A Journey of Faith: the 2011 UU Living Legacy Civil Rights Pilgrimage
The 2011 Unitarian Universalist (UU) Living Legacy Civil Rights Pilgrimage will be held April 16-23, 2011. This year’s theme will be “Story, Song and Spirit.” We are very excited to announce that, as part of the faculty, we will be joined by an incredible folk musician, Reggie Harris, who will share Freedom Songs and the role of music in the Civil Rights Movement. Along the route, we will meet Movement veterans and others who will help us to engage the stories of the Movement and the current status of civil rights in the South.
It begins and end in Birmingham, AL; and will include stops in Marion, Selma, and Montgomery, AL; as well as the Mississippi Delta, Meridian and Philadelphia, MS.
Visiting the sites of civil rights activity forty to fifty years ago and talking with veterans of that Movement affects one’s thoughts and feelings; it provides superb preparation for deepening one’s understanding and commitment for work on the issues of race, oppression, and injustice that still bedevil Unitarian Universalism.
The vision of the Living Legacy Project is to re-imagine social possibility in the world today by experiencing the depth of human spirit in the Civil Rights Movement.The Living Legacy Pilgrimage is bringing together people to connect our Unitarian Universalist legacy of work in the Civil Rights Movement to the Unitarian Universalist Association’s (UUA’s) current commitment to becoming an anti-racist, anti-oppressive, multicultural institution and to understanding the responsibility of the UUA and our congregations in doing the important work of racial reconciliation where it is indicated and necessary.
Pilgrimage faculty and staff:
- Rev. Gordon Gibson
- Judy Gibson
- Reggie Harris
- Rev. Hope Johnson
- Janice Marie Johnson
- Annette Marquis
- and others
For more information and to register, visit the Living Legacy website.
For more information contact idbm @ uua.org.
This work is made possible by the generosity of individual donors. Please consider making a donation today.
Last updated on Thursday, June 16, 2011.
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