by Susan | Jul 21, 2016 | Cool Video
An excellent edition of the Edge! Expect to see NowcastSA on the City Hall steps today with us when we present “The Call to the...
by Susan | Jul 21, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
July 21, 1619 Earlier in the year, Polish artisans, brought to the new Jamestown Colony in Virginia to make pitch, tar, rosin and potash, went on strike to get the right to vote, which was only granted to white males of English descent. On this day, the courts...
by Susan | Jul 20, 2016 | Nobel Peace Prize Laureates
The Nobel Peace Prize was not awarded in 1923 or 1924. In 1925 the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Austen Chamberlain, of the United Kingdom, for work on the Locarno Treaties and Charles G. Dawes, of the United States, for work on the Dawes Plan for German...
by Susan | Jul 20, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
July 20, 1944 In what they called “Operation Valkyrie,” a clique of officers attempted to kill Adolf Hitler and stage a coup. A briefcase concealing a time bomb was left at Hitler’s feet during a meeting. The bomb killed four people, but a table shielded Hitler. In...
by Susan | Jul 19, 2016 | Do Something
Some folks have been having trouble signing the “Call to the Steps” using the survey form we used for this purpose. If you are one of them, please, please, please use this form instead. Name(required) Email(required) How *exactly* do you want your name and...
