04/21/2026
WALKING TOGETHER IN PEACE
FOR WORLD PEACE
Friday, April 24, at 4:30 p.m.
(And every Friday after)
Northeast end of Martin Luther King Memorial Bridge near Lawton skate park
(Parking off 4th street across from Lawton Park)
We will walk silently together in peace across the bridge to the courthouse and back.
All are welcome.
A Note from Pamela Steinbach:
Some of us got together and took a little walk for peace one Friday afternoon. We had talked about such a walk for a while and then we were doing it; walking in silence over the Martin Luther King Bridge heading to the courthouse, walking around in front of the majestic old building and then walking back to our cars.
We simply walked peacefully together. That was it. We were walking for peace by attempting to walk peacefully. While walking in silence, each of us might have had words or images in mind that helped us find peace.
We might have found some words as we crossed the bridge and read quotes like this from Dr. King:
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”
We may have appreciated each other, or delighted in a bird, or the freedom and capacity to walk, or silently recited a mantra, or sent love to the passengers in cars.
We are calling this effort “Little Walks for Peace.”
The inspiration came from a group of Buddhist monks who took a big walk for peace from the Dallas, Texas area all the way to Washington, DC.
Their years of practice leading up to that walk enabled them to maintain peace in challenging circumstances. Many thousands of people showed up to see the monks, give them food, water, flowers and other gifts and witness and hear their message.
Their walking touched something deep inside of many people and that was a simple, profound desire for peace.
Here is something simple we tend to overlook: if we want peace we must be peace. That is the practice.
Take peaceful steps not against something but as an expression of peace.
One could ask: what does this accomplish?
There is something in that very question that pulls one from peace. Accomplishment is down the road, it is a goal to strive for.
Expressing peace, being peaceful on a short walk, IS the Accomplishment itself.
When we broke our silence and chatted after the walk, we all seemed to say in some way “That felt good.” Peace feels good.
We want that Peace.
We will do this each Friday beginning April 24 at the same time and place.
A few of us have committed to show up each week.
**If, by chance, you get there and see nobody else at the northeast end of the bridge, have a nice peaceful solitary walk.**
If you want to join us, please come.
If you do, just bring yourself.
No signs or slogans or chants needed. Just your heart that yearns for peace.
We just ask that you walk with us in silence and bring yourself into as peaceful of a state as possible when you walk. Silent and peaceful.
Walking together in peace
For world peace.
The second line is vast, isn’t it? We can really put that aside for now. We are just walking for peace by being peaceful and that is a start. And it feels good. And it builds community.
Pamela Steinbach
