Minute for Peace (Radio program) -- History -- Sources
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
John McConnell Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-212
Abstract
John McConnell was born in 1915, in Davis City, Iowa. He has been an minister, author, editor, advocate for the environment, and businessman. He organized Meals for Millions in 1962 in San Francisco to feed displaced Hong Kong refugees and organized the Minute for Peace radio broadcast in 1964. In 1968 McConnell designed the Earth Flag, depicting the planet as seen from space. McConnell proposed the idea of Earth Day in 1969 to celebrate a peaceful planet. He also proposed Sea Citizens in...
Dates:
1950-2012
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
