour after 8.00PM.

 

The frequency of public partying came considerably down. And the Committee had additional revenue to spend on the maintenance of the lawn.

 

Questions:

Diagnose one of the conflict cases given below to recognize the following 

7. Define the particular conflict (what kind of conflict for example, it’s a conflict between potential and actual…)

8. What type of conflict is this (realistic or non-realistic / functional or dysfunctional / latent or overt

9. Try to give the conflict a suitable structure

10. Recognize the factors involved in the conflict…

11. What were some of the triggers that created the conflict?

12. What approaches did the committee take and what better could they have done to resolve their conflict?

 

 

IFPNP international Dialogue :Gandhi’s Worldview

 

IFPNP International Dialogue

 

 

 Gandhi’s Worldview

 By 

 Michael W. Sonnleitner 

 

November 7 to 9, 2024 4.00 pm IST@ Google meet 

 

 

 

Analytical Framework of the Session 

 (Credit to Edwin Fogelman, University of Minnesota)

 

ASSUMPTIONS

                                       Philosophy (Worldview)

BELIEFS

                                                                                         Theory

GOALS

                                                                                                            Ideology

STRATEGIES

 

NOTE: Each of these 4 levels of analysis highlighted with 3 key concepts:

 

1)   Philosophical/Religious   2) Economic   3) Political

 

(This allows for also viewing the 4 levels within the 3 categories.)

 

Key Concepts relating to Gandhi Analyzed:

 

ASSUMPTIONS: 1) Rta                    2) The Golden Rule   3) The Law of Karma

BELIEFS:             1) Sat & sat           2) Ahimsa                  3) Tapas

GOALS:               1) Moksha             2) Swadeshi               3) Swaraj

STRATEGIES:    1) Brahmacharya   2) Sarvodaya             3) Satyagraha

 

This Mode of Analysis is comparable to other persons/ideological traditions

 

(such as): John Locke (Traditional Liberalism); Karl Marx (Marxism); Edmund Burke (Organic (Conservativism); Eugene Debs (Democratic Socialism),     Adolph Hitler (Nazism); Usama Ben Laden (Al-kaeda Islam); MLK Jr.   (Militant Nonviolence); Mark Satin (Green Ideology); and many others.

    

 Gandhian Philosophy/WORLDVIEW:

Basic 1) Philosophical, 2) Economic, & 3) Political Assumptions & Beliefs.

 Assumptions

1)  RTA (All that Is Unchanging): Natural & Moral Laws

 

a)    “Maya” (constant change in life’s manifestations)

 

b)   The Life Force:  Purusha Atman & “Soul”

 

c)    Human Nature:  Body, Mind, Emotions, & Soul

 

d)   Advaita & Dvaita: Dialectic of One & Others (Idealism & Materialism)

 

2)  The Golden Rule:

 

a)    Positive & Negative Formulations

 

b)   Categorical Imperative

 

c)    Relationships of People with One Another & with Environment

 

d)   Trusteeship & Private Property

 

3)  The Law of Karma:

 

a)    Individual Level

 

b)   Social Level

 

c)    Historical Perspective

 

d)   Organic Relationship of Means to Ends.

 

 

 

BELIEFS:

 

1)  Sat & sat (Absolute Truth & relative truths continuum):

 

a)    Absolute Truth (Truth is God & God is Truth)

 

b)   Relative Truth (Blind Men & the Elephant)

 

c)    Anekantavada (the many-sidedness of truth)

 

d)   Live & Learn (Life’s Purpose; Dharma & Svadharma)

 

         NOTE:  parallel to Brahma/Creator & the Father (in Christian Trinity)

 

2)  Ahimsa (Absolute & relative continuum):

 

a)    Perfect Nonviolence

 

b)   Perfect Violence

 

c)    The Continuum (in life, always “Both/And” Non-binary)

 

d)   The Nature of an Ideal

 

         NOTE:  parallel to Vishnu/Maintainer & the Son (in Christian Trinity)

 

3)  Tapas (Voluntary & involuntary continuum):

 

a)    Voluntary Self-Sacrifice as Redemptive

 

b)   Involuntary Poverty & Suffering as Problematical

 

c)    Acting to Reduce Suffering in this World

 

d)   Willingness to Die in order to truly Live

 

         NOTE:  parallel to Shiva/Destroyer & the Holy Spirit (in Christian Trinity)

 

 

GOALS: (added to Philosophy = Theory)

 

1)  Moksha (Self-Realization):

 

a)    Merging with the Ocean, Freedom from Samsara (reincarnation)

 

b)   Enlightenment (understanding relation of Natural & Moral Laws)

 

c)    Servant Leadership (helping others understand Rta & Sat better)

 

d)   Accessing Soul Force:  Daniel in the Lions Den;  E=MCsquared

 

         NOTE:  Similar to but far beyond Maslow’s “Self-Actualization”

 

2)  Swadeshi (Self-Reliance):

 

a)    Individual, Family, Community, National Levels

 

b)   Spinning Wheel Symbolism & Small is Beautiful

 

c)    Economic Empowerment & Decentralization

 

d)   Appropriate Technology:  Goals & Criteria

 

         NOTE: NOT Economic Nationalism, Internationalism, or Structuralism

 

3)  Swaraj (Self-Rule):

 

a)    Hind Swaraj (Home Rule) & Self-Respect

 

b)   Village Rule (Participatory Democracy)

 

c)    Individual Level (Personal Responsibility)

 

d)    Ram Rajya (The Kingdom of God)

 

         NOTE:  Is Gandhi ultimately an Anti-Statist if not an Anarchist?

 

 

STRATEGIES: (added to Theory = Ideology)

 

1)  Brahmacharya (Learned of God)

 

a)    Practice the 5 Yogic Yamas & 5 Niyamas (not only Celebacy)

 

b)   Cultivate Non-Attachment (to results/Ends: focus on Means)

 

c)    Utilize one’s distinctive Path: Jnana, Bhakti, Karma, Raja

 

d)   Engage in Personal Renunciation (the 4^th Stage of Life)

 

NOTE:  Gandhi was mainly a Karma Yogi, with some other elements.

 

2)  Sarvodaya (Welfare of All)

 

a)    Develop & Engage in Constructive Programs of Empowerment

 

b)   Promote Community (transcending Gender, Race, Caste, or Class)

 

c)     Educate Oneself & Others via Respectful Communication

 

d)    Be the Change you want to see in this world

 

         NOTE:  This is neither Liberal Utilitarianism nor wedded to Traditions.

 

3)  Satyagraha (Holding firm the Truth/changing over time)

 

a)    Rooted in Gandhian Philosophy/World View (review)

 

b)   Strengthened in association with Brahmacharya & Sarvodaya

 

c)    Nonviolent Resistance undertaken to achieve greater Swaraj

 

d)   SEE: “Guidelines for Satyagraha”

 

NOTE: Distinct from MLK’s “Militant Nonviolence” & other traditions.

 

 

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.