To all friends of peace,
As of Monday May 4th, after careful consideration and numerous conversations with a team of advisors and lawyers, we have decided to postpone the PeaceWalk across Canada until Spring 2016.
It has been advised that the PeaceWalk commence after observing the impact of Bill C-51 as well as the results of the upcoming Federal election. The vision for the walk across Canada to promote the Campaign to Establish a Canadian Department of Peace with revised dates is as follows:
This walk will bring public awareness and cultivate widespread grassroots action in support of the Peace Department Initiative and its vision of Canada as a peace nation and world leader. As a Peace Ambassador and leader of the walk, I invite others to take this journey with me as follows:
This peace walk is dedicated to this generation and to the next seven generations of children that are yet unborn. – Jesse-Blue Forrest, Peace Ambassador
Phase One
March 12 – September 21, 2016: Walk from Victoria, British Columbia to Ottawa, Ontario.
Phase Two
March 12 – September 21, 2017: Walk from St. John’s, Newfoundland to Ottawa, Ontario.
Points of Action
1) Grow a culture of Peace and Non-Violence across Canada. I will speak in communities along the walk, to engage the Canadian people to reclaim their leadership as a peace nation and to educate Canadians on the vision of the Campaign to Establish a Canadian Department of Peace. Other speakers who support the Campaign will also give talks coinciding with the walk.
2) Planting of Peace Trees across Canada and on Parliament Hill. Peace Trees will be planted in communities along the walk as a direct response to Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s roll out of military memorials. Each Peace Tree will be planted in ceremony with a plaque dedicated to the Canadian Peace Initiative. The walk will also call for a National Peace Tree to be planted on Parliament Hill upon the completion of phase one of the walk in Ottawa on International Peace Day, September 21, 2016.
3) Petition in support of the Campaign. I will collect signatures in a petition drive for the establishment of the Department of Peace. The petition for a vote to establish the Department of Peace will be presented to the federal government in Ottawa upon completion of phase two of the walk, September 21, 2017.
4) Movement by the People. This walk will act as a platform and catalyst for a re-energized peace movement in Canada led by the people.
Our current focus is to build up the Department of Peace, Toronto Chapter to generate widespread support for the walk and spread the word. We are working collaboratively with a fundraising and organizational consultant to set up the Toronto Chapter, including securing an advisory board, and registering the PeaceWalk.
All donations will support various elements of the Walk, including: equipment, accommodations, Peace flag, flight to B.C., food and water, and other living expenses.
Your contribution to this important cause is greatly appreciated. It is part of a larger movement to make Peace a reality in Canada. Thank you for your donation. To continue building the momentum, we invite you to please spread the word.
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