Dayton Daily News
Dayton, Ohio
early February 1995 (exact date not known)
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Peace walk: Members of the Global Peace Walk '95 cast
shadows in the warm sun along Martin Luther King, Jr. Way
Saturday on their way to Eaton. -- Jim Rutledge/Dayton Daily News
Global Peace Walk '95 is a prayer for peace
By Cathy Mong
Dayton Daily News
"Ohio" the puppy is a survivor. His eyes haven't opened
yet, but the 20 or so members of the United Nations
Global Peace Walk have no doubt he's going to make it.
They're not so sure about Mother Earth.
The pup's mother and litter mates were stoned to death
in Columbus, and someone offered the pup to the group.
Earth is being pummeled as well, they say, and its inhabitants
had better open their eyes to the consequences before it is too late.
To ensure that a more spiritual approach be taken, members
of the Global Peace Walk Project left the United Nations building
in New York City on Jan. 15, Martin Luther King's birthday.
They plan to complete 3,6000 miles by June 20, when they
hope to finish their walk in the company of 100,000 others
in San Francisco.
An eclectic group of people aged 19 to 37, the walkers --
who will return after their walk to their jobs as nannies,
pre-school teachers, bartenders, waiters, video game
manufacturers and musicians -- lunched Saturday on rice
and stew in a little dip of land across from the U.S. National
Cemetery at the Veterans Administration on West Third Street.
The walk marks the 50th anniversary of the United Nations
and the bombing of Hiroshima, two dates in history that
represent the best and worst in humanity, according to
the group. The walkers themselves are colorfully dressed
and representing several countries, including the former
East and West Germanies, Venezuela, France, and the United States.
Nick Bailey, the oldest of the walkers, led a prayer in
which the pleasant break in the weather figured prominently.
They have endured snow, sleet, and cold. "The whole walk
is a prayer," said Bailey, a self-described political activist
and organizer. "That's why people are here. We pray
anywhere and anytime. With every step."
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