I didn’t attend the walk or the speeches: Adriana and our young son did. But I did meet some of the organizers at the end of the day. I don’t want to speak for them (and there’s many of them, so perhaps no one of them should speak for all of them), but it’s hard for me to imagine that they wouldn’t welcome wider religious representation. My guess is they started close to home (the Jewish group meets at the Eastminster Church) and expanded to what was nearby, both in terms of geography and tradition.

My guess is that if someone mentioned the shared Abrahamic traditions, they were focusing on a commonality without meaning to exclude others. I just Googled one of their flyers, which mentions, just as you say, the Abraham connection (as well as the Danforth connection). I’m guessing the peace for which they feel particularly responsible is in the Middle East.

You might want to contact the organizers (try eastminster@bellnet.ca) and offer to help them bring additional groups in.

THERE WAS NO HINDU PRESENCE. AND AT THE SPEECHES THEY SAID THAT THE COMMON THREAD WAS THE ABRAHAM HERITAGE. THE WALK SHOULD EITHER EXCLUDE THE HINDU SIGN AND MAKE IT BETWEEN WESTERN RELIGIONS OR BE MORE INCLUSIVE TO HINDUS.

THE WALK WAS “PEACEFUL” BUT LACK TRUE CONTENT.
PEACE WHERE? I FELT IT DID NOT RAISE ANY AWARENESS TO PAST OR PRESENT.

I WAS DISAPPOINTED THAT ON THE FLYER THERE IS AN OM HOWEVER THERE WAS NO MENTION OF ANY OTHER RELIGIONS. SO WHY INCLUDE IT IN THE FLYER?

I FEEL THAT NEXT YEAR DO NOT INCLUDE THE EASTERN TRADITIONS AT ALL SINCE THE FOLLOWERS ARE MANY WESTERN RELIGIONS.

AS FAR AS I CAN TEL FROM YOUR LOGO. IT DID NOT FEEL INCLUSIVE FOR OTHER RELIGIONS.