by Susan | Jul 18, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
July 18, 1979 Canada began accepting 50,000 Vietnamese boat people into the country; 24,000 of the refugees were sponsored by the government and the rest through some 7,000 private humanitarian...
by Susan | Jul 17, 2016 | Nobel Peace Prize Laureates
The 1920 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Léon Bourgeois, of France, President of the French Senate, for his participation in both the Hague Conferences and for his work towards what became the League of Nations to such an extent that he was frequently called its...
by Susan | Jul 17, 2016 | peacemaker birthdays
July 18, 1918 Nelson Mandela “Our human compassion binds us the one to the other — not in pity or patronizingly, but as human beings who have learnt how to turn our common suffering into hope for the future.” July 20, 1921 Frantz Fanon “We revolt...
by Susan | Jul 17, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
July 17, 1944 US P-38 fighter bombers dropped napalm bombs on a German Army fuel depot near St. Lo in Normandy, France, one of the earliest uses of napalm. Napalm, a mixture of gasoline and a thickening agent, stubbornly sticks to anything it comes in contact with,...
by Susan | Jul 16, 2016 | Nobel Peace Prize Laureates
The 1919 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Woodrow Wilson, of the United States, for his crucial role in establishing the League of Nations. At the award ceremony it was noted, “Today, Gentlemen, as the Norwegian Parliament meets to present the Nobel Peace Prize...
