by Susan | Oct 3, 2016 | Monuments
It’s interesting, isn’t it, how much the late Beatle and peace activist John Lennon has become an international symbol of peace. Near Central Park West, between 71st and 74th Streets, is Strawberry Fields, 2.5 acres in Central Park that pays tribute to...
by Susan | Oct 3, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
October 3, 2008 President Bush signed the Child Soldiers Accountability Act, making it a federal crime in the US to recruit and use soldiers under 15 years even if they operate outside the US. Rebel groups and government-armed militias using child soldiers in the...
by Susan | Oct 2, 2016 | peacemaker birthdays
October 4, 1861 Walter Rauschenbusch Every generation tries to put its doctrine on a high shelf where the children can not reach it. October 6, 1946 Lloyd Doggett Sometimes when you get in a fight with a skunk, you can’t tell who started it. October 7, 1888...
by Susan | Oct 2, 2016 | Nobel Peace Prize Laureates
The 2011 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Leymah Gbowee, of Liberia, and to Tawakkul Karman, of Yemen, for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation in peace-building work. In her...
by Susan | Oct 2, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
October 2, 1968 In Mexico soldiers under President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz used automatic weapons and killed some 300 students in the Mexico City Tlatelolco massacre prior to the start of the summer Olympics. More than 10,000 high school and college students had gathered...
