Thinking Out Loud

The idea for Thinking Out Loud came from the desire to hold space in our busy lives to learn, reflect, and talk with fellow APAWLA members about issues impacting our communities. We hope TOL will result in APAWLA members developing their own understanding of, and engaging others about, important social issues. For each discussion, we will have a syllabus that will take approximately two hours to complete. The discussions are member-driven, and we will provide questions to help kick off the discussion.

Please see below for the syllabus for the February 27, 2024 discussion. You must be a 2024 APAWLA member to participate in the small group discussion. If you are not a member, please join us at https://www.apawla.com/.

February 27, 2024 Syllabus

In February, we will be learning about Dr. King's philosophy of nonviolence.

1. Ezra Klein Show Episode, "A Revelatory Tour of Martin Luther King Jr.’s Forgotten Teachings" with Professor Brandon Terry, Co-Editor of “To Shape a New World: Essays on the Political Philosophy of Martin Luther King Jr.” (podcast and transcript available at https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/17/opinion/transcript-ezra-klein-interviews-brandon-terry.html)

2. NPR Code Switch Episode, “Misremembering Martin Luther King’s Legacy” with Hajar Yazdiha, Author of “The Struggle for the People’s King: How Politics Transforms the Memory of the Civil Rights Movement” (podcast and transcript available at https://www.npr.org/2024/01/10/1197954537/everyone-from-the-tea-party-to-immigrants-rights-groups-want-a-piece-of-dr-king)

3. The King Philosophy - Nonviolence365 (available at https://thekingcenter.org/about-tkc/the-king-philosophy/)

Questions? Please contact apawlaevents@gmail.com.