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Children's Playground to MLK \;Park
March 20\, 2010
Children's Playground to MLK \;Park
The Chico Peace &\; Justice Center honored peacemakers in history by walking for peace and justice in our time. Families completed a walk from Children&rsquo\;s Playground to the MLK\, Jr. Park on 20th Street stopping at Peace Checkpoints along the way. \; Each participant collected mementos of peace (stones\, stickers\, buttons) in bags provided by the sponsors of the march.
At the MLK\, Jr. \; Park\, we closed with a celebration of the event and a rally commemorating the anniversary of the Iraq War.
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We marked the passage of seven long years of the War in Iraq at the end of the Pathway to Peace Walk. \; Many local youths and longtime activists spoke on this day\, calling for an end to the war. \; Kathy Kelly\, longtime peace activist\, was our keynote speaker.
Kathy Kelly co-coordinates Voices for Creative Nonviolence\, (www.vcnv.org) a campaign to end U.S. military and economic warfare. As a co-founder of Voices in the Wilderness\, she helped form 70 delegations\, from 1996 - 2003\, that openly defied economic sanctions by bringing medicines to children and families in Iraq. Kathy and her companions lived in Baghdad throughout the 2003 &ldquo\;Shock and Awe&rdquo\; bombing.
More recently\, she has visited Gaza and Pakistan\, writing eyewitness accounts of war&rsquo\;s impact on civilians.
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