Norwegian Teachers’ Resistance to

Nazi Occupation:

Song:“The Teachers of Norway”

Performers:Steve Bass, Pianist

Mary Gerbi, Mezzo-SopranoBradford Gleim, Baritone

Randy McGee, TenorAdriana Repetto, Soprano

Panel Discussants:Dr. Gene Sharp

World-renowned writer on nonviolent actionDr. Severyn Bruyn

Professor Emeritus, Boston CollegeMr. Pat Scanlon

Chapter coordinator of Veterans for PeaceDr. John Michalczyk

Director, Film Studies, Boston CollegeProfessor Lorenz Reibling

Professor, Woods College of Advancing Studies

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.

Contact: Prof. John Michalczyk (Fine Arts)michalcj@bc.edu

Trinity Chapel, Newton CampusWednesday, April 9

7:00 pmSponsorsed 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