While we're on the subject
...of anniversaries, I'd like to mention a few more. Can you believe:
1 year (almost) since Hurricane Katrina.
(Good info at NCC Eco-Justice and New Orleans Network.)
5 years (almost) since September 11.
(Check New Yorkers for a Dept of Peace and Nonviolent Peaceforce.)
8 years (last week) since I moved to Louisville - !
100 years (also Sept 11) since Mohandas K. Ghandi launched the modern nonviolence movement.
Seems there's a lot going in the universe these days...
Any other anniversaries out there?
posted by melanie at 3:28 PM
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Exactly two years ago yesterday I was officially hired on at the Louisville Metro Police Department and started my academy. Two years ago today was "hell day". Our instructors put us through a G.I.Jane type of day just to see who would drop out. We lost two recruits that day; they decided it wasn't worth getting yelled at, kicked, or punched...or maybe they didn't like getting covered in mud and grass doing all those push-ups. The two recruits had to ring a bell, (like on G.I. Jane) while we all stood at attention, with our backs towards them. I remember watching the sun shine through the trees, and thinking how strange this moment was. I was so far away from anything I knew. But at least I had the sun, and the trees.
August 24, 2006 3:15 PM
Friday, September 1, 2006 marks 16 years since I moved away from home to Louisville, Kentucky!
August 28, 2006 7:45 PM
September 11th 1973, Agusto Pinochet led a (U.S.-backed) coup against Chilean President Salvador Allende, and went-on to rule as dictator until 1990, torturing and murdering thousands...
September 04, 2006 9:33 AM
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