The marchers advocate for a cease-fire and unblocking humanitarian aid.
People sit by their destroyed homes following Israeli air strikes, on March 29, 2024, in Rafah, Gaza.Christian communities in the U.S. and Canada are holding walks this Easter weekend to advocate for a cease-fire inMembers of Vancouver's Christian community made a 25-mile solidarity march on Saturday, to match the approximate length of Gaza's Mediterranean coast. More than 2,000 miles away, many in Nashville's Christian community did the same.
People sit by their destroyed homes following Israeli air strikes, on March 29, 2024, in Rafah, Gaza.Holding the public's attention on the conflict "makes critical movements like this even more consequential," said Jer Swigart, lead organizer for the walk in Spokane. Organizers of the walks told ABC News they are against antisemitism and advocate for nonviolent demonstrations, but are critical of Israel's military actions.
As director of Global Immersion, a faith-based peace advocacy organization, Swigart, who holds a doctorate in leadership in global perspectives from Portland Seminary, said he was in Gaza on Oct. 7 doing on-the-ground work as a delegate between his Palestinian colleagues and his Israeli colleagues. When he returned to the U.S., he said, he put his work into overdrive, knowing that the events of Oct. 7 were going to "fundamentally change everything.
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