by Susan | Mar 8, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
March 8, 1983 While addressing the National Association of Evangelicals in Orlando, U.S. President Ronald Reagan labeled the Soviet Union an “evil empire”: Yes, let us pray for the salvation of all of those who live in that totalitarian darkness—pray they...
by Susan | Mar 7, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
March 7, 1965 525 civil rights advocates began a 54-mile march on a Sunday morning from Selma, Alabama, to the capital of Montgomery, to promote voting rights for blacks. Just after crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge on the outskirts of Selma, the marchers were...
by Susan | Mar 6, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
March 6, 2014 In Ukraine two FEMEN protesters were arrested in Crimea’s capital Simferopol after staging a topless demonstration against Russia’s intervention in Ukraine in front of the regional parliament. FEMEN, a group of topless female activists,...
by Susan | Mar 5, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
March 5, 1975 Peace activist Fred Moore and Berkeley Free Speech Movement veteran Lee Felsenstein started The Homebrew Computer Club, an outgrowth of the store-front based People’s Computer Company, in Menlo Park, CA. The meeting inspired Steve Wozniak to design and...
by Susan | Mar 4, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
March 4, 1933 Frances Perkins became the U.S. Secretary of Labor (1933-1945) and the first woman appointed to the U.S. Cabinet. Having personally witnessed workers jump to their death during the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, Perkins promoted and helped pass strong...
by Susan | Mar 3, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
March 3, 2003 In the first-ever worldwide theatrical act of dissent, there were at least 1,029 stagings of Lysistrata, the 2400-year-old anti-war comedy by Greek playwright Aristophanes. The performances all occurred on the same day in 59 countries to express...
