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Join Civic Spirit for a special event marking 60 years from the Selma Marches.
Peter Geffen, a civil rights worker in the historic summers of 1965 and 1966 in Orangeburg, SC, will share his firsthand experiences in the Civil Rights Movement and explore the deep relationship between Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel. Why did so many young Jewish men and women risk their lives to stand alongside Dr. King in the fight for justice and equality? How did Rabbi Heschel’s leadership inspire and mobilize Jewish participation in the movement? And what lessons can civic educators draw from this alliance today to rekindle its spirit in our divided society?
Peter A. Geffen, President and Founder of The Kivunim Institute, is also the founder of The Park Avenue Synagogue High School, founder of The Abraham Joshua Heschel School in NYC, and former Director of the Israel Experience Program for the CRB Foundation. Peter has been a social activist since serving as a civil rights worker for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1965-66 and has been deeply involved in Arab-Jewish co-existence work since the early 1960s. Peter served as Executive Director of The Center for Jewish History in NYC from 2003-05. He has designed and conducted international travel programs for teenagers and adults since 1969, including the Kivunim summer teachers’ programs, which have served over 1600 participants since 1999.
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