Lard’s World Peace Tips
By Keith Tutt and Daniel Saunders
Tag: Imagine Peace
Peace & Justice History for 10/9:
| October 9, 1919 The International Fellowship of Reconciliation was founded in Bilthoven, the Netherlands. Its members have since been active in promoting programs and activities for reconciliation, peace-building, active nonviolence, and conflict resolution.  More about FOR history |
| October 9, 1990 The U.S. began making reparations payments to survivors and families of Japanese-Americans taken from their homes put into internment (or concentration) camps during World War II.The payments were a result of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 signed by President Reagan. Popularly known as the Japanese American Redress Bill, this act acknowledged that “a grave injustice was done” and mandated Congress to pay each victim of internment $20,000 in reparations.  Some of the housing in the concentration camps was in former horse stalls. The first nine redress payments were made at a Washington, D.C. ceremony. 107-year-old Reverend Mamoru Eto of Los Angeles was the first to receive his check. A chronology of internment during WWIIÂ Note:Â In the entire course of the war, 10 people were convicted of spying for Japan, all of whom were Caucasian. |
| October 9, 1991 Women In Black in Belgrade (Zene u Crnom) began regular weekly silent vigils in Republic Square. They stood to protest the nationalist violence that had erupted in the disintegration of Yugoslavia. They encouraged men who refused to serve in the military, and engaged in many educational efforts. They were initially encouraged by âWomen Visiting Difficult Places,â a group of Italian women who encouraged women on both âsidesâ in conflict-ridden countries to communicate. They in turn were inspired by Israeli Jewish women who organized in 1988 during the first intifada to protest their countryâs occupation of Palestinian territories, and held vigils in as many as forty locations, later joined by Israeli Palestinians.  Women In Black ⢠New York City |
| October 9, 2007 The Imagine Peace Tower, a work conceived by Yoko Ono and dedicated to John Lennonâs memory, was dedicated on the island of Videy, within sight of Reykjavik, Iceland. The LennonOno Grant for Peace will be awarded there each year. Iceland was chosen because Iceland has no standing army and it is a world leader on the environment. The installation bears the inscription, Imagine Peace, in 24 languages. more photos The Tower is lit the first week of Spring, on October 9 and December 8 (the dates of Lennonâs birth and death) and on New Yearâs Eve. The electricity comes solely from the Hellisheidi Geothermal Power Plant. The Imagine Peace Tower   live feed Note: A few peace buttons from peacebuttons.info were buried in a time capsule at the base of the Imagine Peace Tower. < get some for yourself and friends |
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