This past Wednesday, March 5 — Ash Wednesday — Glenwood Springs-based churches sponsored the Walk for Justice, when nearly 200 people came together to show support for minority groups. The march started at the Bluebird Cafe and concluded at Sayre Park. Local pastors Rebecca Dunagan, Bruce McBurney, Kimberlee Law and Jeff Carlson hosted the event.
McBurney remarked, “We need solidarity amongst all people so we can walk arm in arm for peace.” Across the board there was a shared sentiment of a need for reform in the public sphere, while highlighting the integral part these marginalized communities play among the whole. Carlson added, “If we can be the voice saying, ‘You are loved as you are,’ it offers up so many more voices to be heard.”
Throughout this event, a message of hope was shared, with many wielding signs in support of equal and equitable treatment of all inhabitants of the United States.
“We can do this peacefully,” Law asserted. All of the pastors agreed one way to be heard is by taking action and offering future events to create a more welcoming community, starting here within the Roaring Fork Valley.
before walking up Grand Avenue to Sayre Park.
