Charlotta Amanda Spears Bass was the first African-American woman to be nominated for Vice President by a major political party in the United States. She was nominated to be the running mate of Vincent Hallinan for the Progressive Party in 1952. To read her amazing and powerful speech to the Progressive Party convention, a speech… Read more »
Category: Women
Saba Jallas
Saba Jallas is a young Yemeni artist who visually transforms photos of the war into images that lift up humanity, hope, and peace. Jallas sees women as images of compassion, so often her reworking of the photos of smoke from the war involve women, sometimes holding children. Jallas was outside of Yemen when the war… Read more »
Sojourner Truth (1797-1883)
“If women want any rights more than they’s got, why don’t they just take them, and not be talking about it.” — Sojourner Truth Sojourner Truth was born into slavery, ran away, and eventually had her freedom purchased. She went on to become one of the strongest voices for abolition, for temperance, and for civil… Read more »
Samantha Smith
Citizen diplomacy needed be only for the church leaders, academics, and retired diplomats. Sometimes a child with simplicity and clarity can cut through all the jargon and political talk to get to reality. Samantha Smith was one such child. In 1983 the Cold War was in one of its most intense stages with Ronald Reagan… Read more »
Katie Jo Suddaby
Katie Jo Suddaby is an American Baptist pastor and artist committed to peace and justice. The art form that she practices, Tibetan Buddhist Sand Art, is a perfect expression of that commitment. It takes hours, days or even weeks to create one sand mandala, placing a few small grains of colored sand at a time… Read more »