Peace Walk at the 9/11 Commemorative Labyrinth
Sunday, March 27th at 2:30 pm EDT
Join WAYS OF PEACE as we return to the 9/11 Commemorative Labyrinth south of Ground Zero. At this time of heightened awareness of violence worldwide, we will bear witness to how the traumas of 9/11 increased hatred and violence within the U.S. as well as beyond our borders. Step by step, we will support each other as we renew our commitments to healing, justice and peace.
The walk is weather permitting, and space is limited. PLEASE RSVP TO waysofpeace.org@gmail.com BY SATURDAY, MARCH 26TH to confirm your participation, receive any last-minute updates, and get directions.
Counting Days: From Hatred to Awakening
In 2011, outrage erupted at a liberal Florida college when it was discovered that a rising star of white supremacy had quietly enrolled there. Risking ostracism themselves, two Jewish friends invited this white supremacist classmate to weekly Shabbat dinners that — over the course of two years — led to a high-profile renunciation of hatred and bigotry. Shabbat dinner host Matthew Stevenson later reflected on what prompted him to reach out:
"My mother, who passed a few years ago unfortunately... was very active in Alcoholics Anonymous...and so I had this belief inculcated in me very early on that people can change and transform, no matter how far gone they may seem."
These are painful times of fear, anger and divisiveness in our communities and throughout the world. Yet healing continues to spread quietly through people in addiction recovery and their families, even as they share deeply and personally about the real brokenness that so many experience across our lines of diversity.
Addiction has been called the sacred disease of our time. Recovery offers hope and healing to our wounded world — one day at a time.
COUNTING DAYS: From Liberation to Revelation for Jews in Recovery is a unique guide for the one-day-at-a-time season between Passover and Shavu'ot. It offers daily reflections on Twelve-Step recovery principles integrated with classical Jewish mussar (spiritual development) teachings.