by Susan | Feb 27, 2016 | Season for Nonviolence
28. Listening Today, stop what you are doing and take five minutes to listen to the feelings behind someone’s words to you. Be fully present for the conversation and be interested in what the person is...
by Susan | Feb 27, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
February 27, 1943 The Rosenstrasse protest began, a nonviolent protest in “Rose street” in Berlin 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...
by Susan | Feb 26, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
February 26, 1977 Members and supporters of the Texas Farm Workers Union began a 420-mile march from San Juan (in The Valley) to Austin to lobby for passage of a new state law granting fieldworkers the right to vote on union...
by Susan | Feb 26, 2016 | Season for Nonviolence
27. Generosity Mother Teresa said, “There is a hidden poverty more pervasive than lack of money. It is the poverty of the heart.” Find three ways to generously give of your time, attention and resources to...
by Susan | Feb 25, 2016 | Season for Nonviolence
26. Respect Gandhi taught, “Language is an exact reflection of the character and growth of its speakers.” Today, respect yourself and others by choosing not to use any profanity or “put...
