WALKTALK

WalkTalk is a walk between Leeds and London encouraging conversations between people of widely different backgrounds and experience conceived by Gill Hicks, a survivor of the 7 July 2005 London bombings who lost both her legs that day, and her husband Joe Kerr (both of M.A.D for Peace), and developed with Zulfi Hussain of Global Promise and Together for Peace, Leeds.

An ambitious and challenging nationwide initiative open to people from a variety of backgrounds and age groups, and representative of the area being walked through and strictly non-political and non-partisan. It's aims are to bridge the divides between different people and connect communities and to highlight the danger of extreme thinking and beliefs in any area of our society.

* Starts mid-July 2008 in Leeds
* Finishes 4 weeks later in central London

The walk will go through Leeds, Beeston, Morely, Dewsbury, Wakefield, Barnsley, Rotherham and Sheffield in our region, so therefore do please circulate this e-mail and the attachment to local networks/contacts as appropriate to get names of people who are interested in getting involved e.g. walking, marshalling, event support, hosting (food/accommodation).

For more information and to give details of names and any offers of practical support, email James Paton james.paton@yhassembly.gov.uk by 14 April 2008.