[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 116 (Friday, September 5, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H6924]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                        A SEASON FOR NONVIOLENCE

  (Mr. CLEMENT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CLEMENT. Mr. Speaker, at a celebration of India's independence, I 
had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Arun Gandhi, the grandson of Mahatma 
Gandhi. In a conversation which followed, Mr. Gandhi and I discussed 
the planned Season for Nonviolence, which will create greater awareness 
of the principle of nonviolence for which we honor the lives of Mahatma 
Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr.
  Coinciding with the 50th and 30th memorial anniversaries of Gandhi's 
and King's deaths, a Season for Nonviolence will begin on January 30, 
1998, with activities planned through April 4, 1998. It is, of course, 
hoped that the seeds of nonviolence planted during this time will be 
nurtured and fruitful long after the official ending of a season.
  A Season for Nonviolence is committed to such changes as truth, 
respect, acceptance of others, negotiation, appreciation of 
differences, and reconciliation.
  I encourage all of my colleagues to participate in this great 
movement. It is my sincere hope that this will be one season without 
end.

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