Greetings All…We have now been on the 13 Moon Walk 4 Peace for two months. Needless to say we are having an inspiring walk through communities with our Peace Flame, the flame from the Sacred Fire of Thunder from Six Nations, Canada (Diane Longboat) that connects us to the legacy of the Great Peace Maker. We have walked from Macon, GA, where we walked with a mother whose son was murdered on 10-10-2000, allegedly by law enforcement officers (see my website: www.audriscottwilliams.com for the video); to Valdosta, GA where we had the opportunity to engage in interfaith activities with the community through our hosts, Linda Bennett Elder. We then journeyed to West Palm Beach to walk through the community there and see the 150 families who have come together to support urban gardening. We ended our walk at Coleman Park to see the gardens the youth at the center have planted with our host Greg Richardson and beloved Umoja.
Audri, Karen, and Swami Jinendra with friends from West Palm Beach
Along the way we visited with a sculptress, Joan Baliker, (read the article about our visit) in Ormond Beach who just finished a sculpture of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr; the Kashi Yoga Center hosted by our United Religions Initiative sister Swami Anjani and participated in teachings with Ma; we then headed to Tampa/St. Petersburg, FL and visited Sacred Lands, did water ceremonies, walked and showed the film, For the Next 7 Generations (a film about the 13 Indigenous Grandmothers); then on to Tallahassee, FL for more of the same. The highlight of the walk continues to be the people we meet. Imagine in one day we are walking along the road and pass a man on a bike riding across America AND a lady with one leg completing her journey around America. How is it we all end up on the same stretch of highway in Florida on the same day?
Janet Windwalker Jones
Of course gratitude for the families who invited us into their homes and cared for us – strangers/family – like Susan and her family in Valdosta, and Jennifer and Bill in Tampa, Florida; and who took care of us when the RV broke down and it took nearly three days to get it fixed – like Janet Windwalker Jones/BGD Elder. We are also grateful to the churches who have supported us along the way: Victory for the World, Stone Mountain, GA; Christ the King, Valdosta; Unity of Tampa, Tampa, Florida; and Unity of Tallahassee, Tallahassee, Fl.
And now as we head to New Orleans, the hospitality of the Ashe Cultural Arts Center really motivates us to keep going and to celebrate peace with every step. So, if you are near New Orleans this weekend check the schedule here and join us if you can.
The team is holding up well. Art coordinates our day to day walk and spends many hours buried in maps to make sure we are taking the best route and coordinating drop points so we make our miles. He is still the master walker, capable of doing up to 24 miles a day if necessary. Mary coordinates our activities in each city and our sponsorship solicitation. Dave is the overall picture and video taker, video editor, and assists Elizabeth with the websites. Elizabeth is our web master and keeps the site up to date. Karen is the bookkeeper, tracking all of our receipts and coordinating the food purchases (she makes a mean pot of greens as well). Baba Ojiji keeps the car and the RV in check. Mama Natalie continues to be the matriarch of the walk. I am the visionkeeeper for the walk. This is the current team on the road but we also have Swami Jinendra, Melodie, Rod, Kai and two little ones Tixo and Jude. How is that 13 members of the team on the 13 Moon Walk 4 Peace!
the 13 Moon Walk 4 Peace team with friends from Unity of Tampa
We have formed alliances with Om Sounds; WorldBed, Inc.; For the Next 7 Generations; Center for Spiritual Democracy; Encouragement Ministries, Inc; and World Bridge Media.
For those of you who have asked how can I help, please visit our How You Can Help page for suggestions. In addition, if you are in an area where we will be, come and donate some walking miles. We are a relatively small team and we cover about 40 miles a day. We have actually walked nearly a 1,000 since we left Atlanta. We can use some help making more miles. So put on your walking shoes and come walk 5, 10, 15 miles a day for whatever period of time that you can. If you would like to be a host in one of the cities we will be walking through or would like to help us coordinate activities there, click this link to see what cities are on the schedule.
Call Dave or Mary for more information: 570-220-9249
