Happy holidays! To help you get into the holiday spirit, we're thrilled to invite you to our upcoming benefit concert, Harmonizing for Justice: A Holiday Benefit Concert Supporting the Living Legacy Project’s Mission into 2025 on Thursday, December 12, 2024, featuring Reggie Harris and friends: Pat Wictor, Melanie DeMore, Matt Watroba, Kim Harris, and the incredible storyteller, Sheila Arnold, for a mesmerizing celebration of music and activism.

Why your support matters!

With the growing suppression of the teaching of history related to race and racism in our schools, the Living Legacy Project is more committed than ever to ensuring that the stories and lessons of the Civil Rights Movement do not get lost or forgotten. 
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It's imperative that today’s generations and those to come understand how inequities in the 21st century are rooted in the past and how the courageous actions of those who went before them can serve to both teach and inspire them in their work for justice and equity.

How we plan to impact racism
​In order to extend our reach in inspiring today's work for racial justice, we need your support. With your help, we will:
  • Continue our signature pilgrimages to Mississippi and Alabama while developing pilgrimages to other places around the country that have civil rights lessons to share, such as Georgia and the South Carolina Low Country.
  • Partner with more colleges and youth groups to educate students about the importance of linking these stories to present day activism;
  • Offer resources to educators about the Civil Rights Movement; and
  • Continue to inspire and embolden activists with the music of the Civil Rights Movement and today’s protest music. 

We invite you to partner with us on our mission!

Even if you can't join us live on December 12th, please consider making a donation to support our work. With all gifts of $100 or more, we'll send you a link to the concert that you can watch with family and friends anytime throughout the holiday season. 

Giving ​Levels

Palladium - $1500 and over
A one-hour concert/conversation with Reggie on Zoom and an autographed copy of his memoir Searching for Solid Ground, plus a ticket, a backstage pass for a meet-and-greet with Reggie after the concert, a recording to replay the concert for up to 30 days after the event, an LLP T-shirt and a copy of our  eBook: Songs of the Civil Rights Movement: A Songbook for Freedom!, and one song dedication during the concert.

Platinum - $750
One song dedication during the concert, plus a ticket, a backstage pass for a meet-and-greet with Reggie after the concert, a recording to replay the concert for up to 30 days after the event, a copy of our eBook: Songs of the Civil Rights Movement: A Songbook for Freedom! and an LLP T-shirt.

Diamond - $500
An LLP T-shirt, plus a ticket, a backstage pass for a meet-and-greet with Reggie after the concert, a recording to replay the concert for up to 30 days after the event! and a copy of our eBook: Songs of the Civil Rights Movement: A Songbook for Freedom!

Gold - $250
A copy of our eBook: Songs of the Civil Rights Movement: A Songbook for Freedom! or one of Reggie Harris's CDs, plus a ticket, a backstage pass for a meet-and-greet with Reggie after the concert, a recording to replay the concert for up to 30 days after the event!

Silver - $100
A backstage pass for a meet-and-greet with Reggie after the concert and a recording to replay the concert for up to 30 days after the event, plus a ticket to the concert (for everyone in your household)

Bronze - $25 for 2025
A ticket to the concert (for everyone in your household)

Everyone who purchases a ticket will receive our undying gratitude for supporting us in this vital work! 

If you would like to attend the concert, but do not currently have the economic means to make a donation at the Bronze level, please enter an amount on the registration form that works for you. ​
After you donate, you'll receive an email confirmation with the Zoom link. If you don't receive it, check your spam/junk folders and if it's not there, email us at [email protected], so we can make sure you get it. 
The concert starts at 7:30 pm Eastern (6:30 pm Central, 5:30 pm Mountain, 4:30 pm Pacific, 3:30 Alaska) on Thursday, December 12, 2024, on Zoom. We'll see you there! ​

Come sing with us!

What better way to support our work than to come together to enjoy the incredible music and passion of singer/songwriter/storyteller Reggie Harris and five of his amazing friends? Reggie has earned distinction as one of the foremost interpreters and song leaders of the music of the Underground Railroad and the Modern Civil Rights movement. With a passion for peace and justice, Reggie travels worldwide using his gifts to share hope and raise awareness of human rights in the spirit of Dr Martin Luther King’s beloved community. For more about Reggie, visit reggieharrismusic.com. 

We are very blessed to have Reggie serving as the Living Legacy Project’s Co-President and Music Education Director. 

Joining Reggie at this special concert will be:
  • Matt Watroba: Matt Watroba is a Veteran performer, teacher, radio host, song writer but what Matt prefers to be known as is a community singer, song leader and educator. is the voice of folk music in Michigan for his work with WDET–Detroit Public Radio. As producer and host of the Folks Like Us program, and the nationally syndicated, Sing Out Radio Magazine and Folk Alley, Watroba has come in contact with many aspects of folk music and culture.
  • Pat Wictor: Pat Wictor first burst on the folk and acoustic scene as an innovative slide guitarist known for fresh and memorable interpretations of traditional and contemporary songs. Since then, he has made his mark as a singer-songwriter penning lean and poetic songs that honor and extend rural blues and gospel traditions.
  • Melanie DeMore: Melanie DeMore joined us on a Mississippi Living Legacy Pilgrimage in 2023 and will be on the bus to Savannah and the South Carolina Low Country in March, 2025. Melanie brings an incredible gift of music to move the soul. 
  • Sheila Arnold: Sheila Arnold is a featured storyteller, historical consultant, and historical character presenter. She won the 2021 Distinguished National Service Award from the National Storyteller Foundation for her work supporting other artists during the COVD-19 pandemic.  
  • Kim Harris: Dr. Kim Harris is a gifted cantor, leader of song and a passionate cultural advocate, Harris earned a PhD in worship and the arts from Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York and, for years, sang as part of the Kim & Reggie Harris singing duo. 
You won’t want to miss this incredible opportunity to celebrate music that inspires and moves us to action. 
Your participation will ensure that we can expand our reach, deepen our offerings, and solidify our organization. We can’t do it without you. 
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The Living Legacy Project, Inc is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. Tax ID Number:  84-2816632. Your donation (minus the value of goods and services) is tax deductible. Financial disclosure information is available on our Donate page.