My time with Ela Gandhi
In 2010, Susan Easterbrooks, Emerita Professor of Education, met Ela Gandhi, granddaughter of the great Mahatma, and an anti-Apartheid South African peace activist. Their 10- year friendship led to conversations surrounding cultural conflict, protests, arson, looting, murder, and epidemics. Not unlike the history and situation in the United States today. This book explores the complex responses to such challenges from the perspective of another generation of the Gandhi archetype. This time, the female perspective of triple oppression is told with humor and gentle grace. Ms. Gandhi survived nine years of house arrest, worked underground, and raised five young and active children in volatile and violent times. Even after unspeakable atrocities, she moved on with peace and grace. Her experiences and the Gandhi perspective can inform us today of effective thought and action. The current age in which we find ourselves brings unparalleled political, educational, technological, and economic upheaval worldwide. The conversations between these two friends suggest guideposts to navigate an uncharted future
Print Book, English, 2020
Hidden Owl, LLC, [Place of publication not identified], 2020
Biographies
274 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
9780996237185, 0996237186
1344349632
Acknowledgments
Crossing the Northeastern to Southwestern Hemispheres
Lessons in Culture
Dinner at Ela's
The Phoenix Settlement
The Zulu Restaurant
Monkey Business
Ixopo
Mr. Toad's Wild Ride
A Trip Back in Time
The Zulu King
Southwestern to Northeastern Hemispheres
Principles
Ela in Atlanta
Ela Speaks
Ela on the Freedom Trail
Visiting Bapu
Education, Marriage, and Career
Triple Opression
A Crazy Cab Ride
House Arrest
Burning Down the House
A Mother's Worst Nightmare
Zuluz Boys and Ashes
Ela's Letter on Satyagraha
The Aftermath
How to Protest
Peace Education
The Peace Curriculum
Meanderings
Glossary
Timeline
Suggested Readings
About the Author
Includes glossary