by Susan | Sep 14, 2016 | Nobel Peace Prize Laureates
The 1993 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Nelson Mandela and Frederik Willem de Klerk, of South Africa, for their work for the peaceful termination of the apartheid regime, and for laying the foundations for a new democratic South Africa. De Clerk said in his Nobel...
by Susan | Sep 14, 2016 | Wednesday on the Web
A fascinating science commentary in the New York Times by Natalie Angier about plants and their will to survive: The more that scientists learn about the complexity of plants — their keen sensitivity to the environment, the speed with which they react to changes in...
by Susan | Sep 14, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history, Uncategorized
September 14, 1911 The Congreso Mexicanista, sometimes referred to as El Primer Congreso Mexicanista, met in Laredo from September 14 to 22. Clemente Idar, whose family owned and published La Crónica, proposed the meeting to organize the Gran Liga Mexicanista de...
by Susan | Sep 13, 2016 | Nobel Peace Prize Laureates
The 1992 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Rigoberta Menchú Tum, of Guatemala, for her work for social justice and ethno-cultural reconciliation based on respect for the rights of indigenous peoples. She had been nominated by Indian organizations, who wanted to draw...
by Susan | Sep 13, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
September 13, 2007 The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly. Four counties voted against it: Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States. The declaration was based on a concern that “indigenous...
