Martin Luther King Jr.'s Call to Conscience and Courageous Leadership

International peace-educator, Dr. Arthur Romano will honor the legacy of MLK, Jr. by bringing his teachings to life and offering stories and examples of how King's message of courageous leadership is inspiring a new generation of peace-builders around the world today.

Dr. Arthur Romano is a certified nonviolence trainer and accomplished international educator. He works globally to support people in transforming violence and developing effective strategies for peacemaking. At the age of 21 he founded the International Youth for Peace Program, a cyber initiative that brought together participants from more than 15 countries to share inspiration and discuss viable pathways for community building.

Arthur has spoken several times at the United Nations and has collaborated with the Department of Public Information to promote the Gandhi-King Season for Nonviolence and the International Day of Peace. His work has brought him in contact with many internationally renowned peacemakers including: the Dalai Lama, Dr Bernard LaFayette Jr., Ella and Rajoman Gandhi, Dr. Vandana Shiva the Sisters of Charity at Mother Teresa’s ashram in India.

In 2004, Arthur was awarded the prestigious Rotary World Peace Fellowship for the study of conflict resolution and during that time he worked in the Scottish Parliament developing a strategy to advance peace education efforts nationally. As a Peace Fellow he also traveled to Hiroshima and throughout India meeting with educators and collecting stories about their heroic actions in the face of violent conflict and economic strife. 

More recently he worked with university students and staff from more than fifty nations implementing key community building projects to prevent violence on campus and support peaceful ways of living. 

In the days following the violence of September 11th, Arthur joined with a group of concerned citizens to counteract the narrowing national debate and increasing calls for retaliatory measures in response to those attacks. The World Peace Walk resulted with members walking more than three hundred miles from the former site of the World Trade Towers to the Pentagon. During that time Arthur met with people from all walks of life and helped to provide a space for communities to grieve and explore the possibilities for nonviolent responses to those acts of hatred.

Arthur currently resides in the US, working on community building projects and offering nonviolence trainings nationally.