GATHER for PEACE - Sunday Oct. 22, 2023 @ Edmonton City Hall

 

🕊 Gather for Peace

Sunday, Oct. 22, 2023 

Time: 7:00 pm to 8 pm

Location: South Plaza, Edmonton City Hall

 

🌿 Local peace activists will Gather for Peace on Sunday, Oct. 22, 2023 for a one-hour of silence. This is an opportunity for people of all faiths and nationalities to gather to demand peace without choosing a side. Peace is a win for everyone. Peace starts with ceasefires in Palestine/Israel and Ukraine/Russia.

 

🕯 “I stand in silence for a world without violence”, says co-organizer Netta Phillet. We will stand in silence with the glowing hope symbolized by our candles. We ask people to bring their candles, their hopes, their signs (with the caveat that the signs are about peace and not supportive of one side or the other), etc.

 

>>> Please DO NOT bring flags. We do not want this to evolve into another crowd of people brandishing their flags. This is a time to call for the end of conflict. A time to Gather for Peace. Dress warm because you will be standing/sitting for an hour. –

🙏 Edmonton Interfaith Centre for Education & Action

Edmonton Interfaith Centre Statement | Palestine - Israel Conflict.

 

🕊 OUR PRAYER | The Edmonton Interfaith Centre for Education and Action mourns the loss of life and suffering resulting from the escalating spiral of violence between Palestinian armed groups and Israeli forces.

 

🌿 We condemn the violent attacks on civilians and join calls for an immediate ceasefire & a search for solutions that will bring peace with justice in Palestine and Israel. As people of faith, we are committed to a vision of a world where the dignity and human rights of all people are respected and protected.

 

🌿 We know that in Palestine and Israel, a land that is home and sacred to multiple faith traditions, people are working together across lines of faith, to find non-violent means to a just peace, with an end to occupation and ongoing threats to the safety and security of all people in the region. We commit to listen to their voices and contribute our work of interfaith education and action to their calls for international support.

🌿 We pray for the victims of these attacks and their families; for global leaders to work for an end to the violence and a just and lasting peace; and for all religious leaders, civil society organizations, and people of faith and good will to add their voices to urgent cries for justice and peace. –

🍂 October 13, 2023

Edmonton Interfaith Centre for Education & Action

Edmonton, AB | See: https://www.edminterfaithcentre.ca