by Susan | Feb 29, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
February 29, 1960 Alabama Governor John Patterson warned Alabama State students at their state capitol protest that “someone is likely to get killed” if demonstrations in Montgomery continued. The students ignored him, showing up a thousand strong the next...
by Susan | Feb 28, 2016 | Uncategorized
Our scheduled Living Room Conversation for this coming Sunday, February 28th, 3-5 pm is being rescheduled in honor and memory of the Rev. Buckner Fanning, for his life lived among us and for his interfaith contributions to San Antonio. There are two memorial services...
by Susan | Feb 28, 2016 | peacemaker birthdays
February 28, 1901 Linus Pauling “Science is the search for truth, that is the effort to understand the world: it involves the rejection of bias, of dogma, of revelation, but not the rejection of morality.” March 1, 1927 Harry Belafonte “You can cage...
by Susan | Feb 28, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history, Uncategorized
February 28, 1823 US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall, in the case of Johnson v. M’Intosh, first applied the Doctrine of Discovery and the Law of Nations in the United States. Marshall traced the outlines of the “discovery doctrine”—that a...
by Susan | Feb 27, 2016 | Season for Nonviolence
29. Forgiveness When we forgive, we do not condone hurtful behavior. When we realize that there is something within us that is more important than this wounding experience, we are free to let go of the past and move on with our lives. Today, write a letter to forgive...
