Walk Day 2, Mar 31, 2008 - New Jersey

For day 2 the walkers continued from Forest Ave/Hylan Blvd. We headed on towards the Outer Bridge, and into New Jersey. Alot of people beeped there car horns and put up peace signs in support. We eventually made our way down to Hylan Park, where we ended the walk for the day. We were looking for a place to sleep for the night but all of the churches we tried to stay at were already booked. Luckily we were given a place to sleep up in Paterson, NJ. We drove up the Garden State Parkway and were given a beautiful home to sleep in, along with a excellent meal and lots of tea. We would like to give a special thanks to Dorje Tstepal for his extreme generosity, we thank you for your support.

Walk Day 1, Sunday Mar 30, 2008 - Manhattan, New York

Eight Peace Walkers set out for Washington DC today. We began our journey with a group of protesters in front of the Chinese consulate at 520 12th Ave, in Manhattan. To begin the walk prayers were sung by the Tibetan protesters along with the Tibetan National Anthem. The eight Peace Walkers are as follows.

The Leader -Yeshi /Born in Tibet

-Tulku Jigme Lodro Rinpoche / Born in Tibet, Jan 8th 1969

-Tsultrim Choephel / Born in Tibet, Oct 7th, 1971

-Rigzin Choedak / Born in Tibet, Aug 13th, 1968

-Denchen Gyaltso / Born in Tibet, May 5th, 1980

- Zodba Sangbo / Born in Tibet, Aug 15th, 1979

- Dhargyal Dhargyal / Born in Tibet, Jan 15th, 1970

- Mikell Bursky / Born in United States of America
Oct 12th, 1988

We proceeded the protest by departing towards lower Manhattan. We received 75 dollars as donations from supporters. Blessings were given on behalf of the walkers by a few monks.
We than took the ferry to Staten Island. There we were fortunate enough to be invited and given free tea and chocolate at a local cafe. The owner Katie
McCarthy, a freedom and peace supporter, saw us walking and inquired what exactly we were doing. She was very kind and generous her cafe is called "Book Cafe", located at 208 Bay St, Tomkinsville, Staten Island, NYC NY 10301. Her site is www.etgstores.com/bookcafe/. Her cafe is definately worth checking out. Thanks again Katie.
Next we continues are walk down Hylan Blvd, finally stopping for the day at Forest st/ Hylan Blvd. We than drove over to our accomodations for the night which was located at the Unitaria Church of Staten Island. We were given a great warm church to sleep in and the first day finished smooth. We would like to thank the people who made this possible.

The Beginning of Walk on Washington

We are an organization dedicated to freedom and peace. Our mission is to stop the suffering of all sentient beings without exception.

Beginning Sunday, March 30, 2008, a group of ten will begin a march from New York City to Washington D.C. We are protesting the Beijing Olympics and are peacefully walking for peace and freedom in Tibet and neighboring countries. The atrocities in Tibet have been tremendous since the Chinese occupation that began 49 years ago. In this modern age, how can we allow any type of suffering to occur without doing something to prevent or stop it. The Tibetan people have lost their freedom of speech, freedom of religion and freedom of being human. Tibetans are being arrested for speaking out against the Chinese government who are performing a cultural genocide in Tibet. They are annihilating the entire Tibetan race by overloading the Tibetan region with thousands of Chinese settlers. Peaceful Tibetans have been reduced to living in poor conditions with little to no rights. They have been turned into refugees and many have fled their country for survival. Currently, the death toll has surpassed 130 Tibetans in the past month. Check Radio Free Asia, CNN and BBC news for more information. If we allow the Chinese to continue their genocide, and allow the Olympics to carry forth, we as human beings are just as bad. If we sit around and do nothing, we are no more than selfish human beings. We have become people who care about only ourselves and the bettering of our immediate family. We have forgotten about our global family, who needs help immediately. The UN must do something. Countries must get involved. They must put money and power aside and put the truth in perspective. We are all one family of sentient beings living on this one rock in space called Earth. Why are we allowing suffering to occur on this scale or at all? Our human family, brothers, sisters, mothers, fathers, relatives are suffering, dieing, being tortured in Chinese prisons and jails. Are we to stand around and do nothing. Are we going to continue performing meaningless tasks and jobs that do nothing but put money in our own pockets? We of "The People's Organization for a Peaceful World" feel that this suffering must stop. Our mission is to save and liberate the people of the world who are suffering, starting with Tibet, beginning with the boycotting of the Beijing Olympics. For all of the athletes who have trained hard for their gold medals, please put aside personal gain and think about others. What would your medal be without other people being alive? It would be nothing, a piece of metal with no meaning if there is no one to share in the glory. As human beings, we rely on others for everything. In our modern world we can not exist without the help of others. Without other sentient beings, life is meaningless and there is no one to share the happiness and love. Please, whoever reads this, make others aware of the situation and stop the Olympics. Make contacts, put yourself aside and think about others. If others suffer, we all suffer. If not directly, then indirectly. Please save humanity, save lives, stop the suffering.
Long live His Holiness the Dalai Lama,Long live the Panchen Lama,Long live the Tibetan People,Long live all Good People,
Peace and Happiness to all sentient beings.
Walk on WashingtonBoycott the Beijing Olympics.Peace in Tibet and the Whole World.
Thank You, it is up to us, the free people of the world to standup for what is right and do something.

"The People's Organization for a Peaceful World"

"We urgently appeal to you to urge your government to support us in realizing the below demands:

1. Immediate and unconditional release of all those arrested in China in connection with these demonstrations and stop further arrest;

2. Urge the Chinese Govt. to allow the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and independant nongovernmental bodies be allowed into Tibet to provide relief and services to those detained and injured in the protests.

3. Deputation of a UN delegation to intervene and investigate the ongoing crackdown in Tibet; and

4. Unimpeded access to all areas of Tibet for foreign journalists and independent observers to study the real causes for the ongoingdemonstrations and actual situation in Tibet."

Released by:Tibetan Youth Congress NY & NJ, Tibetan Women's Association NY & NJ, Tibetan Community NY & NJ, Students for a free Tibet. US Tibet Committee.

-The People's Organization for a Peaceful World.