8th Annual Interfaith Peace Walk
Posted by on May 09, 2011
Peace walk seeks to strengthen interfaith partnerships
The eighth annual Philadelphia Interfaith Walk for Peace and Reconciliation, billed as a “walking dialogue” among, Jews, Muslims, Christians, Buddhists, Sikhs, Hindus and others, will take place on Sunday, May 22nd from 2-6pm.
The walk steps off from three Philadelphia locations: African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas, 6361 Lancaster Ave.; Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship, 5820 Overbrook Ave.; and Overbrook Presbyterian Church, 6376 City Avenue.
There will be scheduled stops along the route with prayers, music, poems, stories, words of wisdom.
There will also be a pre-walk gathering for people from downtown at 12:30om at Al Aqsa Islamic Society, 1501 Germantown Ave. A bus will transport people at 1.20 p.m. to the starting point of the walk at African Episcopal Church. A bus will bring people back to Al Aqsa at the end, and it will accompany the walk for people who are unable to walk the distance.
For more information, go here.
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