STREET BEAT: ‘Is it possible to achieve lasting peace?’

Josephine Isabel-Jones

Josephine Isabel-Jones

Los Angeles

“Yes, but it’s going to be hard to achieve. There needs to be a spiritual connection that allows us to regard each other as brothers and sisters and as human beings.”

 

Earl Jones

Earl Jones

Los Angeles

“There is so much division in politics, religion, everything. It’s not going to come easy or quick. It’s not going to happen in my lifetime.”

 

Elton Hawkins

Elton Hawkins

Los Angeles

“It’s not possible because mankind is basically evil. That’s why Jesus came to save us.”

 

 

Chris Wenell

Chris Wenell

Koreatown

“It’s possible because violence results in nothing. The reason we’re alive and surviving is because of lasting peace.  There’s more peace than violence.”

Compiled by Cynthia Gibson at Holman United Methodist Church in South Los Angeles.