Tons of of peace advocates, educators, youth leaders, artists, and neighborhood teams gathered within the streets of Kingston on Saturday for the Peace Stroll Jamaica—a part of a broader regional initiative geared toward selling a long-lasting tradition of peace throughout the Caribbean.
Starting at Kingston Technical Excessive Faculty and winding by way of the Rose and Parade Backyard Neighborhood, the stroll represented a present of unity and resilience. Organized underneath the theme “Strolling Collectively, Stronger Ceaselessly,” the occasion was spearheaded by Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light (HWPL) in partnership with UNESCO Jamaica, Yard Empire, Junior Chamber Worldwide (JCI), and supported by the Jamaica Police Division.
“This 12 months’s Peace Stroll is greater than a march—it’s a motion,” mentioned Regan Durkin, talking on behalf of HWPL. “It’s a name to motion for all of us to participate in constructing a legacy of peace that may outlast us, benefiting generations to return.”
The Kingston march was one in every of a number of coordinated peace walks held concurrently throughout the Caribbean, together with in Trinidad and Guyana. Organizers say this increasing regional participation underscores a collective Caribbean accountability to advance peace by way of training, dialogue, and inclusive neighborhood motion.
“What we do right here is accomplice with worldwide our bodies like HWPL to acknowledge the significance of making certain peace isn’t solely in our colleges however in our neighborhood,” mentioned Maulton Campbell, Principal of Kingston Technical Excessive Faculty.
The stroll additionally marks the official launch of HWPL-led peacebuilding initiatives throughout Jamaica. These efforts are a part of the group’s international mission to institutionalize peace by way of intergenerational training, authorized frameworks, and interfaith cooperation. As Caribbean nations embrace this imaginative and prescient, the message is evident: peace have to be pursued collectively, persistently, and with goal.
The occasion displays HWPL’s rising footprint within the area. The worldwide peace group, which works alongside the United Nations, focuses on training, interfaith dialogue, and advocating for authorized frameworks that help international peace. By way of occasions just like the Peace Stroll, the group continues to have interaction communities all over the world—together with the Caribbean—in long-term efforts to make peace extra than simply an excellent.
