I can do small things in great ways By Michele Russo
As we head home, I cannot help but to reflect on the amazing week this has been. It has been a time of sharing, learning, and support. At the start of the week, I felt a bit overwhelmed and unsure if I could really even do much – be more of an upstander instead of a […]
Reflections by Melody Meadows
As we are coming to the end of our journey, I have been reflecting on the title for this seminar: Marching Down Freedom’s Road. It is now up to us to continue the March in our classrooms, our cities, and among our friends.
A Few Parting Thoughts by Cephus Moore
Fun fact: I have never written a blog before! Well, I wrote one the other night, so a more truthful statement would be: I had not written a blog until participating in Marching Down Freedom’s Road. Ironically, for the IB French and Spanish courses that I teach, one of the text types that the curriculum requires […]
My Lyrical Reflection: To learn deeply and forever by Daniela Buccilli
The Legacy Museum begins in the seasick-all of nowhere land, the Atlantic Ocean. Atlas (the World Carrier). It begins with a seemingly endless place without land — water, a symbol — immense. In the hull of a slave ship, what could a person know and what would a person remember of this water-cemetery? The room […]
Thank you by Cephus Moore Sr.
I must say I have enjoyed this tour immensely. In all my many years in the workforce, I have never met a group so dedicated to their profession.Although there was a lot of information, the knowledge I gained during the tour has truly enhanced my understanding of how brave people had to be in order […]
Birmingham: The winners make the memorials by Owen Dwyer
Day Five of our tour and we visited Kelly Ingram Park in Birmingham, Alabama. The park occupies a central location in the city’s civil rights history. It sits across the street from the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute. Nearby the park is 16th Avenue Baptist Church and the Gaston Motel. The park itself is (in)famous as […]
Music as Motivation and Education by Greg Smolinski
The Civil Rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s in the United States was a time of intense activism, bravery, and a collective fight for justice and equality. Among the various tools and strategies employed by the activists, music emerged as a powerful force, serving as both a source of motivation and education for those […]
We are here! By Christy Shaughnessy
Truth Telling & America’s History of Racial Injustices Day five of our journey began with an emotional tour of the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) Legacy Museum in Montgomery, Alabama, where we learned about African-American history from Enslavement to Mass Incarceration. The museum itself is located on the site of a former warehouse used to house […]
Sometimes Things Work Out Even Better Than Expected by Cephus Moore
I have wanted to visit the Memorial for Peace and Justice ever since I attended a presentation by Bryan Stevenson in Pittsburgh five years ago. But unfortunately, I thought, there were two other scheduled visits prior to visiting the Memorial. If I am being honest, I have to admit to myself that I was not […]