What is the Peace Trot & who are those Catholic Workers?
Peter De Mott Peace Trot is an annual 5k and 1-mile run organized and hosted by the Ithaca Catholic Worker in honor of peace activist, runner and Ithaca community member, Peter De Mott. Peter worked tirelessly to bring about a more just and peaceful world. In addition to the practices of hospitality (providing living space and offering food 24/7) that we offer at the Peter De Mott Catholic Worker House, the ICW community acts to nonviolently resist US militarism and global domination. This includes, but is not limited to, ending all war(s), de-militarizing and disarming ourselves, our communities, and our world, and finding ways to express the Gospel calling to love one another by, first, not killing each other with US weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear. We believe that this focus must always be seen within the context of what Dr. Martin Luther King calls the giant triplets – racism, materialism, and militarism (adding climate disaster) and how these “isms” intersect with each other.
