Building the "Beloved Community"

I do not think of political power as an end. Neither do I think of economic power as an end. They are ingredients in the objective that we seek in life. And I think that end of that objective is a truly brotherly society, the creation of the beloved community.

-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in a July 13, 1966 article in Christian Century Magazine

The King Center, the nonprofit organization dedicated to Dr. King’s legacy and to continuing his unfinished work, has developed Six Steps of Nonviolent Social Change based on Dr. King’s teachings. Whether as a personal way of life or as a method of conflict resolution and social change applied to neighborhoods and other communities, The King Center encourages their study and adoption.