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Uniting a community: some participants in the Peace March, on Saturday, March 18, 2023, gathered on the Warwick Workmen’s Club field after walking from the Bermuda College to bring awareness to community issues and support families in need (Photograph supplied)

A cross section of the community gathered for a peace walk in support of needy families in Paget and Warwick on Saturday.

Among those in attendance, which started at Bermuda College were Ianthia Simmons-Wade, the MP for Warwick North East, and Scott Pearman, MP for Paget East.

Donations raised as part of the event will go towards a food programme from Christ Church Warwick providing full lunches to students in need at Paget Primary and Purvis Primary schools.

Ms Simmons-Wade said of the walk, which included representatives of ten community groups: “We are all aware of the challenges that our island is experiencing – we will only be able to address them when we come together as a community through means like these – the peace walk and donating funds to those in need.”

United for peace: organiser Glen Fubler, centre, calls together dozens of Warwick and Paget residents who united March 18, 2023, for a Peace March, on the Warwick Workmen’s Club field in support of families in need (Photograph supplied)

Mr Pearman added: “It is a pleasure for me to be involved in making this a bipartisan effort – along with MP Wade – to address these significant challenges and to do the walk, and donate to the fund to assist challenged families.”

Walkers set out at 4pm from the college campus in Paget before making their way along Ord Road and ending at Warwick Workmen’s Club.

Proceedings began with a welcome by Pastor Deborah Dean of the Rehoboth Church of God.

Members of the community took part in a peace walk on Saturday in support of families in need (Photograph supplied)

An Olivewood sapling was then presented by Dave Horan, principal of Warwick Academy, as a symbolic “peace tree”, to two representatives of the college – Daque Davis of the Student Government Council and Elisha Thomas of personal development programme MenSpeak.

Mr Horan said: “Our school is a private school with a public purpose. Since Warwick Workmen’s Club is our closest neighbour, we began a relationship with them some years ago and through this current collaboration, we’re linking with the wider community.

“I recognise that given the challenges across the island, this is important to foster a sense of hope in our communities.”

The group took a minute of silence at the site of a murder in the weeks leading up to last Christmas.

Uniting to help resdents: an Olivewood sapling, a symbolic “peace tree”, was presented by Dave Horan, principal of Warwick Academy, to two representatives of the Bermuda College, Daque Davis of the Student Government Council and Elisha Thomas of personal development programme MenSpeak, at the start of the Peace Walk, at the College, on Saturday, March 18, 2023. Members of the community took part in a peace walk on Saturday in support of families in need (Photograph supplied)

A second pause was taken in front of Paget Primary School which is part of the collaboration.

Funds can be donated either at the Warwick Workmen’s Club or Christ Church, Warwick or Clarien Bank (Bermuda) ‘Friends of Christ Church Warwick Trust (ref ‘Peace Walk’) Account number# 6000-166-404.

All together now: Scott Pearman, the member of parliament for Paget East, left, Victor Fishington, trustee at Bright Temple African Methodist Episcopal Church, Deborah Dean, pastor at Rehoboth Church of God, Warwick, Glenn Fubler, of Imagine Bermuda, Cordell Riley, a co-ordinator at the Bermuda College, Cindy Campbell, of Christ Church Warwick, Ianthia Simmons-Wade, the MP for Warwick North East, Shawn DeShields, professor at Bermuda College, and Lorenzo Tucker, the president of Warwick Workmen’s Club (Photograph by Jonathan Bell)
Paying respects: dozens of people from Warwick and Paget took part in the Peace Walk on Saturday, March 18, 2023, in support of families in need. Here the marchers are shown during a pause to honour a recent murder victim (Photograph supplied)

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Published March 22, 2023 at 7:14 am (Updated March 22, 2023 at 7:15 am)

Community unites for peace walk

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