Ahimsa, a pillar of the Jain religion, translated to English as non-violence, was one of the key notions of Ghandi teachings. Growing up, I respected Gandhi’s teachings for his work with non-violence and thought this would be a great event to attend as my parents were advocates of non-violence back in India. So I decided to attend the event with my parents at City Hall in Hamilton on October 4th , the event was running the entire day and being crunched for time I was only able to go for a few hours during the peace walk down the streets of downtown Hamilton. A few interesting facts I learned about the city was its nickname “the Peace Capital of Canada”, I found it very captivating because I didn’t think Hamilton was known for anything but it’s
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The event had an incredibly welcoming atmosphere where the volunteers and staff greeted you with such sincerity and it made me feel like I was actually making a change by just attending the walk. Also, being able to communicate with many of the individuals in the rally in my native tongue was refreshing; I believe this event was a great way for me to network with the citizens of Hamilton. It allowed me to get involved with the Jain and Hindu community of Hamilton and I was able to learn their views about sustainable development in the city of Hamilton. One individual in particular he owned a small convince store in the centre of downtown and I questioned him about why he was interested in climate change and his response was refreshing. The man responded by saying “I’m doing this cause my kids forced me to”. I felt a sense of joy in his words because I learned that even children are trying to take part in the war against climate change because it’s their generation that’s going to be impacted the most. Overall the event was a great experience though there were a few flaws I was hoping for the theme to be more prevalent because I was only able to find one booth and talk to the supporters there about climate change. Also, many of the supporters I saw were adults; I find that if change is to be made it has to be done by the millennial generation because they are going to be the most impacted. The peace rally could possibly try and bring out more students from various high schools or even the peace studies students at Mc Master
The event had an incredibly welcoming atmosphere where the volunteers and staff greeted you with such sincerity and it made me feel like I was actually making a change by just attending the walk. Also, being able to communicate with many of the individuals in the rally in my native tongue was refreshing; I believe this event was a great way for me to network with the citizens of Hamilton. It allowed me to get involved with the Jain and Hindu community of Hamilton and I was able to learn their views about sustainable development in the city of Hamilton. One individual in particular he owned a small convince store in the centre of downtown and I questioned him about why he was interested in climate change and his response was refreshing. The man responded by saying “I’m doing this cause my kids forced me to”. I felt a sense of joy in his words because I learned that even children are trying to take part in the war against climate change because it’s their generation that’s going to be impacted the most. Overall the event was a great experience though there were a few flaws I was hoping for the theme to be more prevalent because I was only able to find one booth and talk to the supporters there about climate change. Also, many of the supporters I saw were adults; I find that if change is to be made it has to be done by the millennial generation because they are going to be the most impacted. The peace rally could possibly try and bring out more students from various high schools or even the peace studies students at Mc Master