by Susan | Jan 23, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
January 23, 1997 To protect an old growth forest in Northern California a group who called themselves the Redwood Rabbis assembled between 100 and 250 activists to hold a ceremony for the Jewish New Year of the Trees (Tu BiShvat) at which they wore prayer shawls and...
by Susan | Jan 22, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
January 22, 1905 A group of workers led by the radical priest Georgy Apollonovich Gapon marched to the czar’s Winter Palace in St. Petersburg to make their demands for reform. Imperial forces opened fire on the demonstrators, killing and wounding hundreds. Strikes and...
by Susan | Jan 21, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
January 21, 1977 President Jimmy Carter granted an unconditional pardon to hundreds of thousands of men who evaded the draft during the Vietnam War. Some 100,000 young Americans went abroad in the late 1960s and early 70s to avoid serving in the war, most to Canada....
by Susan | Jan 20, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
January 20, 1942 Nazi officials meet in a Berlin suburb to devise a plan that would render a “final solution to the Jewish question” in Europe. Various gruesome proposals were discussed, including mass sterilization and deportation to the island of Madagascar. SS...
by Susan | Jan 19, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
January 19, 1994 The “Shoes for Guns” firearm buy-back effort began in Chicago. More than 1,100 Chicago area residents traded firepower for footwear during a three-day exchange. A wide variety of weapons, from flare pistols to handguns to a projectile...
