The Friendship Walk
Sunday 7th September 2008 2.30pm
from the bandstand in Forbury Gardens, Reading
How It Began
This event, organised by the Reading Interfaith Group was started as a response to 9/11 and the subsequent war in Afghanistan. At the time Reading people were saddened and appalled over terrorist atrocities but also held many different views as to how the problem could be put right.
The Friendship Walk marked a point of consensus. It was felt that whatever views and political opinions were being expressed politically, the need for friendship and understanding remained vital.
The search for peace begins with each individual through forgiveness. Through the Friendship Walk Reading people reach out together starting with their own community.
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"Anger
and Intolerance are the twin enemies of correct understanding" Mahatma Gandhi |