[altroots] Fwd: PEACE WALK

International Young Leaders’ Peace Summit begins with Mindfulness Walk & Prayer Vigil in Atlanta, Georgia on Tuesday, April 19th

Sponsored by Spirit of Truth Foundation


ATLANTA, GA – April 4, 2005. The 2005 “Beyond the Global Divide: International Young Leaders Peace Summit” (BGD) will commence with a walk and prayer vigil for global peace on Tuesday, April 19th, from 10am – 2pm. “Resurrecting Peace: Mindfulness Walk & Prayer Vigil” will begin at 10am at the Fulton County Courthouse in downtown Atlanta and end at The King Center, located at the epicenter of the Civil Rights Movement.

“Beyond the Global Divide” provides a unique and exciting opportunity for young leaders and elders from around the world (many of whom are from indigenous cultures) to gather and lend their wisdom, skills and energy to spark development of community-based projects that affect social justice and world peace in communities around the globe--in effect, creating a worldwide network of emerging young leaders with traditional elders serving as mentors. The first “Beyond the Global Divide” summit (BGD), hosted in 2002, began with a mindfulness walk in Memphis, Tennessee, led by Thich Nhat Hanh, Buddhist monk from Vietnam, who was nominated by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1967. BGD participants also made a special visit to the Lorraine Motel, site of Dr. King’s assassination.

“Resurrecting Peace: Mindfulness Walk & Prayer Vigil” will occur exactly 40 days after the March 11th shooting incident at the Fulton County Courthouse. April 19th, 2005 also marks the 10-year anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing and the 12-year anniversary of the siege on the Branch Davidian complex in Waco, Texas. Furthermore, April 19th is the most frequent date in the Gregorian calendar upon which Easter Sunday falls, hence the name “Resurrecting Peace”.

The late Lakota elder Harry F. Bryd stated that, “One sincere prayer has more power than an atomic bomb”. All civic, spiritual, and political leaders, as well as everyday people, are invited and encouraged to participate by gathering outside of the Fulton County Courthouse at 10am on the morning of Tuesday, April 19th in mindful support of peace and healing for the local and global community, as well as Earth itself. Some of the esteemed invited guests include Governor Sonny Perdue, Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, Congressman John Lewis, and Mayor Shirley Franklin, as well as various Atlanta city council members and spiritual clergy.

Spirit of Truth Foundation (STF), sponsor of “Beyond the Global Divide”, is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that evolves the paradigm for leadership development through the implementation of programs and services that expose young people to an expanded worldview. STF focuses its efforts in areas of relationship building; arts and culture; wisdom sharing that is intergenerational and intercultural; leadership development; and the preservation and documentation of information shared by indigenous wisdom carriers.

For more information on “Resurrecting Peace”, as well as “Beyond the Global Divide”, please call (770) 498-0709, email stfoundation@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, or visit www.nowtimeprophecies.org.


One People, One Planet.

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