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Eleven Walkers - Two Weeks: L.A. to San Francisco So Far... The walkers have walked about ten miles a day for almost two weeks. From Santa Barbara, they joined the monthly vigil at Vandenberg Air Force Base (Global Command Center for flying weapons of mass destruction), and then supported work for a civil-liberties safe zone in San Luis Obispo. After car troubles, they went up the coast, through Morro Bay and Big Sur, and on to Santa Cruz. They were in Half Moon Bay on Tuesday, then went on to the Bay Area for a busy few days of peace marches. A huge thank you for everyone who has supported the walkers along the way so far. Every little bit helps - food, enthusiastic sharing, monetary donations, phone calls and emails for logistics help, media contacts, eveything. We hope that your efforts have been returned by encouragement for the work you are doing in your community. There will be details filled in from the walkers when they have time to get the information back. Anyone with news reports, photos, or your own experiences, please send them to us in an email, and we will put those on the site. |
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A Few of the Walkers:
Get Informed!
Native American Veteran:
Durwin WhiteLightning
Nepalese Buddhist:
Monk Krishnaman
Rights Activist:
Eddie Sankovich
Earth First! Activist:
Four Winds
High School Student:
Joshwa WhiteLightning
Peacewalker:
Judah
A lover of life:
Faith
Another woman for:
Peace
Learn about the
U.S.A.P.A.T.R.I.O.T. Act (and more)
through these links:
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Walking from California to Washington State
"The American people can stop Bush, can yank his feet closer to the fire, can banish the war makers from Washington, can turn this society around and restore it to faith and sanity.
Keep the Pledge and put flesh on it. And please, please, please don’t get tired."
---Philip Berrigan, Ploughshares Activist
This walk started in Los Angeles on January 31st. The walkers are going up Highway 101 and Highway 99 all the way to Washington State, to raise awareness about and inspire action for:
1) Repeal of the U.S.A.P.A.T.R.I.O.T. Act (UPA) (requesting that communities join the 38 cities and towns nationwide that have passed resolutions protecting the civil liberties of their 4,608,152 residents - many more are in progress!)
2) Peace, not war, and
3) Honoring, protecting, and restoring historic documents that were written previous to the UPA - including the Bill of Rights and the Constitution, treaties with the original peoples of this continent, and the 1948 United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights
We are carrying out our responsibilities as citizens by standing up for House Concurrent Resolution 224, passed on September 12th, 2001, in the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:
"In response to the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11th, 2001, United States citizens should join together to defend and honor the Nation and its symbols of strength."
"People who are willing to give up freedom for the sake of short term security, deserve neither freedom nor security."
---Benjamin Franklin
Walk with us for any amount of time; all are welcome!
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New! Photos from the walk at Big Sur - click here!
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Vehicles Needed to go North from San Francisco
On Monday, February 17th, the Peace and Freedom Walk will travel north from San Francisco, through northern California, Oregon, and Washington, ending at Chief Seattle's gravesite on the spring equinox.
Transport vehicles are needed,
as there are another 5 or 10 or more people who want to join the walk going north. If you want to help by coming along with your vehicle, or offering your trusty steed for a few weeks or so, email us below and let us know, so the folks who want to join the walk can get around where the roads are unwalkable or the distances are far. Walkers are walking 10-15 miles a day, but travel up to 40 miles each day to get to towns that are hosting events. Biodiesel, hydrogen, and ethanol-powered vehicles are especially welcome!Support the Walk and Support Your Community -
Can you help for one day?
We are looking for people to coordinate :1) Media and public outreach events to support your community when the walk comes through - especially to support your resolutions for civil liberties, for peace, and for native and other minority rights, and other community issues.
2) Logistics for one day - homes or community buildings to stay in, support vehicles, food donations, etc.
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Phone number for media and area
coordinators to reach the walkers:
949-887-2842
Jan. 31 - Long Beach
Contact: Se at 323-304-2024
se@idiosyncratic.net; www.lbpeace.org
Feb. 1 - Long Beach to Ventura
Ventura contact: david.faubion@sbcglobal.net
Feb. 2 - ... to Santa Barbara
Feb. 3 - ... to Gaviota
Feb. 4 - ... to Vandenburg AFB to and Guadeloupe (read about Vandenberg Air Force Base at www.mgpnofate.org)
Feb. 5 - ... to Pismo Beach and San Luis Obispo
Contact mkfarhat@aol.com
Feb. 6 - ... to Morro Bay
Feb. 7 - ... to Big Sur
Feb. 8 - ... to Santa Cruz:
Resource Center for Nonviolence
831-423-1626
Feb. 9 - ... still in Santa Cruz
Feb. 10 - ... State Park 10 miles south of Half Moon Bay
Feb. 11 - ... to Half Moon Bay
Contact joc@pobox.com 650-726-1949
Talk on USAPATRIOT Act
5:30-7:00 PM, at the Methodist Church,
777 Miramontes Street
Feb. 12 - Berkeley Weekly Peace Vigil
6:30 PM - Berkeley BART
Shattuck and Center
Feb. 13 - Oakland Weekly Peace Vigil
7:30 AM - 14th and Broadway
Feb. 14 - Oakland Peace Rally
Feb. 15 - International Day of Peace Rallies
Feb. 16 - Peace Rally in San Francisco
Feb. 17 - GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE
South end -10:00am
Prayer circle and send off into Marin and points north - Join Durwin WhiteLightning and Monk Krishnaman in a sendoff prayer as the walkers continue north... gather at the south end of the Golden Gate Bridge
Bolinas Community Center
6:30 PM (behind the library)...
Feb. 18 - Santa Rosa
(To get on our email list, make sure you check the little box that says "Check here to add yourself to our email list" --> [] )
If you have contacts in these areas, or any areas in between that we will be walking through, and you can help us with public outreach, media events, or support, please let us know with a short email, via the "Contact Us Here" section at the bottom of this page.
If you are interested in walking for any amount of time, contact us below as well.
Donations for the walk are needed; offer a donation when the walk comes through, or email below for details as to how to send funds.
Support contacts for northern California (on 101), and Oregon and Washington (on Highway 99/I-5 Corridor) are most welcome!
"The original documents of the U.S. Bill of Rights are housed in the National Archives in Washington, D.C. in a theft-proof, fire-proof, and bomb-proof case filled with moist helium gas to prevent the deterioration of the parchment documents and the words written on them."
from: The Christian Science Monitor - The Bill of Rights (video tape).
The meaning of those words should be protected as well.
Message from the Walkers
The walkers want people to know that their intentions are to support communities in their work. They hope that people can come together and appreciate what each person and group has to offer, so that we can all learn from each other and help each other.
Durwin would have gone on and completed the walk himself, if his knees could have carried him.
Thanks so much for all of your support.
We will be sending out a letter to let folks know what happened and to thank everybody.
Onward towards peace and justice and freedom; every little bit helps.
The Walkers Went Home
The walk stopped, in the form it was in, for various reasons, not the least of which is that Durwin's knees are injured again. He will be going through surgery soon. There were also financial difficulties and vehicle breakdowns, and the other walkers decided not to go on.
