You may be asking yourself why do we need a Walk for Values now?  Values create positive boundaries and provide strength in the face of change.  Clear values create inner strength and peace, and promote unity and tolerance which leads to harmony in society.

Walking for Values gives us the opportunity to re-assess our own values and to become clear of who we really are, what it is that we are living for and what we, as Americans really stand for.

By walking for values we model these values and send a clear message to our society about the need for values within our lives. When we strive to practice at least one or more of the values, we inspire others to do the same, eventually making our communities and nation a place of greater harmony and happiness.  

Why do we need values?

In today's society, the social circumstances of childhood and youth are creating a values void, particularly personal and spiritual values. Models of education based on economic, industrial, public or therapeutic values appear to be insufficient. Advances in many disciplines demand an informed values education in order to develop appropriate skills to discriminate between 'right' and 'wrong'. Technology and the modern electronic information apparatus thrust many competing values at children. Virtue and making informed choices is often not presented; instead, satisfaction of wants and lack of responsibility for choices appear to have created the current reality which we live in. We are faced with a moral challenge that needs to be met.

Which values do we need?

Our nation, our schools and our children need the "five basic human values" of Truth, Right Conduct, Peace, Love and Non-Violence. They are called basic because they are pursued by people of all cultures and religions and they are timeless. These values include the profound moral insights of the great civilizations; and they are derived from the universal order which upholds harmony in society. The values are called "human values" because their practice makes one "human" in the true sense of the word.