World March for Peace and NonViolence

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The World March will begin in New Zealand on October 2, 2009. It will conclude in the Andes Mountains (Aconcagua, Argentina) on January 2, 2010. A permanent base of a hundred people of different nationalities will complete the journey.

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The World March

The World March will begin in New Zealand on October 2, 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 January 2, 2010. The March will last 90 days, three long months of travel. It will pass through all climates and seasons, from the hot summer of the tropics and the deserts, to the winter of Siberia. The stages will be the longest American and Asian, both almost a month. A permanent base of a hundred people of different nationalities will complete the journey.

Why?

Because we can end world hunger with 10% of what is spent on arms. Imagine how life would be if 30-50% of the arms budget went toward improving people’s lives instead of being used for destruction.

Because eliminating wars and violence means leaving human pre-history behind and taking a giant step forward in the evolution of our species..

Because we are accompanied by the voices of so many war-torn generations that came before us. The echo of their voices still resounds throughout the world, wherever armed conflict leaves its sinister memorial to the dead, disappeared, disabled and displaced.

Because a “world without wars” is an image that opens the future and seeks to become reality in every corner of the planet, as violence gives way to dialog.

The moment has come for the voiceless to be heard! Out of agonizing and urgent need, millions of human beings are crying out for an end to wars and violence.

We can make that happen by uniting all the forces of pacifism and active non-violence worldwide.

When?

The World March will begin in New Zealand on October 2, 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 January 2, 2010.

The March will last 90 days, three long months of travel. It will pass through all climates and seasons, from the hot summer of the tropics and the deserts, to the winter of Siberia.

Who is participating?

The March was initiated by “World Without Wars,” an international organization that has been working for 15 years in the fields of pacifism and non-violence.

The World March, however, will be created and shaped by everyone. Open to any person, organization, collective, group, political party, business, etc., that shares the same aspirations and sensibility, this project is not something closed. Instead, it is a journey that will be progressively enriched as different initiatives set their contributions in motion.

That is why this is an invitation to anyone and everyone to participate freely. So that wherever the March goes, the local people can contribute their creativity in a great convergence of multiple activities.

There’s space for everything the imagination is capable of conceiving.

The possible channels of participation are multiple and diverse, including virtual participation in the March through Internet.
This is a march by and for the people, with hopes of reaching most of the world’s population. For this reason we are asking all media to spread the word about this journey around the world for Peace and Non-violence.

What is going to happen?

In every city the March visits, local individuals and groups will organize forums, meetings, festivals, conferences, and events (sports, cultural, social, musical, artistic, educational, etc., depending on their own creative initiative.

At this time hundreds of projects have already been set in motion by different individuals and organizations.

What are our goals?

To denounce the dangerous world situation that is leading us closer and closer to nuclear war, which would be the greatest catastrophe in human history – a dead end.

To give a voice to the majority of world citizens who want peace. Although the majority of the human race opposes the arms race, we are not sending out a unified signal. Instead we are letting ourselves be manipulated by a powerful minority and suffering the consequences. The time has come to stand together and show our opposition. Join a multitude of others in sending a clear signal, and your voice will have to be heard!

To achieve the eradication of nuclear weapons; the progressive and proportional reduction of non-nuclear arms; the signing of non-aggression treaties among nations; and the renunciation by governments of war as a way to resolve conflicts.

To expose the many other forms of violence (economic, racial, sexual, religious…) that are currently hidden or disguised by their perpetrators; and to provide a way for all who suffer such violence to be heard.

To create global awareness - as has already happened with environmental issues - of the urgent need to condemn of all forms of violence and bring about real Peace.

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Comment by Clicia Pavan on September 29, 2009 at 3:26am: Marcha Mundial por la Paz y la No Violencia
(Xavier Tapety)
Canción compuesta, realizado y donado por Xavier a la Marcha Mundial por la Paz y la No Violencia.

