This pilgrimage is co-sponsored by the Centers for Christian Studies and the Commission to Dismantle Racism.

This pilgrimage is based on the one sponsored for young people of the diocese.  Our journeys will include such places as the 16th St. Church and the Civil Rights Museum in Birmingham, a walk across the bridge in Selma, attending a Sunday School class with Jimmy Carter, Memphis and Montgomery.

Glenda McDowell, parishioner at St. Matthias, will help with the leadership of the pilgrimage.

Dates: July 14-20 ( including attending Jimmy Carter's Sunday School Class)        Cost: $500. per person (based on 22 people using 2 diocesan church vans &
 double occupancy)  Cost includes room, complimentary breakfast, gas for vans and admission costs.   Does not include lunch and dinner.

    The pre-requisite for participating in this pilgrimage is to have attended a workshop on Dismantling Racism or to read:

1.  "A Call to Conscience: The Landmark Speeches of Dr. Martin Luther  King, Jr.", edited by Clayborne Carson and Kris Shepard and published by Warner Books for $14.95.  Each of the 11 speeches in this little volume is introduced by someone close to the situation at the time  (like Rosa Parks, John Lewis, Andrew Young, etc.); and several of the  speeches are DIRECTLY related to events at the sites which we will be visiting.

2.  "Yet With a Steady Beat: The African-American Struggle for Recognition in the Episcopal Church" by Harold T. Lewis  and published by Trinity Press International for $20.00.   This is a tough read because it deals with the hard realities of racism in our