We must be the change we wish to see. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi 2 Oct. 1869 to 30 Jan. 1948 An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind. Whenever I despair, I remember that the way of truth and love has always won. There may be tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they may seem invincible, but in the end, they always fail. Think of it: always.	GANDHI A MiraCosta College Films for the Millennium Event & Honors Enrichment Seminar with Professors Gloria Floren (Film) Jan Heinzmann (World History) Saturday, 2 March, 2002 San Elijo Campus, Room 601  11:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. (Honors) 12:45-4:45 (Films for Millennium) WAR OR PEACE? Customs, Traditions, and Celebrations: The Human Drive for Community 11:30 - 12:15: Introductions-Lecture: Historical, Cultural, Political Context 12:15-12:45:  Snack Break, courtesy of Honors Office 12:45-1:15: Background Lecture on Film 1:15-4:15:   Screen Gandhi (France-India-UK, Richard Attenborough, 1989.  Running time: 3.2 hours) 4:15-4:45:  Stretch Break. Discussion. Conclusion. "Nonviolence is the greatest force at the disposal of [humanity]. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of [human beings]."  --Gandhi-- Gandhi Web Resources
Students, staff, and faculty: If you plan to attend this event, please RSVP to Gloria Floren at 760-757-2121 (ext. 6221) or gfloren@miracosta.edu  so we can be sure there are enough seats (and snacks).   Students in all honors courses and enrichment sections of any course are invited to this seminar.  You do not need to be enrolled in a course with Professors Floren or Heinzmann to join us, and you are invited to bring a guest to share the experience, and can earn 6 hours of enrichment credit for attending the seminar.  Faculty and staff are invited as well and may come early for the lecture on the historical, cultural, and political context (and snack break); faculty may earn up to 6 hours of flex credit for participation in this Films for the Millennium event.
"He was no ordinary leader. There are those who believe he was divinely inspired, and it is difficult not to believe with them. He dared to exhort nonviolence in a time when the violence of Hiroshima and Nagasaki had exploded on us; he exhorted morality when science, technology and the capitalist order had made it redundant; he replaced self-interest with group interest without minimizing the importance of self. In fact, the interdependence of the social and the personal is at the heart of his philosophy. He seeks the simultaneous and interactive development of the moral person and the moral society." Nelson Mandela (from his essay on Gandhi, "The Sacred Warrior") "In an age of empire and military might, he proved that the powerless had power and that force of arms would not forever prevail against force of spirit." Johanna McGeary "Seven Blunders Of The World That Lead To Violence": 1. Wealth without work 2. Science without humanity 3. Pleasure without conscience 4. Worship without sacrifice 5. Knowledge without character 6. Politics without principle 7. Commerce without morality (attributed to Gandhi in a December 15, 1998, article in Edupage, an online newsletter published by EDUCAUSE, an international nonprofit association dedicated to transforming higher education through information technologies)