Walk For Justice in Louisville Friday

Start your spring right by walking for justice.

The annual Good Friday “Walk for Justice” will be Friday, starting at 9:30 a.m. at the Mazzoli Federal Building near Seventh and Chestnut streets and will continuing through downtown, ending at Founders Square at Fifth Street and Muhammad Ali Boulevard around 11:30 a.m.

The 1½-mile procession will stop at 14 locations, with participants reflecting on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, care for the Earth, the death penalty, the plight of immigrants, the Israeli-Palestine conflict, poverty and homelessness.

The event is shaped by the Catholic tradition of remembering Jesus' final moments in life and coincides with the commemoration of Good Friday in the local Christian community.

The sponsors say the event is an opportunity to remember and pray for those caught in situations of oppression or suffering. The sponsors include numerous churches and peace groups.

I especially encourage Louisville's bigger-than-you-think atheist community to participate. Because we don't get many opportunities to show that social justice and moral values are not the exclusive property of the superstitious.