World Peace Walk Arrives in Wisconsin To Speak At 31st National Wellness Conference
Released on = July 16, 2006, 1:46 pm
Press Release Author = Zinnia Gupte
Industry = Non Profit
Press Release Summary = Trail of Dreams leader, Audri Scott Williams invited to speak in Stevens Point, Wisconsin on PEACE, Passionately Engaged and Affecting Compassion Everywhere
Press Release Body = STEVENS POINT, WISCONSIN - July 16, 2006 - The Trail of Dreams Team is preparing to take their World Peace Walk to Stevens Point, Wisconsin to speak at the 31st annual National Wellness Conference from July 15-20, contributing to the theme "The Power of Supportive Relationships". Audri Scott Williams, leader of the Peace Walk will offer participants how to better understand and harness the true power of PEACE, Passionately Engaged and Affecting Compassion Everywhere.
The Trail of Dreams World Peace Walk is a journey of faith, embarked upon by five committed individuals, starting in Atlanta in 2005 and circumventing the world until they reach New York in 2009. The Peace Walk began in Atlanta, Georgia on October 21, 2005. The walkers continued through the Gulf states of Mississippi and Alabama and after reaching New Orleans they pushed forward through Texas, New Mexico and Mexico, arriving now in Chicago.
The walk is a demonstration of ordinary people showing up to engage in a journey of the human spirit that will take them around the world in a three and a half years walk for world peace. Throughout their journey, walkers will meet with traditional and indigenous wisdom keepers of the land, community leaders, spiritual leaders, youth leaders and community service organizations. In addition, they will participate in community service projects. Peace Walk leader, Audri Scott Williams believes, \"One person who gives their time to peace makes news. Many people, giving their time can make history.\"
Across the planet, groups of individuals are dedicating themselves to the emergence of a global culture of peace. The Trail of Dreams is one such group of people who recognize that genuine peace is a choice every individual makes through their actions. They walk to show the world their dedication in understanding and partnering with vital communities to create a sustainable future.
There are four initiatives of the walk: . Getting to Peace - Introduce strategies for peaceful engagement to youth at schools and through community based organizations. . Earth Power - Teach individuals methods for preserving the planet with the goal of reducing human impact on earth. The methods taught are water usage, growing methods, waste reduction and disposal and general consumption practices. . Fitness & Wellness in our Communities - Develop healthier fitness practices and increase awareness about healthy lifestyle choices among communities around the world. . Youth Leadership - Organically grow peace ambassadors and young world leaders who will continue to build a healthy economy and ecologically sustainable future.
According to organizer Audri Scott Williams, "The Trail of Dreams World Peace Walk seeks to raise our collective awareness as conscious choice makers and center us in our power to choose. It is about providing the opportunity for us to see and experience the consequences of choice. Walking around the globe and interacting with local communities reconnects the global family face to face."
The Trail of Dreams Team, sponsored by the Spirit of Truth Foundation, serves the communities they walk through. In addition to preparing food packages for post-Katrina survivors throughout the Gulf states and building solar powered homes for a ranch community in Arizona, the Spirit of Truth Foundation also sponsored the Beyond the Global Divide International Young Leaders Peace Summit in Palenque, Mexico in June, 2006.
Audri Scott Williams, believes that, "One step at a time, we do change the world." The Trail of Dreams Team includes: Natalie Scott Williams, elder and matriarch of the walk; Karen Hunter Watson, Chandelle C. Binns, Tony Shina and Audri Scott Williams, all residents of Atlanta, GA.
About Trail of Dreams Trail of Dreams is a an initiative supported by the Spirit of Truth Foundation, which enables communities to develop, run and manage eco-friendly and economically sustainable solutions. Trail of Dreams participates with traditional and indigenous wisdom keepers of the land, community leaders, spiritual leaders, youth leaders, peace organizations as well as musicians and artists. They serve communities to foster peace, preserve earth power, teach fitness and wellness and build youth leadership.
Founded in 1981, Trail of Dreams started in Atlanta, Georgia, with the dream of walking around the world to promote peace. Visit the Trail of Dreams at http://www.tdworldpeacewalk.org.
About Spirit of Truth Foundation Spirit of Truth Foundation was co-founded by Audri Scott Williams, who has spent the majority of her life designing and implementing innovative programs that motivate, inspire and equip youth with the wisdom, skills and responsibility toward community, humanity, and the planet. Her projects have included UPRISING, a theater arts company for youth and parents; Trail of Dreams, an experiential ancestral journey adventure; and Beyond the Global Divide, an international youth summit. She is former Dean of Continuing Education and Community Service at Charles County Community College, author, public speaker, former radio host, Dean of Instruction for the Institute for Divine Wisdom, Visionary for the Trail of Dreams and the publisher of an online magazine called NOWTIME Online. She holds a Masters of Liberal Arts in the Indigenous Mind Program at the University of Creation Spirituality.
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