by Susan | Oct 12, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history, Uncategorized
October 12, 2006 In Colombia hundreds of Bari Indians, most clad in loincloths and carrying bows and arrows, came down from the hills in their first march ever to demand that the state-owned oil company stop drilling on sacred land abutting their...
by Susan | Oct 11, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
October 11, 1992 The AIDS coalition ACT UP held its first political funeral in Washington, DC. A funeral procession began at the Capitol and ended by scattering the ashes of loved ones on the White House...
by Susan | Oct 10, 2016 | Monuments
The Imagine Peace Tower is a memorial to John Lennon from his widow, Yoko Ono, located on Viðey Island in Kollafjörður Bay near Reykjavík, Iceland. It consists of a tall tower of light, projected from a white stone monument that has the words “Imagine...
by Susan | Oct 10, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
October 10, 2007 In Kazimierz Dolny, Poland, Police evicted 65 rebellious nuns from a convent they illegally occupied for two years after defying a Vatican order to replace their mother superior, a charismatic leader who had religious visions. The defeated nuns walked...
by Susan | Oct 9, 2016 | peacemaker birthdays
October 10, 1895 Lin Yu T’ang “Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence.” October 14, 1644 William Penn “Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.” October...
