Mary E. King
/Overview
Mary Elizabeth King born New York, NY July 30, 1940. Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies at the UN University for Peace, Costa Rica. Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) activist, 1962-66. Deputy director of American domestic volunteer agency ACTION, overseeing Peace Corps and VISTA, 1977-81. Awarded Jamnalal Bajaj International Prize for Gandhian work, 2003; El-Hibri Peace Education Prize, 2009; James Lawson Award for Nonviolent Achievement, 2011.
Quotations
“Since nonviolent resistance is based on an understanding of power more profound than is military force, the dogs of war are less likely to be unleashed as more societies learn, and with greater accuracy, of the power of nonviolent action.” (“Waging Peace”, Bulletin Peace Studies Inst., 2006, p. 20; photo Wikipedia)