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Join George Lakeyto celebrate the launch of
his new memoir:
DANCING WITH HISTORY:
A Life for Peace and Justice
(There will be singing ♫ ♪
and finger foods, too!)
Quaker activist and master
storyteller George Lakey will
speak on his involvement in
struggles for peace, civil rights,
LGBTQ rights, labor justice, and
environment. His life will be the
subject of a new documentary
film coming in 2022.
From his first arrest in the Civil
Rights era to his most recent
during a climate justice march at
the age of 83, George Lakey has
committed his life to a mission of
building a better world through
movements for justice. Lakey
draws readers into the center of
history-making events, telling often
serious stories with playfulness
and intimacy.
“[A] civil rights legend.”
--The Guardian
In his memoir Lakey describes the
personal, the political, and the
theoretical -- coming out as
bisexual to his Quaker community
while known as a church leader
and family man, taking action
against the war in Vietnam by
delivering medical supplies
through the naval blockade in the
South China Sea, and applying his
academic study of nonviolent
resistance by creating tactics for
direct action campaigns.
Andrea and Warren Hoskins
Peace and Social Concerns Committee
Tallahassee Monthly Meeting (Quakers)
(305) 609-9704 for more information
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
United Church in Tallahassee, 1834 Mahan Dr, Tallahassee, United States