Peace walk
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A peace walk is a form of non-violent protest in which protesters march a distance, often to raise money for a charity.
One famous example was that of Vinoba Bhave, who undertook a peace walk with many of his followers throughout India for land reform.
A peace walk was undertaken by Satish Kumar and his companion who walked without money from India via the Soviet Union, France and the UK to the USA (using ships to cross the channel and Atlantic). Vinoba gave 2 gifts to Satish and his companion: pennilessness, i.e. voluntary poverty, and vegetarianism.
Early in 1984, peace campers walked 26 miles from Daws hill to Naphill through country roads and countryside to raise money for The Angry Pacifist magazine.
The King-Carter Freedom Peace Walk is a 1.5 mile walkway in Atlanta, Georgia's (USA) Freedom Park. It commemorates the only two Georgia winners of the Nobel Prize for Peace: Martin Luther King Jr. and Jimmy Carter.
