Gaza Ceasefire Pilgrimage (Off-Site)
Join a Quaker-led 2-4 mile walk in Camberville (Cambridge/Somerville) this Saturday morning March 30, starting at 10 am at Walgreens in Central Square, Cambridge at 625 Massachusetts Ave. We will walk north and circle back.
What to Bring: Water bottle, clothes for weather, prayers. Several stops on the path to worship, bio breaks.
RSVPs are helpful. Please text Minga’s cell phone at 617 899-2270.
Contact: Minga Claggett-Borne / Skip Schiel at gaza@fmcquaker.org
Gaza Ceasefire Pilgrimage was launched by Palestinian Christians and international Christians standing in solidarity. People of faith in many cities are walking 3-25 miles (the width and length of Gaza) on Saturday, March 30. From the organizers “Before the resurrection, Mary cried for the crucified Jesus, just as today mothers in Gaza weep for their children. Like the Palestinians in Gaza today, Jesus was born a refugee, in the middle of a genocide in an occupied land. On the day before Easter, we will pray with the urgent cry for a ceasefire.”
In Philadelphia Christians are walking to Lockheed Martin; in Los Angeles people are walking along the shore singing, praying and flying kites; in Illinois pilgrims are walking and reading stories of different Palestinians.
International Gaza Ceasefire Pilgrimage
We oppose all forms of hatred, racism, and discrimination, including antisemitism, anti-Arab racism, Islamophobia, and homo and trans-phobia. We affirm the truth that all people, regardless of race, ethnicity, sexuality, gender identity, or nationality are created in the image of God. “Our battle is not against flesh and blood” but against the Powers of domination, oppression, and violence.
We believe in and adhere to nonviolence in strategy, principle, and philosophy. As communicated by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who got his inspiration from Jesus Christ and his techniques from Mohandas K. Gandhi.
We engage in the Gaza Ceasefire Pilgrimage as an act of repentance and lamentation for our collective sins of omission by not taking action for Palestinian liberation and our collective sins of commission by allowing ourselves, our houses of worship, and our government to support and contribute to 75 years of oppression of Palestinians and a genocide occurring in real-time in front of our eyes.
We welcome our Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist, agnostic, atheist, and other allies. We affirm the interconnectedness of our different faiths as we seek together to eliminate the war, violence, and hatred that are abominations in the eyes of our collective God.
Sponsored by Friends for Racial Justice and Peace & Social Justice Committees.
Contact Minga Claggett-Borne or Skip Schiel at gaza@fmcquaker.org
