BUILDING BELOVED COMMUNITY

“JUSTICE AT ITS BEST IS LOVE CORRECTING EVERYTHING THAT STANDS AGAINST LOVE.”  DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

Our journey toward a more just and loving world began on Sunday, September 14, with a powerful sermon from Rev. Dr. David Barker. He invited our community to join our friends at Habitat for Humanity of the St. Vrain Valley in their Building Beloved Community initiative. It is a call to action rooted in Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s powerful words: "Justice at its best is love correcting everything that stands against love.”


If you missed it, you can watch David's sermon here.


This journey is guided by the BE LOVE movement, a growing effort led by Habitat to achieve justice through courageous acts. It defines a three-step path to creating a more peaceful world:

  • Educate: Learning the principles of justice and nonviolence.
  • Build: Strengthening character and community through action.
  • Act: Creating lasting change with the steps of Kingian Nonviolence.

speaker series

living the six Principles of Nonviolence

Join Beloved Community Longmont for an inspiring speaker series exploring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s six principles of nonviolence and their power to create the Beloved Community. Each session features a local leader sharing how they have lived these principles in their own lives—through advocacy, leadership, and courageous action.


This series is for anyone who wants to learn, engage, and be part of a movement for justice and peace. Limited reserved seating is available for the live studio audience at Longmont Public Media, and sessions will also be live-streamed on YouTube, broadcast on Channel 8, and recorded for viewing on Habitat for Humanity’s website at stvrainhabitat.org.  


Every two weeks on Tuesdays starting February 3, 2026. 


Register Here

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People around the world are

pledging to Be Love.

be love pledge from the king center

I acknowledge three things:

( 1 )

The violence, oppression, inequity, injustice, and hate in our world has to stop.

( 2 )
I have a responsibility and role to play in creating social change
for a more just, humane, equitable, and peaceful world.

( 3 )
The decision is mine whether to do nothing in this moment,
or to have the courage to stand up for justice.

And I have made my decision.

Starting today, I make a personal choice to BE LOVE.


I pledge to allow love to drive my thoughts, words, decisions, and actions,
and honor the humanity of every individual.


I pledge to speak the truth to power in love.

I pledge to focus on defeating injustice and not destroying the person.

I pledge to support leaders who demonstrate a love for humanity.


I pledge to promote unity and refuse to perpetuate or magnify division.


I pledge to demonstrate a life of courage, care, and compassion
as I boldly confront anything that stands in opposition to love.


By signing this pledge, I’m helping to create what
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. called
The Beloved Community.



For additional background and education, explore the principles of nonviolence

through the King Center’s Nonviolence365® online course.

Together, let’s build the Beloved Community.