Why We Walk
We are walking for an end to war, especially the looming threat of nuclear war. We are walking for the children, that they may grow up without the worry of nuclear Armageddon or the climate crisis.
We are walking in solidarity with the heroic people of Gaza who are determined to survive a brutal genocide, and for West Bank Palestinians living, resisting and dying for 75 years under Israeli apartheid and occupation.
We are walking because everyone everywhere deserves a decent job, food, shelter, medical care and education.
We are walking to expose and address the power of corporations destroying our environment, driving everyday people and communities into more poverty while they reap enormous profits and power. These corporate entities, given more rights than living, breathing people with none of the accountability or responsibility, have hijacked our democratic ability to establish peace, justice and a livable world.
We are walking to provide an in-person counterpoint to the lies, deceptions and omissions fed to the public by the corporate media.
We are walking because we do not need an economy based on manufacturing missiles, tanks, cancer-causing depleted uranium weapons, cluster bombs that continue to kill children and others for generations, and nuclear weapons, which threaten all life on earth.
We are walking to save the oceans and the whales, dolphins and sea creatures that we are intimately connected with.
We are walking because the greed for profits from fossil fuels and wars is polluting and destroying the very land, water and air we need to survive.
We are walking the land with awareness that it was stolen from those who lived here for thousands of years before us.
We are walking to express solidarity with indigenous Nations and their deep respect and love for Mother Earth, living with Her, not in domination and abuse of Her.
We are walking because there must be another way, because militarism and war will never be the answer.
Ultimately, we are walking for people, peace and life on this beautiful planet we all cherish.