Hacemos un llamamiento para un mundo sin guerra
Queremos la paz en mi corazón
Pasamos toda la tierra
A partir de nuestra propia transformación
Paso a paso, siempre a la vanguardia
Por la paz, la no violencia
En esta marcha, hay un camino hacia la paz

La paz es el camino

Nos unimos a las voces
En la misma canción con el tono de la paz.
Lo que en el mundo no es más verdugos
¿Cómo unir las manos cada vez más
(estribillo)

Queremos ver el arco iris en el cielo
Queremos ver el botón floral
Queremos ver al niño con el pincel
Dibujos para colorear el presente y lo que va a
(estribillo)

La paz es el camino

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Comment by Clicia Pavan on September 29, 2009 at 3:20am

Comment by jimmsfairytales0com on September 26, 2009 at 1:30pm: Thanks for the contribution by Shruti Nagar. It is about planting a tree for Peace, if possible between the 2nd and 34th of October, and is aimed principally - but not exclusively - at the Women of the World.
What a wonderful, useful, and powerful message for Peace!

Comment by Clicia Pavan on September 26, 2009 at 1:56am: http://www.ipeace.me/group/gandhimanofpeace/forum/topics/we-will-not-let-the-birthday

Comment by Clicia Pavan on September 25, 2009 at 6:58pm: Gandhi's Birthday On October 2, 2009

Comment by melody on September 24, 2009 at 8:23pm: I love you.

Comment by Harold Tookenay on September 18, 2009 at 5:29pm: I think this is worth sharing again...it comes from Black Elk,( 1863 - 1950 ) Oglala Lakota Sioux holy man and visionary, who said
"The first peace, which is the most important, is that which comes within the souls of men when they realize their relationship, their oneness, with the universe and all its powers, and when they realize that at the centre of the universe dwells Waka-Tanka, and that this centre is really everywhere, it is written within each of us. This is the real peace,and the others are but reflections of this. The second peace is that made between two individuals, and the third is that which is made between two nations. But above all you sgould understand that there can never be peace between nations until there is first known that true peace, which, as I have often said, is within the souls of men."
Others in the past have said the same thing...the same message. Gandhi...Jung...Christ...and even you and I. So, therefore, "Peace I Give To You!"

Comment by Beatrice LATEUR LACROIX on September 18, 2009 at 3:19pm: What wonderful news !
I'm waiting to the March in France to join it for a little while.
Love and Peace.

Comment by S.E.Ingraham on September 18, 2009 at 4:00am: In Edmonton, on Monday September 21st, on the UN International Day of Peace, many Edmontonions will gather round a flag-pole at City Hall and the Peace Proclamation will be read and the UN Peace Flag raised, approx. 60 children will sing Shalom after we've observed a minute of silence. Several speakers will talk about peace in our time and I will have the privilige of finishing up the end of celebration by talking about the need for a renewed level of interest in Peace and Nonviolence and the World March that is about the begin in Wellington on October 2. I'll also get to explain the importance of having all the people there, and everyone else they can invite to March on November 21st, the day Edmonton will march in our river valley for Peace and Nonviolence. It promises to be an exciting, wonderful day!

Comment by Clicia Pavan on September 1, 2009 at 4:55pm: International Day Of Peace September 21, 2009
There is no way to peace, peace is the way
Gandhi
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God-Matthew 5:9.
Prince of Peace"Jesus is the messenger of peace
Peace is not absence of conflict but the ability to resolve conflicts without hate
Jesus said: "I leave you peace, my peace I give you.

Día Internacional de la Paz 21 de septiembre 2009
No hay camino hacia la paz, la paz es el camino
Gandhi
Bienaventurados los pacificadores, porque ellos serán llamados hijos de Dios-Mateo 5:9.
Príncipe de Paz "Jesús es el mensajero de la paz
La paz no es ausencia de conflicto sino la capacidad de resolver los conflictos sin odio
Jesús dijo: "La paz os dejo, mi paz os doy."