by Susan | Nov 23, 2015 | Monuments
This Beaux Arts-style domed building, which also serves as the Elk’s headquarters, was built in 1926. The two friezes, composed of more than seventy figures carved in low relief, are just above a legend in Gothic script that reads The Triumphs of Peace...
by Susan | Nov 23, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
November 23, 2006 1,700 Houston janitors began a strike to secure family health care, fair wages, full-time work (instead of 4-hour shifts), and better working...
by Susan | Nov 23, 2015 | Good to Know!
For those suffering from violence, the families and the countries, the victims and perpetrators, ourselves and all others. Co-sponsored by CAIR-TX, SA (Council on American Islamic Relations, San Antonio, TX); Christ Lutheran Church of Alamo Heights; Community...
by Susan | Nov 22, 2015 | Universal Declaration of Human Rights
(1) Everyone has the right to own property alone as well as in association with others. (2) No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his property. Leading up to the 67th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations...
by Susan | Nov 22, 2015 | peacemaker birthdays
November 24, 1888 Dale Carnagie “If you want to gather honey, don’t kick over the beehive.” November 24, 1961 Arundhati Roy “It’s odd how those who dismiss the peace movement as Utopian, don’t hesitate to proffer the most absurdly dreamy...
