by Susan | Sep 12, 2016 | Nobel Peace Prize Laureates
The 1991 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Aung San Suu Kyi, of Myanmar, for her non-violent struggle for democracy and human rights. In her Nobel lecture she noted: “The Burmese concept of peace can be explained as the happiness arising from the cessation of...
by Susan | Sep 12, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
September 12, 1960 John F. Kennedy, Democratic Party candidate for president, gave a speech to Baptist ministers in Houston, Texas, on this evening, in which he explained his views on the place of religion in politics. Kennedy had recently been attacked by a...
by Susan | Sep 12, 2016 | Monuments
Oh, the irony! After World War I, the University of Leeds commissioned the radical sculptor (and type designer) Eric Gill to produce a war memorial. In 1923 he presented a frieze of the gospel story of Jesus driving the money-changers out of the temple. Those...
by Susan | Sep 11, 2016 | Nobel Peace Prize Laureates
The 1990 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev, President of the Soviet Union, for his leading role in the peace process which today characterizes important parts of the international community. In his Nobel lecture he said, “We want to...
by Susan | Sep 11, 2016 | peacemaker birthdays
September 11, 1917 Jessica Mitford “You may not be able to change the world, but at least you can embarrass the guilty.” September 12, 1921 Stanislaw Lem “Is it progress if a cannibal uses a knife and fork?” September 13, 1938 Judith Martin...
