Pax Christi Metro DC-Baltimore | 9/11 Unity Walk – 2006

9/11 Unity Walk – 2006

Washington, DC
September 10, 2006

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Walkers on the move.

Delicious food being served at the National Sikh Gurdwara.

Pax Christi Pentagon Area member Su Raposa at the National Sikh Gurdwara.

Sikh musicans entertaining walkers.

Walkers at the National Cathedral.

Thirsting for Peace and Justice!

Walkers enjoying a concert at the National Cathedral.

Episcopal Bishop John Bryson Chane delivers a prophetic message of peace.

Pax Christi Pentagon Area members Alan Smigielski, Judith Kelly and Nuala Cohen at the National Cathedral.

Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Pietro Sambi with Pax Christi Pentagon Area member John Downing.

Walkers stream into the Islamic Center of Washington.

Imam Kouj of the Islamic Center of Washington welcomes walkers to the mosque.

Rev. Clark Lobenstine, Executive Director of the InterFaith Conference of Metropolitan Washington (IFC).

Archbishop Donald Wuerl of the Archdiocese of Washington.

Rev. Richard Cizik, of the National Association of Evangelicals.

Cantors from the Washington Hewbrew Congregation.

Keertan musicians at the Gandhi Memorial.

Carrie Trybulec, Director of the Gandhi Memorial Center.

Arun Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi.

Lodi Gyari, Special Envoy of His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

Rev. Mpho Tutu, daughter of Bishop Desmond Tutu.

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