Martin Luther King: Resilience and His Message for Canada Then and Now
Martin Luther King: Resilience and His Message for Canada Then and Now Wilburn Hayden, PhD, Professor, York University School of Social Work First Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Hamilton January 14, 2018 Resilience is the word that comes to my mind when I remember MLK. A common understanding of resilience is the ability to overcome risks and being able to move forward in a right direction of positive and progressive change. There are three presumptions associated with resilience: that it can be acquire by anyone if they follow a prescribed course of action; that equality exists amongst all individuals and communities; and that anyone can learn to take the right action. With these presumptions comes an understanding that people living in marginalized or racialized communities affected by social barriers should be able to foster individual resilience just as easily as people living in privilege communities. Understanding resilience in this way places res
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