Embracing Kingian Principles to Promote Nonviolence

This mural was painted on Albany Ave. in the North End of Hartford, Connecticut in November 2010. It was a Design Global Change project, an organization founded by Professor Natacha Poggio of Hartford Art School that is a creative think-tank that uses design to develop projects that bring positive change to communities around the world.The mural was inspired by the Kingian Principles of Nonviolence promoted by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., with special attention to principle #2: "The beloved community is the frame work of the future." The painting was created in collaboration with the Connecticut Center for Nonviolence, Hartford clergy and Community Peacebuilders.Kingian Principles of Nonviolence

1. Nonviolence is a way of life for courageous people.
2. Nonviolence seeks to win friendship and understanding
3. Nonviolence seeks to defeat injustices, not people.
4. Nonviolence holds that suffering for a cause can educate and transform.
5. Nonviolence chooses love instead of hate.
6. Nonviolence holds that the universe is on the side of justice and that right will prevail.

How can you help promote nonviolence?Sources:http://designglobalchange.virb.com/http://bit.ly/zR9t50