by Susan | Nov 6, 2015 | Cool Video, Friday's Film
Opens November 6 @ the Bijou: This story centers on Maud, a working wife and mother whose life is forever changed when she is secretly recruited to join the U.K.’s growing suffragette movement, which is campaigning for voting rights for women. Galvanized by the...
by Susan | Nov 6, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
November 6, 1964 At a staff retreat held by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) following Freedom Summer an anonymous paper, “Women in the Movement,” was circulated and generated considerable controversy. The paper drew a parallel between the place of...
by Susan | Nov 5, 2015 | Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world, Whereas disregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which...
by Susan | Nov 5, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
November 5, 1872 Susan B. Anthony and fourteen other women were arrested for illegally attempting to vote, in Rochester, NY. This was a violation of the Enforcement Act of 1870, which made it illegal to vote if you did not have the right to vote. Anthony was...
by Susan | Nov 4, 2015 | Universal Declaration of Human Rights
On December 10, 1948, the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (often abbreviated UDHR.) In the next month leading up to the 67th anniversary of this historic document, the peaceCENTER will feature an article-a-day about the UDHR. To start...
