by Susan | Feb 22, 2016 | Monuments
The sculpture was erected in 1992 through the efforts of the Oklahoma University Student Association at a main north entrance to the University of Oklahoma campus. A standing Native-American male figure faces east. He wears moccasins, buckskin pants and a breechcloth....
by Susan | Feb 22, 2016 | Season for Nonviolence
23. Prayer “Prayer from the heart can achieve what nothing else in the world can,” said Gandhi. Begin and end the day with a prayer for peace. Let peace begin with...
by Susan | Feb 22, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
February 22, 1974 Organic farmer Sam Lovejoy cut down the weather tower for proposed nuclear plant in Montague, Massachusetts, just 50 miles upwind from Walden Pond. It was the first act of civil disobedience against nuclear power in...
by Susan | Feb 21, 2016 | peacemaker birthdays
February 22, 1819 James Russell Lowell “In creating, the only hard thing is to begin: a grass blade’s no easier to make than an oak.” February 25, 1861 Rudolph Steiner “To truly know the world, look deeply within your own being; to truly know...
by Susan | Feb 21, 2016 | Season for Nonviolence
22. Mission “My life is my message,” says Gandhi. Write down what you want to stand for in your life. Note at least one way you can show, through action, that you stand for your beliefs. Take this action...