The Brazil Times
Brazil, Indiana
Friday, February 24, 1995
Peace walkers stay overnight in Brazil
by Carol Swearingen
Times Staff Writer
More than two dozen spiritual walkers stopped in Brazil
overnight Thursday to bring attention to Global Peace Walk 95.
David Williams, a walk coordinator from Santa Barbara, Calif.,
said the walk started at the United Nations building in New
York City on Jan. 15, the birthday of the Rev. Martin Luther
King Jr. The walk will arrive at Gandhi Peace Plaza in San
Francisco to open the June 20-26 '95 United Nations 50th
anniversary.
"Over 100,000 people are expected to meet in San Francisco,"
Williams said Friday morning. "This spiritual walk is being
offered as a sincere prayer for global consciousness and
responsibility for the survival of the future generations
of all life on Earth."
Williams and the walkers carry messages of support from
several global religious leaders, Coretta Scott King, the
Rev. Jesse Jackson, college presidents, governors, mayors,
and native American spiritual leaders.
He said the group's next major stop will be in St. Louis
and then to Kansas for three days of visiting and fasting
at a prison where Leonard Peltier is incarcerated.
"Our group includes native Americans, representatives
from various countries, from West and East Germany,
South America and from France," he said.
Williams said persons in the five-vehicle procession
stayed overnight at Brazil First United Methodist
Church.
"We really appreciate the church and the Rev. Robert
Ostermeier opening the doors for us," he said. "They
are very kind."