Promoting Love and Nonviolence in Opelika, Alabama
members of the Nonviolence Peace March and Rally.
“Building on the history of those who came before” with Pastor Carolyn Morton:
When asked about nonviolence, Pastor Carolyn Morton answered: “Once you are in the world of nonviolence, that’s everything! I am proud to say I am a faith leader and an activist for nonviolence!”
Morton, a longtime, regular supporter of NP, is a pastor with Prophetic Outreach Ministries On the Move in Alabama, USA. She supports and promotes love, nonviolence, peace, justice, and social change in her community.
For Morton, this work is personal. As a gun violence survivor, she believes we have to “teach everyone around us, and teach our youth, that nonviolence will change us and change our community.”
Although a large focus of her work is on ending gun violence, Morton works to end all types of violence and injustice, such as domestic violence and racism, through her ministry and through her community events and marches.
For example, she helps lead the “MLK Youth Nonviolence Community Peace March and Rally for Young People” each year.
“My passion is being a peacemaker: building a strong and active Beloved community. We have to ensure that our people and our communities are safe and are living in unity. ”
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The Nonviolent Cities Project is a nationwide effort to transform the culture of violence in our communities to one rooted in nonviolence. Dozens of groups in cities across the United States are working to train local people in nonviolence, replace abusive systems, divest funds from weapons and fossil fuels, end gun violence, and much more.
Organized by Pastor Carolyn Morton, Nonviolent Opelika builds on long-standing work in the areas of Samford, Auburn, and Opelika.