Thanks for the update of the Global Peace Walk commencing April, 1999 and
culminating in September 2000 .
I am forwarding the `Global Peace Walk' information to Mr. Charles Pratt,
the Editor of the Rotarian, to request he might find some editorial space
to promote this `Rotary Peace City Embraced Programme'.
As discussed, it is our desire to see Rotary Peace City Project established
along the route of the Global Peace Walk , and to this end we are seeking
participating Rotary Clubs to approach their respective Local and City
Governments with a view to establishing their place as a Rotary facilitated
`Rotary Peace County, City or Town' in celebration of the `Global Peace
Walk'.
Individual Rotarians are invited to contact me with a view to obtaining a
`Rotary Peace City Formation Kit' and initiating Rotary Peace City Project
protocols through their respective Rotary Clubs along the route of the
Global Peace Walk for events organised during 1999, and for the final Year
2000 programme.
Regards and Yours in Rotary,
Geoffrey B.W.Little
Dean of Ambassadorial Chair
ROTARY PEACE CITY PROJECT
Again, please consider the value of coordinating a regular local Global
Peace Walk in your community to rally the various survival issue group
members together in a united front campaign for "Global Peace Now!" and the
recognition that "Only Peace is Victory!" One suggestions is to end a
weekly short Global Community Peace Walk at the city hall in time for the
walkers to offer weekly brief public comments to their city councils. More
on local walks at http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000/gcpw.html
The purpose of the Global Peace Walk is to take the first step towards
"Global Peace Now!" by bringing this out as a strong prayer, not only as a
slogan or motto but to foster its acceptance all around the world as a
universal human resolve, as the first step towards the actual manifestation
of a lasting era of global peace and prosperity by recognizing the latent
spiritually united nation of all of humanity related as one family by human
beings' divine/natural connection to all life on Earth, i.e., All Our
Relations.
This is a time to pay attention to the wisdom of the indigenous
spiritual leaders and to recognize the United Nations International Decade
of the World's Indigenous Peoples 1995-2004, and the year 2000 as the UN
International Year for a Culture of Peace.
Reverend Yamato stopped by here for a brief lunchtime visit three days ago
with the core group of Global Peace Walkers (Tsuyoshi, Hiromi, Samuel, and
Christopher) on the way to New Mexico for the 5th annual Global Peace Walk
from Taos to Santa Fe, April 22-26. We had a chance to discuss the urgent
need to address the war in Yugoslavia by accelerating locally coordinated
Global Peace Walk activities described following New Mexico information
below. The walkers have a laptop computer along so those interested may
also email to Global Peace Walk at GPZone@aol.com .
Every year the annual Global Peace Walk starts from Kit Carson Park in
Taos with a sunrise prayer ceremony on Earth Day, April 22nd, planting
the peace tree with native elders.
Then the NM 1999 schedule is:
4/23 The walk starts from south end of Taos to Picuris Pueblo;
4/24 Picuris Pueblo to Chimayo;
4/25 Chimayo to Pojaque;
4/26 Pojaque to Sante Fe Plaza at noon.
Everyone is invited to join and camp along the way.
Come prepared as this is a survival training/camping walk, all the way.
There may be a camp established for folks gathering before April 22nd,
details to be posted on GEAR2000 website below and advised in following
posts as known.
For more details the local contact person in Taos:
Holy Family Church
(2nd night's campsite provider)
contact: Father Miguel Mateo
505-351-4360
Picuris Pueblo Ranger is Karin Rael
505-587-2519,
Fax 505-587-1071,
Address:
PO Box 127,
Penasco, NM 87553,
(this pueblo always welcomes GPW every year.
Governor's name is Manuel Archuleta.)
Taos, NM, is the first city whose mayor proclaimed it as a Global Peace Zone
(1995) and Santa Fe is the first city whose mayor proclaimed a Global Peace
Walk Day (26Apr).
This is the reason for this annual route of the Global Peace Walk, to honor
the leadership of these city mayors whose support has inspired numerous other
city mayors to make similar proclamations of support, see partial list and
texts at http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000/listproc.html
At the gathering in Taos this year the final schedule for Global Peace Walk
2000 arrival in Washington, DC, will be determined. The original target date
will be changed to reflect the schedule of about 10 days walking time from DC
to the UN in New York to arrive for the United Nations 55th anniversary on
October 24th.
The ceremony to rededicate the Washington Monument as a symbol of peace will
likely be in the area of October 12th, Columbus Day instead of September 19,
2000, the annual UN opening and International Day of Peace which will be
observed in another city en route to DC.
T-Shirts are now available to promote the message of Global Peace Walk 2000.
On the front is a graphic depicting the Hopi Prophecy message of peace carried
by the walk (with the text "Develop a Spiritually United Nations") and on the
back is the 2 color graphic of the walk itself with the text of "Global Peace
Walk", "Global Peace Now", "Global Peace Zone 2000" and the route "War
Memorial Building, San Francisco, January 15, 2000", Washington Monument,
Washington, DC", and "The United Nations, New York City, October 24, 2000".
Details will be posted on the GEAR2000 website or will be sent by return email
to those interested. A videotape of the Global Crisis Solutions Conference of
March 1st at the UC Berkeley Alumni House is also available and described at
the same website and outlines many of the survival issue messages carried by
the Global Peace Walk.
