by Susan | Mar 2, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
March 2, 1789 Pennsylvania ended its prohibition on theatrical performances. Pennsylvania Quakers lumped the theater in with bearbaiting and bullbaiting, cock fighting, equestrian performances and horse racing and tight-rope dancing, which they felt encouraged...
by Susan | Mar 1, 2016 | Good to Know!
There will be at least two marches this March: the International Woman’s Day March on March 5 and the César Chávez March for Justice on March 26. It’s not an accident that we march in March. The confusing convergence of terms is explained by the very...
by Susan | Mar 1, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
March 1, 1919 The March 1st Movement began, one of the earliest public displays of Korean resistance during the occupation of Korea by Japan. Inspired by Woodrow Wilson’s “Fourteen Points” speech at the Paris Peace Conference in January, which outlined the right...
by Susan | Feb 29, 2016 | Good to Know!
1 St. David of Wales – Christian Intercalary Days end – Baha’i 2 – 20 Nineteen Day Fast – Baha’i 6 Orthodox Sunday – Orthodox Christian 8 Maha Shivaratri – Hindu 13 Cheesefare Sunday – Orthodox Christian L....
by Susan | Feb 29, 2016 | Monuments
The Rosenstraße nonviolent protest, on “Rose street” in Berlin, was carried out by the non-Jewish wives and relatives of Jewish men who had been arrested and locked up in a provisional collecting center rather than being shipped to the death camp at...
