International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
During the night of August 22 the 'Haitian Uprising' began. The uprising led to the founding of a state free from slavery and rule by whites. It was the largest slave uprising since Spartacus 1,900 years before. International Day for the Remembrance of the...
World Humanitarian Day
The United Nations headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq is bombed. Sérgio Vieira de Mello and 21 of his colleagues were killed. Theme is - "One Humanity" World Humanitarian Day is a day dedicated to recognize humanitarian personnel and those who have lost their...
Nelson Mandela Infographics
Infographic found on http://static.springer.com/sgw/documents/1467251/image/jpeg/Nelson+Mandela+infographic_300dpi.jpg Infographic found on http://www.internsme.com/blog/nelson-mandela-infographic Infographic found...Raise My Hands – A Tribute to Nelson Mandela
On Nelson Mandela’s birthday, photographer Scott McDermott captured famous faces – e.g. Clint Eastwood, Robert DeNiro, Forest Whitaker and Morgan Freeman – raising hands to pledge to improve their planet. In Kelly’s film, writer Elliot Kotek ponders...Read more“No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.”
– Nelson Mandela
