by Susan | Feb 21, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
February 21, 1958 The peace symbol, commissioned by Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament in protest against the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, was designed and completed by Gerald...
by Susan | Feb 20, 2016 | Season for Nonviolence
21. Inspiration Think of at least two people who exemplify the practice of nonviolence. What is it you admire about them? Practice these behaviors today so that other people may be...
by Susan | Feb 20, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
February 20, 1871 In what has come to be called the Walker County Rebellion, the Texas governor imposed martial law on Walker County with the authority to try citizens before a military tribunal. It started the previous December when a freedman, Sam Jenkins, testified...
by Susan | Feb 19, 2016 | Friday's Film
Jesse Owens, the son of an Alabama sharecropper, shattered Adolf Hitler’s assertion of Aryan supremacy by winning a record four gold medals in the 100-meter dash, the 200-meter dash, the long jump, and the 400-meter relay at the 1936 Berlin Olympics....
by Susan | Feb 19, 2016 | Season for Nonviolence
20. Self-forgiveness When you judge yourself, you tend to believe that who you are is what you have done or not done, what you have or don’t have. Knowing that who you are is greater than all these things, today, forgive yourself for forgetting the good that is in...
