According to a notice circulated at the time, the Continental Walk for Disarmament and Social Justice began in San Francisco in January 1976, and was scheduled to reach Washington, D.C., in September or October. Sponsors were the War Resisters League, the Fellowship of Reconciliation, the American Friends Service Committee, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Women's Strike for Peace, Sane, and several other groups, including the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

Meda Chesney-Lind inspects her reflection in the window of Elaine "Woody" Schwartz's Volkswagen van.