Media Resources – Walk to Freedom

Members of the media may contact me directly to request an interview regarding Walk to Freedom Puerto Rico. Email: kjohnston16@yahoo.com

Media Notes & Updates

March 31, 2021 The Perth Amboy River Crossing on Saturday April 3, remains unconfirmed. A previous commitment appears to have fallen through. If we are unable to secure a boat ride across the Arthur Kill River we will drive to Tottenville and resume our walk to the Light House Museum on the North Shore.

August 30, 2019 Update: Sin Cita/Without Appointment begins Saturday September 7, in Quebradillas, to coincide with the 2017 passing of Hurricane Irma. The caminata across Puerto Rico will conclude on September 20 to mark the 2nd Anniversary of Hurricane Maria’s devastating landfall on the archipelago. The walk will terminate in Yabucoa.

April 8, 2019 Update: I plan to begin my peace walk on Wednesday April 10 at 9:00 a.m. from Belfast City Hall. My outward march will follow the following streets:

Donegal Pl., Royal Ave., Clifton St., Crumlin Road, A55, Lionel Road, Ballyhill Road, Lylehill Road, Ballyutoag Road (A52), to B39 and onwards to Antrim. This is an approximate route the 1969 People’s Democracy marchers may have followed out of Belfast. I will make adjustments as I go along to stay true to the original route as much as possible.

News Release

Our Walk to Freedom_New York_Press Release

Walk Across Puerto Rico_Sin Cita

Walk Across Northern Ireland_Ken Johnston Press Release

News Articles

Retracing Harriet Tubman’s Steps to Freedom Across Delaware, Delaware Today, 5/20/2021

Retracing the Steps of Harriet Tubman, Ken Johnston Comes to BK on His Walk to Freedom, 4/6/2021

Walking Artist to End 265-Mile Underground Railroad Trek in NYC, 4/6/2021

The Lantern, Newsletter, Kennett Square Underground Railroad, 3/2020

Underground Railroad hiker welcomed in Kennett, Chester County Press, 2/18/2020

American pair retracing original civil rights march, Derry Journal, 4/16/2019

Walking the “Belfast to Derry” and “Selma to Montgomery” trail in the name of civil rights, IrishCentral.com, 4/5/19