by Minga Claggett-Borne | Nov 21, 2011 | Inspiration from Sages, Light In Action
At the end of October I learned that Eileen Johnson Sirleaf, the president of Liberia won the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, along with 2 other women, Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkol Karman. Johnson Sirleaf is the first elected female African president and Gbowee from Liberia is...
by Minga Claggett-Borne | Nov 21, 2011 | Inspiration from Sages
Henry David Thoreau Civil Disobedience 1849 Abby Kelley Foster/Susan B. Anthony/Elizabeth Stanton Mock voting booth for women suffrage 1872 Alice Paul women suffrage 1920 Mahatma Gandhi started satyagraha in India 1910s Salt march 1940s Rosa Parks Civil Rights in...
by Minga Claggett-Borne | Nov 21, 2011 | Light In Action, Stopping Violence
I love the idealism of this country. The Declaration of Independence is a creed as much as it is a manifesto. In 4th grade I studied the launching of this nation. We believe in “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” Americans proclaimed in its...
