by Susan | Nov 29, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
November 29, 1781 The captain and crew of the slave ship Zong threw overboard 133 of their still-living human cargo. They had run short of food and water, and historically the insurance company would reimburse slavers “when slaves are killed, or thrown into thrown...
by Susan | Nov 29, 2015 | peacemaker birthdays
November 29, 1918 Madeleine L’Engle “We have much to be judged on when he comes, slums and battlefields and insane asylums, but these are the symptoms of our illness and the result of our failures in love.” December 1, 1797 Sojourner Truth...
by Susan | Nov 28, 2015 | Cool Video
At the peaceCENTER’s birthday party on October 4 we grabbed Barbie Gorelick Callanan and got her to tell the story of the origin of the Tri-Faith...
by Susan | Nov 28, 2015 | Universal Declaration of Human Rights
(1) Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favorable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment. (2) Everyone, without any discrimination, has the right to equal pay for equal work. (3) Everyone who works has the right...
by Susan | Nov 28, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
November 28, 1911 Mexican Revolutionary leader Emiliano Zapata proclaimed the Plan of Ayala, denouncing President Francisco I. Madero for his perceived betrayal of the revolutionary ideals and setting out his vision of land reform, “Reforma, Libertad, Justicia y...
