by Susan | Mar 24, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
March 24, 1973 At the end of 1972, the “Chipko,” or” tree-hugging” movement was started in Uttar Pradesh, India, inspired by the mythical story of Amrita Devi who died while trying to save a tree that loggers were cutting down in order to build a new palace. Their...
by Susan | Mar 23, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
March 23, 1966 Breaking 400 years of Roman Catholic and Anglican Church estrangement, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Michael Ramsey, made an official visit to Pope Paul...
by Susan | Mar 22, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
March 22, 1980 30,000 marched in Washington, DC against re-introduction of draft registration. Denise Levertov’s lines from her poem, A Speech for Antidraft Rally, D.C., March 22, 1980 “…Let our different dream, / and more than dream, our acts / of...
by Susan | Mar 21, 2016 | Monuments
The Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World) is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor. The copper statue, designed by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, was built by Gustave Eiffel and dedicated on October 28, 1886. It was a gift to...
by Susan | Mar 21, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
March 21, 2003 The report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa was released. The Commission was charged with investigating and providing “as complete a picture as possible of the nature, causes and extent of gross violations of human rights”...
