by Susan | Mar 31, 2016 | Good to Know!
8 Hindu New Year – Hindu 8-15 Ramayana – Hindu 14 Baisakhi (Vaisakhi) – Sikh 15 Ramanavami – Hindu 21 First Day of Ridvan – Baha’i 22 Hanuman Jayanti – Hindu 22-23 Theravadin New Year – Buddhist 23-30 Pesach (Passover)...
by Susan | Mar 31, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
March 31, 2014 Japan accepted the United Nation’s International Court of Justice’s ruling that Japan must stop whaling in the Antarctic in accordance with a ban on the practice. Australia had brought suit against Japan in 2010. Japan had claimed that they...
by Susan | Mar 30, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
March 30, 1891 “Sockless” Jerry Simpson called on the Kansas Farmers’ Alliance to work for a takeover of the state government. Angered over low crop prices, high-interest bank loans and unaffordable shipping rates, farmers began to unite in self-help...
by Susan | Mar 29, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
March 29, 1940 In Cantwell v. Connecticut the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that a statute requiring a license to solicit for religious purposes is a form of prior restraint which vests the state with unconstitutional power in determining which groups must obtain a...
by Susan | Mar 28, 2016 | Monuments
When suffragists campaigned for the vote in Australia in the late nineteenth century, critics said that women had no interest in political rights. Activists sought support from both men and women throughout Victoria. A giant petition with 30,000 signatures , later to...
