by Susan | Oct 29, 2017 | peacemaker birthdays
October 29, 1947 Richard Dreyfuss “Civility is not not saying negative or harsh things. It is not the absence of critical analysis. It is the manner in which we are sharing this territorial freedom of political discussion. If our discourse is yelled and screamed...
by Susan | Oct 23, 2017 | Monuments
The White Rose (German: die Weiße Rose) was a non-violent, intellectual resistance group in Nazi Germany, consisting of students from the University of Munich and their philosophy professor. The group became known for an anonymous leaflet and graffiti campaign,...
by Susan | Oct 22, 2017 | peacemaker birthdays
October 25, 1914 John Berryman “We must travel in the direction of our fear.” October 25, 1973 Suheir Hammad “Do not fear what has blown up. If you must, fear the unexploded.” October 27, 1872 Emily Post “Manners are a sensitive awareness...
by Susan | Oct 18, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
October 18, 2006 Pope Benedict XVI received an open letter signed by 38 Muslim personalities from various countries and of different outlooks, which discussed point by point the views on Islam expressed by the Pope in his September 12 Regensburg lecture. The Pope had...
by Susan | Oct 17, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
October 17, 1975 Muhammad Ali led a one mile march through Trenton, NJ in support of freeing Rubin Carter (The Hurricane), culminating in a rally of 1600 demonstrators outside the state capitol. When Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for 20 years for a crime he did...
