by Susan | Dec 7, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
December 7, 1971 The Hoe Avenue Peace Meeting was called to propose a general truce and an unprecedented New York City inter-gang alliance. The meeting was a success but while no lasting peace was ever established, a subsequent negotiation established a procedure for...
by Susan | Dec 6, 2015 | Universal Declaration of Human Rights
(1) Everyone has duties to the community in which alone the free and full development of his personality is possible. (2) In the exercise of his rights and freedoms, everyone shall be subject only to such limitations as are determined by law solely for the purpose of...
by Susan | Dec 6, 2015 | Do Something, Uncategorized
Today is the first day of Hanukkah, the 8-day Jewish festival of lights. Jews all over the world light a menorah, a nine-candle candelabra, that commemorates a miracle during the time of the Macabee revolt in the 2nd Century BCE. In 1993 the 50 or so Jewish families...
by Susan | Dec 6, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
December 6, 1987 On the eve of Russian leader Mikhail Gorbachev’s arrival in the United States for a summit meeting with President Ronald Reagan, more than 200,000 in Washington protested Soviet policies concerning Russian Jews. The protests succeeded in focusing...
by Susan | Dec 6, 2015 | peacemaker birthdays
December 7, 1928 Noam Chomsky “One of the problems of organizing in the North, in the rich countries, is that people tend to think – even the activists – that instant gratification is required. You constantly hear: ‘Look I went to a...
