Updated Schedule-coming to Denver! Longest Walk 2 in Colorado March 14th-April 7th!

In 1978 hundreds of American Indians and their allies from all over the world and the U.S. joined in a walk across America from Alcatraz island in California to Washington D.C. The 3600 miles were crossed over 5 months, and they carried the hope and concerns of native people who did not want to lose treaty rights that would have been abrogated had 11 legislative bills passed. However, the walkers arrived in D.C. with support from all over, even backed by celebrities such as Muhammed Ali and Senator Ted Kennedy, and all 11 bills were dropped.

It is in commemoration and with a new mission in mind that 30 years later the Longest Walk 2 is carrying this message: All Life is Sacred; Protect Mother Earth! It is an extraordinary grassroots effort on a national level to bring attention to the environmental disharmony of Mother Earth, sacred site issues, and to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the original Longest Walk. The northern route and southern route combined cover over 8000 miles. This walk is a spiritual and historic event, also bringing with it prayers in every step, and visiting sites of sacred and historical importance.

Please view the itinerary below, or if you are along Highway 50 contact the colorado coordinator ASAP to plug in to help or for media information: Mano at 720.276.7452 or lmanoart@gmail.com

Walkers are in need of monetary donations and gas cards, community welcoming and events and supplies. Host a fundraiser for LW2 by going to the website. Info on how to make tax deductible donations to the northern route is at www.longestwalk.org.

Communities will be welcoming walkers as they make their way from Fruita (near Grand Junction) and hosting walkers in community meals, educational presentations and by sharing their own struggles in environmental justice and sacred sites issues along the route. In the resting towns, an opportunity to interact in those communities is presented, first in Montrose from March 17-18, next in Denver, March 22- 24, then Pueblo March 25-28, then they will convene at the Sand Creek massacre site for a special memorial weekend to honor the ancestors who died and their surviving descendants April 4-6, staying in Eads, Co. April 5th is the actual memorial ceremony- and the weekend will feature art at Eads art gallery Artsist of the Plains, by indigenous youth & Colorado Native artists; "Healing through the Next Generations", a film screening, community dinner, and more. More info can be acquired from lmanoart@gmail.com or 720.276.7452. If planning on walking follow guidelines in <a href="http://longestwalk.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=21&Itemid=116">Northern Route guide pdf</a>

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