WORLD MARCH FOR PEACE AND NONVIOLENCE
The Peace March and Concert in Los Angeles on Wedneday, 2 December 2009 is part of the World March for Peace and Non Violence.
Doctors for Global Health supports the movement for World Peace and Non violence, and we encourage all who are interested to join the the March.
DGH-LA will participate in the Los Angeles portion of the walk, which will take the form of a symbolic peaceful walk from Mac Arthur Park on the corner of Alvarado and Wilshire Blvd to Immanuel Presbyterian Church on Wilshire and Berendo - to show solidarity towards creating a new, non-violent global consciousness.
The following is a message from the organizers of the march:
WORLD MARCH FOR PEACE AND NON-VIOLENCE
The World March for Peace and Non-Violence is already underway, having started in New Zealand on 2 October 2009 - the anniversary of Gandhi’s birth, declared the “International Day of Non-Violence” by the United Nations. It will conclude in the Andes Mountains (Punta de Vacas, Aconcagua, Argentina) on 2 January 2010. The World March is being endorsed by respected international personalities, including Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Dalai Lama, Eduardo Galeano, Noam Chomsky, Yoko Ono, Bryan Adams, Juanes, Penelope Cruz, Philip Glass, David Suzuki, Eleven Heads of State and many others.
The World March will last 93 days, three long months of travel. Visiting many cities through all climates and seasons, from the hot summer of the tropics and the deserts, to the winter of Siberia.
DETAILS:
WHAT: World March for Peace and Nonviolence in Los Angeles & Peace Concert
WHEN: Wednesday, 2 December 2009
WHERE: Peace March along Wilshire Blvd. from Mac Arthur Park at Alvarado to Berendo to Immanuel Presbyterian where the Peace Concert will take place
Walk starts: 6:00pm
Concert starts: 7:00pm
What to bring along: Yourself, friends, family, comfortable walking shoes, a candle, and a peaceful heart.
For more info: worldmarchla@gmail.com
Our USA site: www.marchusa.net
For global info: www.theworldmarch.org
LOS ANGELES PASSAGE OF THE PEACE MARCH
Morning and noon:
The Marchers start with a Civic Reception at the Mayor's Office
A noon greeting by the Indigenous Tongva. This will take place at the Farmlab on North Spring.
Afternoon:
Meet at 6pm at Mac Arthur Park and walk in a peaceful and non-violent manner down Wilshire Blvd to Berendo, Marchers are encouraged to carry your own banners and/or flashlights for a vigil for Peace. A group of marchers will also come by train from Long Beach to join.
Upon our arrival at Immanuel Presbyterian Church, we will celebrate with a WORLD MARCH PEACE CONCERT for “ALL" -Affirming Life & Love-, Alturas will headline along with Deep Stirrings, belly dancers and much, much more. The Peace Concert will also provide us with the opportunity to meet the members of the core group and to hear from some of our local peace promoters. We will also be able to view the “Paperplates for Peace” Exhibition.
DIRECTIONS:
The March will take place at the Wilshire Center from MacArthur Park located at the corner of Wilshire Blvd and Alvarado and walk westbound on Wilshire Blvd. toward Immanuel Presbyterian Church located at 3300 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles 90010.
The church is on the south-west corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Berendo Street, two blocks west of Vermont Avenue.
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Afghanistan:
1. The Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) is currently on tour:
Afghan Women Resist Occupation and Fundamentalism RAWA U.S. Tour 2009
for more information about events in your area, please visit www.rawa.org
2. Undernutrition in Afghanistan
October 31, 2009
A recent article in the journal Lancet noted that in 2007, the amount that the U.S. spent on agricultural development in Afghanistan was less than 1% of what it spent on military efforts. This, despite a report from the UN Security Council that notes the Afghan people suffer from severe undernourishment- half of Afghan pre-school children are chronically malnourished. Poverty is severe and widespread. Even when food is available, families cannot afford to buy it.
Twenty-five times more Afghans die every year from undernutrition and poverty than from violence. This statistic is no doubt a result of 30 years of war and violence that the Afghan people have endured, wars that have destroyed their communities and infrastructure and left most without access to the most basic human needs.
The Afghan people do not need more military campaigns, they need to be able to grow food, to drink clean water, to work and live in peaceful communities.
For more information about undernutrition in Afghanistan, please read the Lancet article below.
