by Susan | Nov 13, 2017 | Monuments
The Carn Heddwch (Peace Cairn) was constructed on Mynydd Llanfihangel Rhos y Corn, Carmarthenshire, in the Autumn of 2007. It has the word peace carved in four languages: Arabic, English, Hebrew and Welsh on different sides of the monument. The children of Brechfa...
by Susan | Nov 12, 2017 | peacemaker birthdays
November 13, 1850 Robert Louis Stevenson “Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.” November 14, 1889 Jawaharlal Nehru “The only alternative to coexistence is codestruction.” November 18, 1939 Margaret...
by Susan | Nov 6, 2017 | Monuments
This monument recalls the brutal murder of seven young black activists by South African security forces in 1986. The young men were on their way to what they believed to be a job interview in a minivan driven by an undercover security officer, when they stopped at a...
by Susan | Nov 5, 2017 | peacemaker birthdays
November 7, 1913 Albert Camus “The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.” November 8, 1897 Dorothy Day “We have all known the long loneliness, and we have found that the...
by Susan | Oct 30, 2017 | Monuments
On the campus of the University for Peace (the only university chartered by the United Nations) this monument, sculpted by Cuban artist Thelvia Marín in 1987, includes nine 12-foot columns hosting a sculpture on each side. The columns are lined up in a spiral,...
