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Walk for Peace

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30 Sep 2027 

Course Leader:  Carolyn Merry

Course Date:  Thursday 30 September

Course Timings:  All Day

Course Code:  D3227

Course Information:

The Walk for Peace was started in 2026 with a walk in Bradford, Yorkshire on the International Day of Peace (21st September) & another in Somerset on the International Day of Nonviolence (2nd October). This public act of witness for peace is for all who are concerned about the state of the world but don’t know what to do to show your concern. Join us on one of the planned walks across the country (Somerset Walk will be on the 30th September) - details to follow, or contact us & plan your own Walk for Peace in your local area. We hope that these walks will create opportunities for connection, reflection & dialogue. Central to the ethos of the Walk for Peace are the values of welcome, hospitality, compassion, & encounter. We believe that meeting the stranger, listening deeply to one another & walking together are simple but powerful acts that can build a more peaceful & just society. The world urgently needs us to Walk for Peace. Come join us…

Course Leader Information:

Carolyn became the Leader of The Ammerdown Centre in 2025 from being Director of Place for Hope. She has been fascinated about the concept of peace since childhood and spent over 25 years working in the humanitarian, international development and peacebuilding sectors around the world, often in places of war, extreme poverty, repressive discrimination and exclusion of those most vulnerable. Her passion for nonviolence and peacemaking in its most holistic sense, is deeply rooted in her Christian faith and experiences around the world living and working beside people with different faiths, cultures, beliefs, worldviews and life experiences. Carolyn has qualifications in International Development, Human Rights Law & Advocacy and Conflict Transformation, and is an accredited mediator. Although Carolyn grew up in Australia, she settled back in her native UK in 2014 to focus on nurturing spaces for peace, nonviolence, and reconciliation. Carolyn loves the 4 different seasons here (& really loves snow), cycling, and time spent with God and nature on long daily walks with her dog, Pace (Italian for peace).
 

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