March 20-24, 2019 Alabama Living Legacy Pilgrimage (5 days/4 nights)

his Alabama Living Legacy Pilgrimage comes at a time of great urgency in our country as the very essence of civil and human rights are being challenged with every passing day and with every tweet! And yet, the spirit of freedom has not been silenced, as evidenced by the millions who came out to vote in the recent mid-term election. This was and is today’s civil rights movement at its best!

So, in that spirit, we invite you to join this journey. You will meet people, hear stories, and visit sites that made the Civil Rights Movement an event that rocked the world.
 
This five-day, four-night pilgrimage includes the following:
  • We will start in Birmingham, Alabama, where the 1963 bombing at the 16th Street Baptist Church killed four little girls, Denise McNair, Addie Mae Collins, Carole Robertson, and Cynthia Wesley, woke up the world and the Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth made his voice heard. 
  • In Montgomery, we’ll visit the Rosa Parks Museum and the new National Memorial for Peace and Justice (also known as the Equal Justice Institute's Lynching Memorial). 
  • Selma, of course is included, with a solemn march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge, meeting a veteran of Bloody Sunday, and participating in a Sunday church service at the iconic Brown Chapel AME Church. 
  • The trip continues through Marion, where Jimmie Lee Jackson’s shooting by a State Trooper sparked the Selma to Montgomery March, and where the Perry County Three were charged in 1985. We'll then return to Birmingham for your journey home. 
In addition to visiting historic sites, we meet veterans, many of them unsung heroes and foot soldiers of the civil rights movement. As a spiritual pilgrimage, we reflect on what we experience together so when we each return home we can apply what we have learned to make a difference in today's world. 
 
Now is the time to set a new agenda for gaining the knowledge and building a community of willing leaders who will stand in the gap as brave veteran of the civil rights struggle have done for so many decades.
 
Come take your place on the long trail of history. Come see, learn, sing and make a new way and stand up for justice.
 
The time is NOW! Your legacy is waiting!

Registration Information


Early-bird Registration is open through Monday, 1/21/2019 (Martin Luther King Day)
         1,028.00 (double occupancy rate, per person)
         1,303.00 (single occupancy rate, per person) 

General Registration 1/22/2019 through 2/28/2019
         1,228.00 (double occupancy rate, per person)
         1,503.00 (single occupancy rate, per person) 

FINAL REGISTRATION DATE is February 28, 2019. All registrations after this date will be confirmed on an availability basis only.

​What does the fee cover?
The registration fee is quite inclusive, covering all lodging, meals, site admissions, and bus transportation during the Pilgrimage. You are responsible for travel to and from Birmingham, AL, and personal gifts, donations, suggested tips for the driver ($10 per day), tips for room accommodations ($3-$5 per day), and incidentals during the Pilgrimage. Access to ATMs is limited so please carry enough cash, credit cards, travelers checks, etc, to handle these expenses. 

Transportation to Birmingham
This trip begins and ends in Birmingham, AL. Nearest airport is the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport. 

NOTE:  The trip is dependent on getting a minimum number of registrations. We will make a decision about whether it's a go by no later than January 21, 2019, so please don't make your airline reservation until after that date. Living Legacy Project cannot be responsible for trip cancellation fees incurred if you reserve before this date. 

Birmingham is also serviced by Amtrak. ​

In Birmingham, we'll be staying at the
Holiday Inn Birmingham Airport
5000 Richard Arrington Jr Blvd N,
Birmingham, AL 35212, Phone: (205) 591-6900

The Holiday Inn offers a free airport shuttle. Call them for pick-up when you arrive. 

Please plan to arrive at the hotel and be settled in by 3:00 p.m. Central Time. If you cannot get a flight to get you there by that time, please email us at [email protected]

On Sunday, March 24, do not make reservations for flights that leave Birmingham before 5:00 pm. We cannot promise that we can make it back to the Birmingham Airport in time for earlier flights. 

Cancellation Policy
Cancellations before January 21, 2019, will receive a refund of all but a $50 administrative fee. Although we will do our best to provide refunds after this date, we might not be able to if we cannot refill your seat.

If we have to cancel the trip, we will offer a full refund.

We do suggest that you consider purchasing trip insurance in case weather or illness prevents you from participating. We're sorry but we cannot offer a refund in the event your transportation is cancelled or delayed for any reason. 

REGISTER

The 2019 Alabama Living Legacy Pilgrimage is currently SOLD OUT.

We will be announcing more Pilgrimages soon. Make sure you're signed up for the mailing list so you'll receive early notice of upcoming opportunities. 

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Learn more on our blog

Read what one recent traveler said about her experience on 
the Living Legacy Pilgrimage.​
Read "Stories of Resilience" from our November, 2016 Living Legacy Pilgrimage
The Living Legacy Project partners with First Unitarian Universalist Church of Richmond, which serves as its fiscal agency.