Speaking Truth webinar series: The 1619 Project

Save the dates for the Fall 2021 Webinar Series!
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Speaking Truth:
Countering Disinformation about Racial History

Building on the success of past webinars, the Living Legacy Project offers a new three-part series, Speaking Truth: Countering Disinformation About Racial History. Expert voices will clear away the clutter and noise of reactionary rhetoric and false narratives that threaten to derail progress. We’ll clarify the past in support of present-day actions for equality, justice, and equity.

Join us as we talk about important topics filling our news cycles, so we can all speak with clarity and act with purpose to make our window of opportunity matter. Now is the time!

Save these Thursday dates: September 16, October 21, and November 18. 5:00 pm Pacific, 6:00 Mountain, 7:00 Central; and 8:00 Eastern.

Register for one, two or all three programs! All programs are free and open to the public. Registration is required and donations are appreciated. ​

Did you miss any of LLP's Two Routes to Inspiration and Action virtual programs?

Our two webinar series, Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me 'Round 2nd Tuesday Music Series and Pivotal Events of the American Civil Rights Movement 4th Sunday Speaker Series, have now come to an end. But, if you missed any of them, don't fret; you can watch most of the programs on our YouTube Channel! 

When is our next Living Legacy Pilgrimage?

The Living Legacy Project Board of Directors has been actively evaluating options, monitoring conditions in our Pilgrimage destinations, and weighing options for when we can get back on the bus. We hope to be able to make an announcement this Fall about plans for 2022 and beyond. In the meantime, we are planning more virtual experiences. Let us know if there's anything you'd especially like to see us explore. You can contact us at info@livinglegacypilgrimage.org. Thank you for all you do to make the work a more just and equitable place!

What is the Living Legacy Project?

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The Living Legacy Project grew out of the Reverend Gordon Gibson's and his wife Judy's passion for sharing the Civil Rights Movement story. Recognizing the importance of not only capturing this story, and our Unitarian Universalist role in it, but of understanding what this story teaches us about the continued work that still needs to be done, the late Reverend Hope Johnson, Janice Marie Johnson, and Annette Marquis formed a partnership with Gordon and Judy, to establish the Living Legacy Project. In November of 2013, the founding members, along with singer/songwriter Reggie Harris, formed the Living Legacy Project Board, with a goal of developing long-range sustainability in service of our mission.  

Today, we offer the Living Legacy Pilgrimage and other experiential learning opportunities to deepen understanding of the Civil Rights Movement by visiting the sites where it happened and talking with the people who lived it. 

More about the Living Legacy Project and its leaders
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Staff of the 2018 Alabama Living Legacy Pilgrimage. From L to R first row: Dr. Janice Marie Johnson, Clarence Jones, the Rev. Dr. Hope Johnson, and Rev. Dr. Gordon Gibson, Second row: Joseph Selmon, Matt Watroba, and Annette Marquis

The Rev. Dr. Hope Johnson
​Legacy Fund

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The Rev. Dr. Hope Johnson invokes the spirit at Brown Chapel AME Church in Selma, Alabama
We invite your donations to support the work of the Living Legacy Project through the Rev. Dr. Hope Johnson Legacy Fund.​
Please donate to support the ongoing work of the LLP and to provide scholarship assistance to people to participate in our Pilgrimages. We're pleased to announce that Living Legacy Project, Inc. is a 501(c)3 organization. 
Join our mailing list! We will be on the bus again as soon as it's safe for our participants and guest speakers. In the meantime, don't miss our soul-filed virtual programming! 
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Organizers of Marching in the Arc of Justice: A Conference to Commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Selma Voting Rights Campaign
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Staff of the 2017 Living Legacy Pilgrimage at the Fannie Lou Hamer Memorial in Ruleville, Mississippi: John Harris, Joseph Selmon, Clarence Jones, Rev. James A Hobart, Reggie Harris, and Annette Marquis
If you have questions about the Living Legacy Project, please contact info@livinglegacypilgrimage.org.