by Susan | Jul 4, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
July 4, 2007 The first of several Peace Caravans (Caravanes de Paix) set out from South Kivu and traveled across Africa’s Great Lakes region, including the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi and Rwanda. The Scout Associations of the countries in the...
by Susan | Jul 3, 2016 | Nobel Peace Prize Laureates
The 1903 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to William Randal Cremer of the United Kingdom for his role as the the ‘first father’ of the Inter-Parliamentary Union. In 1907 King Edward VII dubbed the old peace activist a knight, but released Sir William from the...
by Susan | Jul 3, 2016 | peacemaker birthdays
July 3, 1888 Ramon Gomez de la Serna “History is something that never happened told by someone who wasn’t there.” July 4, 1946 Ron Kovic “We who have witnessed the obscenity of war and experienced its horror and terrible consequences have an...
by Susan | Jul 3, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
July 3, 1844 The last pair of Great Auks was killed. According to the Smithsonian Magazine, “fishermen hunted down the last pair on the shores of Eldey Island, off the coast of Iceland. The men spotted the mates in the distance and attacked, catching and killing...
by Susan | Jul 2, 2016 | Nobel Peace Prize Laureates
The 1902 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to two Swiss: Élie Ducommun, for his role as the first honorary secretary of the International Peace Bureau and Charles Albert Gobat, For his role as the first Secretary General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union. In his toast to...
