by Susan | Sep 25, 2016 | peacemaker birthdays
September 25, 1956 Miroslav Volf “Prejudice is a form of untruthfulness, and untruthfulness is an insidious form of injustice.” September 29, 1511 Michael Servetus “To kill a man is not to defend a doctrine, but to kill a man.” September 29,...
by Susan | Sep 25, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
September 25, 1887 Elizabeth Cochran (1864-1922), under the pen name of Nellie Bly, managed to get herself sent to the New York Women’s Lunatic Asylum on Blackwell’s Island to do an undercover story of conditions there. She spent 10 days there; a lawyer from the New...
by Susan | Sep 24, 2016 | Nobel Peace Prize Laureates
The 2003 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Shirin Ebadi, of Iran, for her efforts for democracy and human rights. She has focused especially on the struggle for the rights of women and children. In her Nobel lecture she said, “If the 21st century wishes to free...
by Susan | Sep 24, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
September 24, 1969 The trial of the “Chicago Eight” (later seven) began. Demonstrations began outside the court house, with the “Weatherman” group proclaiming the “Days of Rage” in protest of the trial. The Chicago Eight staged...
by Susan | Sep 23, 2016 | Nobel Peace Prize Laureates
The 2002 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Jimmy Carter, of the United States, for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development. In his Nobel...
