by Susan | Dec 18, 2016 | peacemaker birthdays
December 18, 1917 Ossie Davis “It is necessary to stay on the march, to be on the journey, to work for peace wherever we are at all times, because the liberty we cherish, which we would share with the world, demands eternal vigilance.” December 19, 1875...
by Susan | Dec 11, 2016 | peacemaker birthdays
December 11, 1922 Grace Paley “Let us go forth with fear and courage and rage to save the world.” December 13, 1903 Ella Baker “Give light and people will find the way.” December 16, 1901 Margaret Mead “Never doubt that a small group of...
by Susan | Dec 4, 2016 | peacemaker birthdays
December 7, 1928 Noam Chomsky “One of the problems of organizing in the North, in the rich countries, is that people tend to think – even the activists – that instant gratification is required. You constantly hear: ‘Look I went to a...
by Susan | Nov 27, 2016 | peacemaker birthdays
November 28, 1962 Jon Stewart “If you don’t stick to your values when they’re being tested, they’re not values: they’re hobbies.” November 30, 1934 Shirley Chisholm “I don’t measure America by its achievement but by its...
by Susan | Nov 20, 2016 | peacemaker birthdays
November, 22, 1857 George Gissing “It is because nations tend towards stupidity and baseness that mankind moves so slowly; it is because individuals have a capacity for better things that it moves at all.” November 22, 1869 Andre Gide “One does not...
by Susan | Nov 13, 2016 | peacemaker birthdays
November 14, 1889 Jawaharlal Nehru “The only alternative to co-existence is co-destruction.” November 15, 1897 Aneurin Bevan “You can’t have the crown of thorns and the thirty pieces of silver.” November 18, 1939 Margaret Atwood...
