Special Commemorative Walk in Brooklyn, NY at the Maria Hernandez Park Labyrinth
Sunday, August 7th* at 10:45 AM
Maria Hernandez Park Labyrinth. Photo Credit: Matt Green / imjustwalkin.com
Commemoration is an essential part of healing through brokenness. WAYS OF PEACE has been leading peace walks at the 9/11 commemorative labyrinth in lower Manhattan every 4-6 weeks since last September — the 20th anniversary of tragedies that shook our city, our country and our world. Our next labyrinth walk will take us to Maria Hernandez Park in Brooklyn.
The Maria Hernandez labyrinth is laid out in four quadrants. We will dedicate each quadrant to a different commemoration of historical violence between August 6th-9th: Tisha b'Av, the ancient Jewish day of mourning for destruction and exile; the 1930 lynchings in Marion, Indiana that inspired the writing of “Strange Fruit;” the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki; and the 1989 drug-wars killing of Brooklyn neighborhood activist Maria Hernandez.
At the center of the labyrinth is a parrot mosaic inspired by Taino Indian traditions, where we will acknowledge the theft and destruction of Native American lands, families, and cultures.
The Maria Hernandez labyrinth walk will take place rain or shine, but space is limited. PLEASE REPLY TO waysofpeace.org@gmail.com BY SATURDAY, AUGUST 6TH to confirm your participation, receive any last-minute updates, and get directions.
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PLEASE REVIEW THIS FLYER and reply to waysofpeace.org@gmail.com no later than August 14th to have input into scheduling.
*August 7th also marks 10 years since WAYS OF PEACE was incorporated. Please help us celebrate a decade of renewing justice and kindness across lines of diversity and throughout the life cycle by making a tax-deductible DONATION TODAY!
