by Susan | Sep 25, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
September 25, 2013 Romania’s constitutional court ruled that a bill allowing stray dogs to be euthanized is legal, prompting hundreds of dog lovers to block a main road outside Parliament in...
by Susan | Sep 24, 2017 | peacemaker birthdays
September 28, 551 BCE Confucius “In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of.” September 29, 1511 Michael Servetus “To kill a man is not to defend a doctrine,...
by Susan | Sep 24, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
September 24, 2014 In Poland some 200 coal miners blocked railway tracks on the border with Russia to protest imports of cheap Russian coal, saying it threatens their...
by Susan | Sep 23, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
September 23, 1979 More than 200,000 attended anti-nuclear rally in Battery Park, New York...
by Susan | Sep 22, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
September 22, 1961 President John Kennedy signed a congressional act establishing the Peace Corps. The government-funded volunteer organization was created to fight hunger, disease, illiteracy, poverty, and lack of opportunity around the...
