by Susan | Apr 15, 2015 | National Poetry Month
We know, Peace is more than absence of war And Love is much more than the absence of hate And Yes, Life is so much more than the absence of death So much more . . . How long would it take us to say, “Every human Life is sacred” in every tongue, Seven and a...
by Susan | Apr 15, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
April 15, 1915 The Armenian Genocide, the Ottoman government’s systematic extermination of its minority Armenian subjects from their historic homeland within the territory constituting the present-day Republic of Turkey, started on this day, when Ottoman...
by Susan | Apr 14, 2015 | National Poetry Month
We, this people, on a small and lonely planet Traveling through casual space Past aloof stars, across the way of indifferent suns To a destination where all signs tell us It is possible and imperative that we learn A brave and startling truth And when we come to it To...
by Susan | Apr 14, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
April 14, 1947 Segregation of Mexican-American school children in California was declared unconstitutional by the Federal Appeals Court for the Ninth Circuit. Suit had been brought against several school districts in Orange County, California by Gonzalo Méndez and...
by Susan | Apr 13, 2015 | National Poetry Month
1. How much poison are you willing to eat for the success of the free market and global trade? Please name your preferred poisons. 2. For the sake of goodness, how much evil are you willing to do? Fill in the following blanks with the names of your favorite evils and...
