by Susan | Apr 1, 2015 | National Poetry Month
A voice from the dark called out, “The poets must give us imagination of peace, to oust the intense, familiar imagination of disaster. Peace, not only the absence of war.” But peace, like a poem, is not there ahead of itself, can’t be imagined before...
by Susan | Apr 1, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
April 1, 1621 In present-day Massachusetts, the leaders of the Plymouth colonists, acting on behalf of King James I, made a defensive alliance with Massasoit, chief of the Wampanoags. The agreement, in which both parties promised to not “doe hurt” to one...
by Susan | Mar 31, 2015 | National Poetry Month
April is National Poetry Month, so starting tomorrow the peaceCENTER will feature a poem on this Website. To get you in the mood, here’s Shel Silverstein’s Poem, “The Hug O’War,” included in his “Where the Sidewalk Ends.”...
by Susan | Mar 31, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
March 31, 1776 Abigail Adams wrote to her husband, John Adams, urging him and the other members of the Continental Congress not to forget about the nation’s women when fighting for America’s independence from Great Britain. The future First Lady wrote,...
by Susan | Mar 30, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
March 30, 1855 In the Kansas territory’s first election, some 5,000 “Border Ruffians” invaded the territory from western Missouri and forced the election of a pro-slavery legislature. During the next four years, raids, skirmishes, and massacres...
