by Susan | Nov 9, 2015 | Universal Declaration of Human Rights
No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms. Leading up to the 67th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations General Assembly on December 10,...
by Susan | Nov 9, 2015 | Good to Know!
Schiller called his poem “The Ode to Joy”: Thy magic reunites those / Whom stern custom has parted; / All men will become brothers / Under thy gentle wing. Beethoven followed suit. Today, November 9, is the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall in...
by Susan | Nov 9, 2015 | Monuments
During World War I, the Irish — unionists and nationalists, Protestants and Catholics — fought side-by-side in the trenches as part of the British forces Here in Messines, site of a 1917 battle, the Irish not only look back to memorialize those who died in that war,...
by Susan | Nov 9, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
November 9, 1938 In an incident known as “Kristallnacht,” Nazis in Germany torched synagogues, vandalized Jewish homes, schools and businesses and killed close to 100 Jews. In the aftermath of Kristallnacht, also called the “Night of Broken Glass,” some 30,000...
by Susan | Nov 8, 2015 | Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person. Leading up to the 67th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations General Assembly on December 10, 1948, the peaceCENTER will be posting the document on...
