VISION. LAMENTATION. HOW?
We are approaching the annual Jewish “Sabbath of Vision.” It's a spiritual preparation for Tisha b'Av: our ancient Jewish day of mourning for millenia of hatred, violence, and exile.
On Tisha b'Av itself, we'll read the book called Lamentations in English and Eikha in Hebrew. The readings for the “Sabbath of Vision” also highlight the word Eikha—which literally means “How.”
In painful, troubled times like these—when so many are lamenting what seems like the absence of vision—how we understand the word “How” may be our key to transformation. LEARN MORE
Second Annual Multi-Commemorative Walk at
the Maria Hernandez Park Labyrinth
Sunday, August 6th 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 regular peace walks at the 9/11 commemorative labyrinth since the 20th anniversary of tragedies that shook our city, our country and our world. Last week we led our first remembrance walk to commemorate 160 years since the rarely-acknowledged NYC lynchings of 1863. LEARN MORE
On Sunday August 6th — known internationally as Hiroshima Day — we will hold our second annual multi-commemorative remembrance walk at Maria Hernandez Park. Through each section of the park labyrinth, we will bear witness to different historical manifestations of ongoing violence — most of which occurred between August 6th and August 9th:
- The 1989 killing of neighborhood activist Maria Hernandez — one block southwest of the park that now bears her name
- The 1930 lynchings in Marion, Indiana that galvanized the writing of “Strange Fruit”
- The 2014 killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri
- The 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- The ancient and contemporary challenges of Tisha b'Av, which often falls during these days
- The theft, exile and destruction of Native American lands, families, and cultures
Step by step, we will support each other as we renew
our commitments to healing and justice for ALL.
The Maria Hernandez labyrinth walk will take place rain or shine, but space is limited. Please reply to waysofpeace.org@gmail.com NO LATER THAN SATURDAY, AUGUST 5TH to confirm your participation, receive any last-minute updates, and get directions.