by Susan | Jan 25, 2015 | peacemaker birthdays
January 27, 1944 Mairead Corrigan “If we want to reap the harvest of peace and justice in the future, we will have to sow seeds of nonviolence, here and now, in the present.” January 29, 1927 Edward Abbey “Society is like a stew. If you don’t...
by Susan | Jan 24, 2015 | peacemaker birthdays
January 25, 1933 Corazon Aquino “It is true you cannot eat freedom and you cannot power machinery with democracy. But then neither can political prisoners turn on the light in the cells of a dictatorship.” January 29, 1927 Edward Abbey “Society is...
by Susan | Jan 19, 2015 | peacemaker birthdays, Uncategorized
January 18, 1882 A.A. Milne “You can’t stay in your corner of the forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.” January 21, 1561 Francis Bacon “Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more a man’s...
by Susan | Jan 16, 2015 | Good to Know!, peacemaker birthdays
Happy 25th birthday to Fuerza Unida! On January 16, 1990 Levis shut down its plant on Zarzamora St. and moved its operation to Costa Rica, leaving 1,160 workers without retirement, severance, possibility of jobs elsewhere. Fuerza Unida, United in Strength, a sewing...
by Susan | Jan 15, 2015 | peacemaker birthdays
January 15, 1929 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. “I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality… I believe that unarmed...
by Susan | Jan 11, 2015 | peacemaker birthdays
January 11, 1954 Kailash Satyarthi “If you decide to stand up against such social evils, you have to be fully prepared—not just physically or mentally, but also spiritually.” January 14, 1875 Albert Schweitzer “Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the...
