{"id":192736,"date":"2026-03-06T03:20:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T03:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/192736\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T03:20:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T03:20:17","slug":"walk-for-peace-in-fort-worth-wins-national-courage-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/192736\/","title":{"rendered":"Walk for Peace in Fort Worth wins national courage award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Walk for Peace organization in Fort Worth received a national award from The Courage Project on Thursday for work to \u201cpromote peace and unity amidst a time of unrest across the nation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/news\/local\/fort-worth\/article314634214.html\">2,300-mile Walk for Peace<\/a> began from the H\u01b0\u01a1ng \u0110\u1ea1o Vipassana Bhavana Center in Fort Worth in October and concluded in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., in early February. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/news\/local\/fort-worth\/article312653037.html\">Nineteen Buddhist monks walked<\/a> across 10 states through challenging weather conditions in a journey to promote national healing, unity and compassion.<\/p>\n<p>The organization is one of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/thecourageproject.org\/?utm_source=google&amp;utm_medium=cpc&amp;utm_campaign=general&amp;utm_content=ad1&amp;gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=22643355792&amp;gbraid=0AAAAA_8u5-W33xpxtRaj2o5PsO1lYm_vm&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjwmK_CBhCEARIsAMKwcD5sbf0-Kq_66m1hWL6UOvaeqPcT0oxIU-5-yj9xR1hgsyTHQ1pftXkaAqunEALw_wcB\">18 honorees across<\/a> the country to receive The Courage Project award, \u201cwho channeled their courage and compassion into acts of service to restore their communities,\u201d according to a news release.<\/p>\n<p>According to The Courage Project organizers, this award is an initiative to honor \u201ceveryday acts of bravery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>                                              <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FTW_WalkforPeace10.JPG\"   width=\"1140\" height=\"939\" title=\"FTW_WalkforPeace10.JPG\" alt=\"Buddhist monks who walked nearly 2,300 miles to Washington D.C. for Peace arrive back to the H\u00fa\u00f3ng Do Vipassana Bhavana Center in Fort Worth, Texas, Saturday Feb. 14, 2026.\"\/>                                                                                    Buddhist monks who walked nearly 2,300 miles to Washington D.C. for peace arrive back at the H\u00fa\u00f3ng Dao Vipassana Bhavana Center in Fort Worth, Texas, on Feb. 14.                                                                                            Bob Booth                                                                            Special to the Star-Telegram                                                                                        <\/p>\n<p>The monks\u2019 \u201cjourney has fostered community engagement nationwide, symbolizing resilience, unity, and hope in a time of social division,\u201d the release stated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis recognition affirms the aspiration at the heart of the Walk for Peace and the courage to walk and meet others with compassion in a divided world,\u201d Walk for Peace organizers said in the release. \u201cEach step was an act of faith in our shared humanity, inviting connection over separation, and a call to look within to find one\u2019s inner peace. We are deeply grateful that this journey of mindful presence and nonviolence resonates with the Courage Project\u2019s mission to uplift courageous action in service of a more peaceful and unified world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of community members joined the 19 monks on Valentine\u2019s Day during their homecoming walk in Fort Worth. Throughout their journey, millions of people connected with them on social media.<\/p>\n<p>The official Facebook page of Walk of Peace has over two million followers and over one million on TikTok, with some videos that have been watched over 15 million times.<\/p>\n<p>                                              <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FTW_WalkforPeace2.JPG\"   width=\"1140\" height=\"2636\" title=\"FTW_WalkforPeace2.JPG\" alt=\"Buddhist monks who walked nearly 2,300 miles to Washington D.C. for peace arrive back at the H\u00fa\u00f3ng Dao Vipassana Bhavana Center in Fort Worth, Texas, on Feb. 14.\"\/>                                                                                    Buddhist monks who walked nearly 2,300 miles to Washington D.C. for peace arrive back at the H\u00fa\u00f3ng Dao Vipassana Bhavana Center in Fort Worth, Texas, on Feb. 14.                                                                                            Bob Booth                                                                            Special to the Star-Telegram<br \/>\n        Related Stories from  Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/294400689\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1772767217_325_ST_Shambhavi Rimal.jpeg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Shambhavi Rimal\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/294400689\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shambhavi Rimal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n<p>            Shambhavi covers crime, law enforcement and other breaking news in Fort Worth and Tarrant County. She graduated from the University of North Texas and previously covered a variety of general assignment topics in West Texas. She grew up in Nepal.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Walk for Peace organization in Fort Worth received a national award from The Courage Project on Thursday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":192737,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[76429,116,118,117,76428,76430,28501],"class_list":["post-192736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-courage-project","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news","tag-national-award","tag-texas-monks","tag-walk-for-peace"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192736\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/192737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}