by Susan | Sep 23, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
September 23, 2011 Sierra Leone’s albinos launched an association to defend their rights and asked the government for jobs and scholarships to help them fight...
by Susan | Sep 22, 2016 | Nobel Peace Prize Laureates
The 2001 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to United Nations and to Kofi Annan, of Ghana, for their work for a better organized and more peaceful world. In his Nobel lecture Secretary General Annan said, “Today’s real borders are not between nations, but...
by Susan | Sep 22, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
September 22, 2007 At least 25,000 textile workers defied a ban on protests in emergency-ruled Bangladesh to demand a rise in the minimum wage, from the equivalent of $16 per month for a 12-14 hour day to $104 per month. The government has promised a rise in the...
by Susan | Sep 21, 2016 | Nobel Peace Prize Laureates
The 2000 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Kim Dae-jung, President of South Korea, for his work for democracy and human rights in South Korea and in East Asia in general, and for peace and reconciliation with North Korea in particular. In his Nobel lecture President...
by Susan | Sep 21, 2016 | Wednesday on the Web
One of the strengths of the Class of Nonviolence is its use of original writings: you don’t read about Gandhi — you read what he wrote. Even better, I think, is to peek at original documents. I stumbled into the FBI’s online “Vault“ where the heirs of J....
