Join us on 1/16 in Grand Rapids

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Dear
John,
In their own time, Martin Luther King Jr. and Russell Kirk occupied different ends of the political spectrum. Their philosophies inspired two of the most powerful movements of the age: the Nonviolent Movement (which led to the larger Civil Rights Movement) and the modern Conservative Movement. Without King and Kirk, modern American Social Justice liberalism and modern American conservatism as we know them would not exist.

And yet, for all of their differences, our modern politics suffer because contemporary liberalism and conservatism often lack the grounding in virtues, communitarian values and faith in an ordered universe to which both Kingian Nonviolence and Kirkian Conservatism held fast. Is it possible that by reacquainting ourselves with these lost traditions we could summon the better angels of left and right and restore a politics of virtue for the modern age?
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Join us on Monday, January 16, for a discussion on this theme with John Wood Jr., national ambassador for Braver Angels, America's largest bipartisan, grassroots organization dedicated to the work of political depolarization. This event is co-sponsored by the Russell Kirk Center and the Acton Institute ([link removed]) and will be held in the Mark Murray Auditorium of the Acton Institute, 98 Fulton Street East, Grand Rapids.
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A free livestream of this lecture will be available to view at 7:00 PM ET on January 16 for those who cannot attend in person.

We look forward to seeing you in person or online on January 16.

Sincerely,
Jeffrey O. Nelson, Ph.D.
Executive Director & CEO

P.S. We were honored to welcome John Wood Jr. to a Kirk on Campus event last spring at Hope College where he discussed issues of freedom and equity alongside Ian Rowe. You can watch the entire conversation here ([link removed]) , and view a highlight from Wood below.
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