5th faster:Cesar - Well it was hard I tried my best to not to eat I drank a lot of water and I just did it and next time I’ll try harder to do it for more days and stuff.
4th faster: Marri-God bless Mahatma Gandhi, I don’t now how he did it with the fasting because it was hard. I kept having urges to eat but i kept on saying to myself that im fasting for peace.Then that made me think of the 3 children that were killed, they’re life were taken away. So that’s why I sacrificed for them.
3rd faster:Mercedes - while I was fasting, I had an empty feeling. But, I realized that our community, our world has an empty feeling, leaking from a vacant space that only peace can fill.
2nd Faster:Kathleen - peace reminded me that violence often stems from unmet primary needs and a sense of loss and poverty. Feeling love and filling your heart through positive relationships creates a sense of abundance.
I am choosing to support the Season of Peace 40 Day Fast with Alternatives in Action because living with street violence is unacceptable. It was my worst day as a parent when my daughter, Margaret, came home from Kindergarten and shared that her friend Gabby Martinez had been killed - I did not know how to comfort her, but I know I can work to make sure that this will never happen to another child or another parent.
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At Alternatives in Action's Bay Area School of Enterprise, we are holding a Season of Peace movement, to bring awareness to violence and build support for peace. We are showing our commitment to building peace through participation in a fast "relay", which will collectively last 40 days. Each day at noon, a new "faster" is blessed with sacred sage, ties on the fasting arm band, and reads aloud their pledge in a public ceremony, as they begin their portion of the relay. On this blog we will post pictures of the individuals who are fasting and share our reflections on our experience. Follow this blog and share comments to show your support.
