Water Walk for Life, 3/4 to 3/11

In the Spirit of North Star Country join in.

Junsan of the Peace Pagoda in Grafton, NY will be leading a Water Walk for Life. The Peace Pagoda is listed as a sacred site in Sacred Sites in North Star Country: Places in Greater New York State (PA,OH,NJ,CT,MA,VT,ONT) That Changed the World

Water Walk for Life

90-mile prayer walk from Carteret, NJ to Peekskill Landing Park, NY

Sat., March 4 thru Sat., March 11, 2017

Join this march beginning 3/4/17—for a few hours or a few days…in solidarity with The Standing Rock Sioux, with prayers for water at risk from the Pilgrim Pipeline & Spectra-AIM (Algonquin) pipeline projects in New York & New Jersey, traditional territory of The Lenape.

Walk begins with Water Ceremony by Seneca & Onondaga Nations members.

Day 4: Tobacco Ceremony at Ramapough Lenape Nation’s Split Rock Prayer Camp.

Day 8: vigil at Indian Point nuclear power plant for 6th Anniversary of Fukushima

Daiichi Nuclear Disaster, followed by Water Ceremony at Peekskill Landing Park.

Concludes with potluck & speakers. (Most evenings: potluck/speakers–see reverse for schedule)

The Ramapough Lenape Nation, located in NJ & NY, is struggling to protect their sacred land and water from a pipeline project similar to the one at Standing Rock. The Pilgrim Pipeline would carry Bakken shale oil and its refined products from Albany, NY to Linden, NJ, threatening the health and safety of many communities, the environment, and our drinking water.

There is also great concern about SPECTRA-AIM (Algonquin) Pipeline, which would transport natural gas from Pennsylvania to Boston. An additional route through New York would pass extremely close to Indian Point nuclear power plant in Peekskill. Natural gas pipelines & nuclear plants both pose significant hazards independently; when placed in close proximity of each other, the risk of disaster is greatly multiplied.

For more information:

Facebook page for updates:

https://www.facebook.com/Waterwalkforlife/

Or Janet at Waterwalkforlife@aol.com

Or Grafton Peace Pagoda: 518-658-9301

(Between Feb. 10 & March 3 only) 

During walk: Jules Orkin at 201-566-8403

Walk organized in alliance with

The Grafton Peace Pagoda

Hudson Valley & tri-state area groups & 

supporters are welcome to participate!