Tomorrow I leave for the field experience part of the Civil Rights immersion class which I instructed this semester. Please say prayers for us while we are gone. We will be exploring the heritage of modern and historic civil rights in the South from May 8-28.
I won't be blogging during that time but you can check out our Civil Rights Plunge blog.
We will be posting a few updates. On the "read more" key you can see a map of where we are.
Here's the itinerary:
May 8
Fly to Birmingham, Al
May 9-10
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, walking tour
Joe Rush Urban Mission painting project
May 11-13
Americus, Ga visiting the Koinonia Community
May 14
Tuskegee University
May 15
Montgomery, Al
May 16
Selma, Al
May 17-25
Habitat for Humanity Project in New Orleans, La
May 26
New Orleans tour day
May 27
Return to Birmingham
May 28
Fly home to PDX!
Can you believe this is my job?
2 comments:
Yes, Melissa, I can.
Have a great time, I must admit I am slightly envious!
wow. can't wait to hear how it went. i'll be prayin for ya.
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