Delegates of the Arkansas Martin Luther King Junior Commission are on their way back to Arkansas after extensive training from the Florida MLK Institute on nonviolence economics. The training involved learning how to make the state’s economy fairer for all Arkansans and giving a voice to those who feel like they don’t have a voice.

Delegates from the Arkansas Dr. Martin Luther King, Junior Commission are working through training that is called nonviolence economics. Florida State Representative Dr. James Bush says the goal for the Arkansas Martin Luther King Junior Commission should be to educate lawmakers, state and local officials, and even young people on the goals to working toward a fair and equal economy for all Arkansans.

The topics provide a deep dive into nonviolence economics.

An Arkansas delegation of volunteers, organizers, trainers, and staff of the Arkansas Martin Luther King, Junior Commission are in Miami, Florida for a non-violence economic conference that runs through Wednesday of this week.