by Susan | Nov 8, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
November 8, 1972 The Trail of Broken Treaties (also known as the Pan American Native Quest for Justice), a cross-country protest in the United States by American Indian and First Nations organizations, reached its destination at the Bureau of Indian Affairs in...
by Susan | Nov 8, 2015 | peacemaker birthdays
November 8, 1897 Dorothy Day “We have all known the long loneliness, and we have found that the answer is community.” November 9, 1914 Thomas Berry “The natural world is the larger sacred community to which we belong. To be alienated from this...
by Susan | Nov 7, 2015 | Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Furthermore, no...
by Susan | Nov 7, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
November 7, 1919 On the second anniversary of the Bolshevik revolution, agents of the Bureau of Investigation (under the direction of their newly-appointed director, J. Edgar Hoover) executed a series of well-publicized and violent raids against the Union of Russian...
by Susan | Nov 6, 2015 | Universal Declaration of Human Rights
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood. Leading up to the 67th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights...
