by Susan | Aug 1, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
August 1, 1975 The U.S. and the U.S.S.R, represented by President Gerald Ford and General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev, along with 33 other nations, signed the Helsinki Accords at the close of the Finland meeting of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe....
by Susan | Jul 31, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
July 31, 1912 The U.S. government prohibited movies and photos of prize fights. This was not a reaction to the violence inherent in such fighting but rather a White reaction to Jack Johnson becoming the first African-American heavyweight champion, a title he held from...
by Susan | Jul 31, 2017 | Good to Know!
August 1 Lammas – Christian August 1 Lughnassad – Imbolc – Wicca/Pagan Northern and Southern hemispheres August 1 Tish’a B’av – Jewish August 6 Transfiguration of the Lord – Orthodox Christian August 7 Raksha Bandhan –...
by Susan | Jul 31, 2017 | Monuments
Ask a hundred people congregated at Piccadilly Circus in London, “ who’s the statue atop the fountain?” and they’ll tell you “Eros.” You know – Cupid. They’d be wrong. The god pictured is Eros’ younger brother, Anteros, who represents completed...
by Susan | Jul 30, 2017 | peacemaker birthdays
July 30, 1857 Thorstein Veblen “Born in iniquity and conceived in sin, the spirit of nationalism has never ceased to bend human institutions to the service of dissension and distress.” July 30, 1973 Clementa C. Pinkney “Loving God is never separate...
