by Susan | Jun 29, 2015 | Monuments
In February 2011 a group of seven 10-foot high installations called Tolerance was unveiled at Harmony Walk in Houston near the site of a planned Ismaili Center. Situated in an area designated as “Harmony Walk,” the seven Tolerance figures, representing the seven...
by Susan | Jun 29, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
June 29, 1895 On Easter Sunday, 1895, a young Russian conscript named Matvey Lebedev was training with a reserve battalion in the army of Czar Nicholas II when he suddenly threw down his rifle, telling his officers that he was a Christian and that Christianity and war...
by Susan | Jun 28, 2015 | peacemaker birthdays
June 29, 1900 Antoine de Saint-Exupery “If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.” July 2, 1908 Thurgood Marshall...
by Susan | Jun 28, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
June 28, 1916 A one-day strike by 50,000 German workers was organized to free Socialist anti-war leader Karl Liebknecht, charged with sedition for his criticism of the government and the war later known as World War I. He was the first ever to be expelled from the...
by Susan | Jun 27, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
June 27, 1963 San Antonio moved again toward complete desegregation today after 173 restaurants, 23 motels and 9 hotels quietly opened their doors to...
