Norwegian Teachers’
Resistance to
Nazi Occupation:
A panel discussion will be held on nonviolent action against oppressors around the
world. First, an oratorio (song) will be sung about how 10,000 teachers in Norway
stopped Hitler from putting Nazi textbooks in their schools. A discussion will follow
about how nonviolent action has begun to take place globally in the last century.
Panel Discussants:
Song:
Dr. Gene Sharp
“The Teachers of Norway”
Performers:
Steve Bass, Pianist
Mary Gerbi, Mezzo-Soprano
Bradford Gleim, Baritone
Randy McGee, Tenor
Adriana Repetto, Soprano
World-renowned writer on nonviolent action
Dr. Severyn Bruyn
Professor Emeritus, Boston College
Mr. Pat Scanlon
Chapter coordinator of Veterans for Peace
Dr. John Michalczyk
Director, Film Studies, Boston College
Professor Lorenz Reibling
Professor, Woods College of Advancing Studies
Trinity Chapel, Newton Campus
Wednesday, April 9
7:00 pm
Sponsorsed by: Woods College of Advancing
Studies, Fine Arts Department, Laura and Lorenz
Reibling Foundation, Jacques Salmanowitz Program,
Faith, Peace and Justice Program, and Veterans for
Peace
Contact: Prof. John Michalczyk (Fine Arts)
michalcj@bc.edu