by Susan | Jan 22, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
January 22, 1936 In San Francisco five Filipino men appeared before a municipal judge on vagrancy charges and admitted to intermingling with white girls. Police chief Quinn instructed police officers to take into custody all white girls seen with Filipinos, together...
by Susan | Jan 21, 2017 | Do Something
In this time of new beginnings let us join together to be witness to our hopes for our nation. Please bring a candle and your compassion to Main Plaza, in front of San Fernando Cathedral at 6 PM on Saturday, January 21st, 2017. Lighting our city with compassion,...
by Susan | Jan 21, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
January 21, 1997 The U.S. House of Representatives voted 395–28 to reprimand Newt Gingrich for ethics violations, making him the first Speaker of the House to be so...
by Susan | Jan 20, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
January 20, 1953 Organizers of President Dwight Eisenhower’s inauguration canceled plans for a performance of composer Aaron Copland’s classical 1942 orchestral work, Lincoln Portrait, at the ceremony because Copeland was active in left-wing politics. Copland was,...
by Susan | Jan 19, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
January 19, 1969 Student Jan Palach died after setting himself on fire three days earlier in Prague’s Wenceslas Square to protest the invasion of Czechoslovakia by the Soviet Union. His funeral turns into another major protest. The memorial is pictured...
